TOKYO -- U.K.-based private equity firm Apax Partners is looking at buyout deals in Japan, seeing opportunity after three straight years where the Nikkei Stock Average has risen 20% or more, with mergers and acquisitions running at a record clip.
U.K.-based investor's co-CEO seeks investments in Japan to grow its business in Asia

Andrew Sillitoe, co-CEO of U.K. private equity firm Apax Partners, says his company is looking for its first opportunity to strike a deal in Japan. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Mitsuru Obe and Getty)
TOKYO -- U.K.-based private equity firm Apax Partners is looking at buyout deals in Japan, seeing opportunity after three straight years where the Nikkei Stock Average has risen 20% or more, with mergers and acquisitions running at a record clip.