Mizuho has acquired independent European financial advisory firm Augusta as the financial services group looks to boost its M&A advisory platform and energy transition credentials.
Under the deal Augusta will act as renewables advisory arm for Mizuho in the EMEA. Augusta will retain its brand and its network, leadership and team will remain in place.
Yutaka Nanjo, head of global investment banking, Mizuho Securities, said: “Through this transaction we are combining Augusta’s specialist expertise with our global reach, client base and product offering. This is in addition to our well established global M&A platform as a result of our acquisition of Greenhill in 2023.”
Managing partners of Augusta, Mortimer Menzel and James Knight, added: “Together with our partners Simon Clement-Davies, Charlie Hodges and Romane Guitard and the wider team, we are now taking Augusta to the next level by combining Augusta’s leading sector expertise with Mizuho’s global reach, deep energy financing and capital markets strengths, along with a shared vision of a sustainable future. We are excited to embark on the next stage of our growth.
“As transactions in the renewables sector become more sophisticated and global, they also require more specialist, bespoke advice supported by a wider product base, which will be core to our business model.”
