Northleaf Opens Tokyo Office, Expanding Global Presence in Asia to Meet Growing Investor Interest

TOKYO & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northleaf Capital Partners (“Northleaf”), a global private markets investment firm, today announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan. It is the ninth location in Northleaf’s global network and builds on the firm’s longstanding commitment to the Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) region, complementing its well-established presence in Melbourne, Australia. The Tokyo office will be led by Jeff Pentland, a founding partner of Northleaf and member of its Investment Committee. Jeff has relocated from Northleaf’s Toronto office to Tokyo, where he lived and worked while with the law firm of Hamada & Matsumoto (now Mori Hamada & Matsumoto) earlier in his career. “Having led Northleaf�