
Jeff Acton
Partner, Co-Head of Tokyo, Head of Technology
东京
Jeff Acton is a Partner based in Tokyo. Mr. Acton has a solid track record in originating and executing acquisitions and divestments for corporate clients and financial sponsors in Japan, China, Korea and Singapore, with a focus on the advanced manufacturing, automotive, consumer and specialty chemicals sectors.
Clients for whom he has advised on transactions in Asia include Clariant, Cookson Group, Henkel, J-Will Partners and Kennametal among others. He started his career as an aerospace engineer with Pratt & Whitney in Canada. Mr. Acton has an MBA from INSEAD in France, and an MSc/BSc from Queen’s University in Canada (with a year at Kyoto University). Mr. Acton is fluent in spoken and written Japanese and conversant in French.
Recent transactions
divested Wavedash to
2023
divested majority stake to
2023
has been acquired by
2022
series D capital raise from
2022
has been acquired by
2022
divested Niigata fab to
Sangyo Sosei and Fukuoka Capital
2022
divested
to
2022
series C capital raise from
2022
a portfolio company of
has been acquired by
2022
divested stake in
to
2021
a portfolio of
has been acquired by
2021
has been acquired by
2021
invested $150m in
2021
divested stake in
to
2021
series D capital raise led by
2021
divested 100% stake to
a portfolio company of
2021
divested
2021
divested majority stake to
2020
established JV with
2020
divested Asian electronic cleaning chemicals business to
2020