M&A Deal Summary

Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing Acquire Aircastle

On November 6, 2019, Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing acquired financial services company Aircastle for 7.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marubeni’s 1st and Mizuho Leasing’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Marubeni’s and Mizuho Leasing’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Marubeni’s 14th and Mizuho Leasing’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marubeni’s 2nd and Mizuho Leasing’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-11-06
Target Aircastle
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Marubeni
Mizuho Leasing
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 7.4B USD
Advisor(s) Citi (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Conyers Dill & Pearman (Legal)

Target

Aircastle

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Aircastle acquires, leases and sells commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. Aircastle owns and manages on behalf of its joint ventures 300+ aircraft leased to customers around the world. Aircastle was formed in 2004 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Marubeni

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1858
Sector Diversified
Employees42,882
Revenue 7.79T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION
Marubeni's corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
Marubeni's corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

Marubeni is a global trading and investment firm with a diverse range of business interests. Marubeni was founded in 1858 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 46 of 71
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Connecticut M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 14 of 19
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-08 GridMarket

New York, New York, United States

GridMarket LLC is a dynamic distributed energy project platform and competitive marketplace leveraging big data and predictive analytics to accelerate the global energy transition. The GridMarket platform automates the creation of customized opportunity assessments and technology agnostic recommendations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-17 Carbon Clean Solutions

Reading, United Kingdom

Carbon Clean Solutions Ltd. is a developer and owns the technology to capture carbon dioxide (hereinafter, “CO2”) from the flue gas emitted by coal/gas fired power plants and industrial plants. Carbon Clean Solutions was established in 2009 and is based in Reading, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Mizuho Leasing

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Financial Services
Employees2,282
Revenue 695.4B JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Mizuho Leasing is a general leasing company focused on financing for equipment and other assets through leasing and installment sales, while also actively growing our operations and overseas as a comprehensive financial services group serving the business community. Mizuho Leasing was founded in 1969 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Connecticut M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-02-03 Mizuho RA Leasing

Mumbai, India

Mizuho RA Leasing is a provider of equipment rental and financing solutions, catering to large and mid-sized corporations. Mizuho RA Leasing was founded in 2014 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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