Based in Tokyo, our Japan private equity team invests in management buyouts of middle-market Japanese companies, with a particular focus on niche manufacturing and consumer products companies.

For many well-established Japanese companies, the most promising growth opportunities exist outside of Japan, particularly in China, which in 2004 surpassed the United States to become Japan’s largest trading partner.

We are differentiated from other private equity firms in Japan through our ability not only to execute management buyout transactions in Japan, but also to help Japanese management teams address one of their most important yet challenging opportunities, international expansion.

We fund our investments in Japan through CITIC Japan Partners, L.P., which was established in 2004 and has total commitments of
JPY16.9 billion. Approximately 90% of the capital in this fund comes from blue-chip Japanese investors.