Shohei Taniguchi
Executive Director
Office Address
GCA Corporation
Pacific Century Place Marunouchi
Floor 30
11-1 Marunouchi 1-Chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-6230
Japan
D: +81 03 6212 7236
Sectors
Technology, Semiconductors and Electronics, Digital Media and Media
Services
Mergers and Acquisitions
Background
Shohei is an Executive Director at GCA Corporation with over 14 years of investment banking experience. He has advised on a number of successful M&A transactions, primarily cross-border deals in Europe, the US and Asia. Shohei is also a member of GCA’s TMT team, primarily covering imaging and semiconductor sectors. Key deals he has advised on include the acquisition of US-based SDI Media Group by Sumitomo Corporation, Imagica Robot Holdings and Cool Japan Fund; Rohm’s acquisition of an Irish semiconductor venture company; Mirait Holdings’ acquisition of a public Singaporean company by scheme of arrangement; and Takara Bio’s acquisition of a US NASDAQ-listed bio testing equipment company.
Prior to GCA, Shohei engaged in IPO underwriting and M&A advisory at Daiwa Securities and DC Advisory London. He was at Daiwa’s IPO Division for over 5 years where he worked on pre-IPO funding, listing preparations, stock exchange negotiations, IPO pricing, developing equity stories and the IPO roadshow. He joined GCA in 2014.
Shohei has a BA in Economics from Hitotsubashi University.