Mr. Nohara is a Vice President in Houlihan Lokey’s Industrials Group. He has more than a decade of M&A advisory experience, having advised on transactions in multiple cross-border projects across various sectors, including general industry, technology, and consumer, mostly between North America, Europe, and Japan. Mr. Nohara is based in the firm’s Tokyo office.
Mr. Nohara’s notable transactions include the sale of Taiwan-based LeanTeq to Enpro Industries in the U.S., Panasonic’s divestiture of its North American lighting business to Atar Capital, Shinagawa Refractories’ acquisition of Saint-Gobain’s refractories business in Brazil and its wear-resistant ceramics business in the U.S., and Konica Minolta’s sale of Konica Minolta Marketing Services Holding Co. to adm Group, an Equistone portfolio company.
Previously, Mr. Nohara was an Associate at GCA Corporation, which was acquired by Houlihan Lokey in 2021.
Mr. Nohara holds an MBA from Kyoto University.