Norihiko Urano

Specialty

M&A advisory

Summary of expertise

Norihiko Urano joined PwC Advisory Co.,Ltd. (reorganised later as PwC Advisory LLC.) in 2007 and has been engaged in a wide range of M&A transactions both buy-side and sell-side.

He worked for PwC Taiwan from 2020 to 2023. He provides advisory services related to cross-border M&A between Taiwan and Japan.

Prior to his career as an M&A advisor, he started his career at an audit firm and was engaged in audit services and IPO support.

Norihiko received a Bachelor of Economics from University of Tokyo. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Recent Transactions

• Partnership between a Taiwanese wind developer and a Japanese player
• Capital and business tie-up between a Japanese financial service company and a Taiwanese financial service company
• New share issuance by a Taiwanese semiconductor company
• Divesture of Taiwanese subsidiary by a Japanese company (B to C player)
• Divestment of a textile wholesaler by a Japanese trading house
• Divesture of a Japanese health care tech company by a Japanese Trading house
• Acquisition of a Japanese dairy equipment wholesaler by a Japanese financial service company
• Divesture of a subsidiary in China to German textile/chemical company by a Japanese trading company
• Divesture of a camera OEM company by a private equity
• Allocation of new shares of a Dubai’s meat manufacturer to a Japanese trading house
• Allocation of new shares of a Japanese apparel manufacturer to a private equity
• Acquisitions of a retail company by a Japanese department store operator
• Acquisition of a company in the same industry by a Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment company
  Tender offer by a Taiwanese foundry for their subsidiary in Japan

Certificates

• Japanese Certified Public Accountant