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Local Subsidiary in Malaysia Partners with a Major Accounting Firm
We are pleased to announce that Nihon M&A Center Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian local subsidiary of Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc. (hereinafter "the Company"; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Suguru Miyake), has entered into a business partnership agreement in the field of M&A with YYC Advisors Sdn Bhd (hereinafter "YYC Advisors"; head office: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; CEO: Datin Shin Yap), one of the largest accounting firms in Malaysia, as follows. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning this partnership was formally signed on July 10, 2025.
The signing ceremony (from left, Yuki Fukushima of Nihon M&A Center Malaysia and Yusuke Ojima of Nihon M&A Center, and Ms. Datin Shin Yap and Mr. Chau Yap of YYC Advisors.)
Background and Purpose of the Partnership
Since its establishment in 1974, YYC Advisors has been one of the largest local accounting firms in Malaysia, having approximately 20,000 advisory clients, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), approximately 1,100 employees, and 11 offices in major Malaysian cities and 2 in Singapore. With its dominant reach and trusted status in the Malaysian market, it provides a wide range of services beyond accounting and taxation, including business advice, company establishment, business succession, HR and payroll outsourcing, IPO support, and M&A support.
The purpose of this alliance is to integrate YYC Advisors' network of SMEs in Malaysia and its locally-rooted expertise in accounting and taxation with the Company's accumulated knowledge and experience in cross-border M&A support, in order to strengthen the Company's organization for supporting the formation and smooth closing of M&A deals in Malaysia.
We will work together, through introductions to SMEs with transfer needs, joint seminars, and educational activities, to promote M&A and foster a healthy market in Malaysia.
The emergence of business succession problems and the increasing risk of business closure due to the absence of successors, especially among Chinese SMEs, are becoming increasingly recognized in recent years as serious social issues in Malaysia. The Company regards M&A as one solution to these problems, and will strengthen cooperation with dependable local partners to make M&A an option that contributes to sustainable corporate development and regional economic stability.
Comment by Yusuke Ojima, Regional Head for Southeast Asia at Nihon M&A Center
Malaysia boasts a high economic growth rate and its Halal market is among those expected to achieve further growth. It has low language barriers to communication, an accounting system which ensures high transparency, markets open to foreign capital, and easy entry for Japanese corporations, making it a key hub in our Group’s overseas expansion strategy.
On the other hand, it has far fewer local M&A players than Japan, and the high-quality information on M&A projects accessible to Japanese companies is limited. We expect this partnership to greatly expand the number of Malaysian local companies within our reach, and we are confident that we will be able to offer many more outstanding M&A prospects to Japanese companies.
Overview of the Malaysian subsidiary
Trade name: Nihon M&A Center Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Address: Level 31-19, Q Sentral, Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established: August 11, 2021
Start of business: December 11, 2021
Representative: Yuki Fukushima
Web inquiries: https://nihon-ma.com.my/
Contact: +6 03-2276-6767 (Languages: Japanese, English, Malay, Chinese)
Web inquiries:
(Japanese) https://www.nihon-ma.co.jp/crossborder-ma_form/contact_jp/
(English) https://nihon-ma.com.my/contact-us/
About Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc.
Company name: Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc. (Stock code: 2127 on TSE Prime Market)
Head office: 24F TEKKO BUILDING 1-8-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 100-0005
Primary business: Management of consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies
Established: April 1991
Office locations in Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Okinawa
Office locations outside Japan: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand (Locations include those in which its subsidiaries operate)
Media inquiries : Send emails to the public relations department at pr@nihon-ma.co.jp at Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc.
