Team
Katsuhiro Sumiyoshi
Executive Director
Background
Katsuhiro has over 18 years of investment banking experience working with global investment banks such as UBS, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan. He has extensive M&A expertise primarily in Industrials including Automotive, Machinery, Metals and Mining, Energy and Chemical sectors, and has originated and executed numerous M&A and financing transactions for various Japanese blue-chip companies in both domestic and cross-border situations. He also advised large-scale industry consolidations such as Nippon Steel’s merger with Sumitomo Metal Industries and Nippon Mining Holding’s merger with Nippon Oil. He is also experienced in cross-border transactions involving overseas asset sales by large-cap Japanese companies such as INPEX and Mitsui& Co.
Katsuhiro graduated from University of Tokyo majoring in Economics and received an MBA from Darden Business School, University of Virginia.
• GCA Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, registered broker-dealer and FINRA (www.finra.org) and SIPC member firm (www.sipc.org). GCA Advisors, LLC provides independent financial advice on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt Capital Markets, Recapitalization & Restructuring, Cross Border and Strategic Alliances, Special Committees, Private Funds, Private Placements and Venture Support. Check the background of GCA Advisors, LLC on FINRA’s BrokerCheck (brokercheck.finra.org).
• GCA Altium Limited, a company providing financial advisory services in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Israel and incorporated under English law, is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom and provides independent financial advice on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt Capital Markets, IPOs, Recapitalization & Restructuring, Cross Border and Private Placements.
• GCA Corporation, a company incorporated in Japan which provides financial advisory services on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross Border, Private Placements & IPOs, Growth Strategy Services, and Post-Merger Integration.
• GCA China Company, Limited, a company incorporated in Shanghai which provides financial advisory services in China on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross Border, Mezzanine Financing, Growth Strategy Services, Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration.
• GCA India Company, Limited, a company incorporated in Mumbai which provides financial advisory services in India on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross Border, Mezzanine Financing, Growth Strategy Services, Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration.
• AMPLIA, a subsidiary of GCA Corporation in Japan, provides Venture Support services in Japan and the US.
• GCA FAS, a subsidiary of GCA Corporation in Japan, provides Due Diligence advisory services and M&A transaction services.
• MCo Corporation, a subsidiary of GCA Corporation in Japan, provides Mezzanine Financing in Japan.