M&A Deal Summary

Advantage Partners Acquires Watchnian

On December 1, 2020, private equity firm Advantage Partners acquired consumer products company Watchnian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advantage Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Advantage Partners’ 63rd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-12-01
Target Watchnian
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Advantage Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Watchnian

Tokyo, Japan
Watchnian is a supplier of used and new luxury products and specializes in the sale, purchase, wholesale, import, and export of branded bags, luxury watches, and jewelry. Watchnian 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 75 of 106
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 39 of 47
Country: Japan M&A 63 of 90
Year: 2020 M&A 6 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-03 FEED

Yokohama, Japan

FEED engages in the Sale of dental materials, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and other medical-related products. FEED was founded in 1980 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-02 Qit

Yokohama-shi, Japan

Qit is a human resource services company that mainly engages in manufacturing-related staffing (with a focus on dispatching technicians and subcontracting) as well as in on-the-job training-related businesses through its six subsidiaries. Qit was founded in 2005 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Japan.

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