Bridgeford was established in September
1990 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Industrial Bank of Japan
(IBJ) -
a predecessor of the Mizuho Financial Group. The
first of its kind, Bridgeford was formed by partnering leading
U.S. investment bankers with Japanese banking professionals.
After the formation of the Mizuho Financial Group in 2002,
Bridgeford became Mizuho's sole US investment bank providing
M&A advisory services to Mizuho's broad customers in North America and overseas.
Bridgeford retains close relationships with U.S. corporate executives
and U.S. investment banks. Bridgeford continues to be New York's premier platform for U.S.-
Japan cross-border M&A transactions.
February, 2006, The Bridgeford Group, Mizuho Securities and Evercore Partners,
a leading New York based boutique financial advisory and investment firm,
have signed a strategic alliance agreement to provide cross-border M&A advisory service to clients in North America and Japan.
The alliance with Evercore Partners is intended to cover large-scale,
cross-border M&A and related transactions between Japanese and North American companies.
