M&A Deal Summary

Advantage Partners Acquires MP Kitchen

On June 1, 2016, private equity firm Advantage Partners acquired restaurant MP Kitchen

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advantage Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Advantage Partners’ 42nd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-06-01
Target MP Kitchen
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Advantage Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

MP Kitchen

Tokyo, Japan
MP Kitchen is an operator of a chain of multi-cuisine restaurants and specializes in Japanese noodles which are made by cooling noodles with ice, dumplings that are steamed, shallow fried, and grilled over high heat. MP Kitchen was founded in 1992 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer

Advantage Partners

Singapore, Singapore

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 4.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advantage Partners LLP is a Japanese private equity firm focused on investing public and private companies. Advantage targets businesses operating in the fields of distribution/retail, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT/software and financial services. The Firm will consider a variety of transactions including corporate divestitures, acquisitions, buyouts, public to private, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Advantage Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 49 of 106
Sector: Restaurants M&A 3 of 11
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 27 of 47
Country: Japan M&A 42 of 90
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Tokyo, Japan

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Tokyo, Japan

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