Blackstone Group (BX.N) has hired seasoned dealmaker Atsuhiko Sakamoto from Bain Capital to build a corporate buyout team in Japan in a bid to broaden its focus beyond property deals in the country, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Sakamoto, who has been with Bain since 2007 and most recently as a managing director, focused on the tech, media and telecoms sectors, according to Bain’s website.
He was a senior executive at Bain whose Tokyo team worked on the biggest private equity-backed deal globally this year – the $18 billion purchase of Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) chip unit by a Bain-led consortium.
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