AlixPartners Expands Asia Turnaround & Restructuring Services with Senior Appointment in Tokyo

NEW YORK (January 29, 2025) – AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, has further strengthened its Turnaround & Restructuring Services practice in Asia with appointment of Masashi Niwa as Partner & Managing Director in the Tokyo office. 

Masashi has extensive global and regional experience in corporate management, analytical strategy development, and project management, regularly working with major Japanese and non-Japanese corporations on their cross-border investments. He specializes in corporate strategy development, post-merger integration, and turnaround and restructuring.

Masashi has engaged in turnaround and restructuring work, as well as value-up advisory for Japanese corporations’ overseas assets and operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has also supported strategic turnarounds and reorganizations of governance and business models and of the operations for major Japanese conglomerates, industrial products, electronics manufacturers, and automobile original equipment manufacturers.

“We are excited to welcome Masashi to our team as we continue to expand our Turnaround & Restructuring offering in Asia to meet growing demand for corporate restructuring expertise in an era of heightened disruption. Masashi has a strong track record of successfully supporting Japan’s most complex corporate transformations. We believe that his experience and knowledge of turnaround and transformation will make him an invaluable asset to clients in addressing challenging issues and disputes when it really matters.” said Shiv Shivaraman, Partner & Managing Director and Asia Region Leader.

“Clients will be able to benefit from Masashi’s extensive experience in cross-border corporate strategy development, post-merger integration, and turnaround and restructuring. His unparalleled reputation for successfully supporting major Japanese corporations with their most critical challenges makes us confident that Masashi and our team in Tokyo will be able to provide integrated offerings for complex large-scale cross-border projects both in Asia and elsewhere in the world.” said Takuro Ueji, Partner & Managing Director and Japan Representative of AlixPartners.

Masashi Niwa commented: “I am proud to be a part of AlixPartners at a time when Japanese companies are increasingly being required to focus on their global competitiveness and management capabilities. AlixPartners’ strength lies in delivering “tangible results” for clients. It is perfectly positioned to enhance the corporate value of domestic and overseas organizations and businesses.”

About AlixPartners

AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully address their most complex and critical challenges. Their clients include companies, corporate boards, law firms, investment banks, private equity firms, and others. Founded in 1981, AlixPartners is headquartered in New York and has offices in more than 20 cities around the world. For more information, visit www.alixpartners.com.