Greenhill & Company set up Tokyo office for M&A advice

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Investment bank Greenhill & Company has announced that it will be expanding operations to Japan and has already taken the step of opening an office in Tokyo.

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It is planning to offer Japanese companies information on domestic and cross-border merger, acquisition and restructuring opportunities.

The former chairman of Morgan Stanley in Japan, Kensuke Hotta, has joined the firm and will be chairman of Greenhill Japan.

Meanwhile the position of managing director of Greenhill Japan will be taken on by Hiroto Yamada, formerly head of Merrill Lynch Japan’s merger and acquistion (M&A) group in January.

Robert Greenhill, chairman of Greenhill & Company, said: "We are extremely excited about our plans to expand into Japan and we could not have found better partners to launch this important growth initiative."

Greenhill & Company advised Nikko Cordial, one of Japan’s largest securities firms, on its proposed share exchange with Citigroup.