PwC Korea named to lead $360 mn sale of K Shipbuilding; preferred buyer likely by year-end
K Shipbuilding Co., once a rising star in South Korea’s shipbuilding industry under the STX Group, is returning to the auction block – th...
MBK, Mirae Asset to force CJ CGV to give up overseas cinema assets
MBK Partners Ltd. and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are set to force South Korea’s top multiplex cinema chain CJ CGV Co. to surrender control of C...
Hyundai Hyms sale kicks off as J& Private Equity sends out teaser letters
Hyundai Hyms Co., a Kosdaq-listed ship block manufacturer, is officially on the auction block as its private equity owner, J& Private Equity (J&a...
TaylorMade sale takes new turn as F&F hires Goldman for bid
F&F Holdings Co., a South Korean fashion retailer and the largest strategic investor in TaylorMade, has entered a head-to-head showdown with Cent...
IMM PE pitches A’pieu sale in breakup of struggling Able C&C
IMM Private Equity Inc. is pursuing a separate sale of A’pieu, a color makeup brand under Able C&C Co., as the Seoul-based private equity f...
Yes, it’s K-beauty: Strong buying appetite for makeup brands even before they're up for sale
In South Korea’s M&A landscape, beauty companies are no longer waiting to put themselves on the market. They’re being courted before ...
Kakao Pay backs out of acquisition deal for Shinsegae’s SSG Pay, Smile Pay
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., has pulled out of a deal to acquire two r...
Hanwha seeks to buy Paraspara Seoul from developer tied to Banyan Tree Busan fire
Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co. is in talks to acquire Paraspara Seoul, a five-star hotel and resort, up for sale by a property developer facing liab...
Hanwha-owned burger chain Five Guys Korea up for sale two years after launch
South Korea’s Hanwha Group is seeking to sell the Korean operations of US premium burger chain Five Guys, two years after the brand’s hig...
Deal graveyard: S.Korean F&B franchise sales left without takers
Korean food is making waves globally, but back home, the story is different for food and beverage franchise operators. Franchisors in South Korea are...
Organic food chain Chorocmaeul up for sale amid liquidity woes
Financial investors in Chorocmaeul Co., a South Korean organic food store chain, are seeking to sell the management control of the company, which rec...
Shinsegae, Hana Financial, Bain Capital to finance $438 mn Starfield Cheongna
Shinsegae Property, a subsidiary of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group, on Tuesday unveiled a 600 billion won ($438 million) investment agreem...
K Shipbuilding up for sale as Korean shipyards ride new boom
K Shipbuilding Co., a mid-tier South Korean shipbuilder, will be put on the market this month after a strong turnaround. The deal, estimated at 500 b...
Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push
Samsung Electronics Co. will acquire Xealth, a US-based healthcare platform provider, as it steps up efforts to foster non-semiconductor businesses &...
Korean waste management firm Koentec put on market for $730 mn
Korea Environment Technology Co. (Koentec) is up for sale in a deal that could fetch up to 1 trillion won ($730.4 million) with global private equity...
BTS’ Suga, MLB star Chan Ho Park to join Oakland Athletics as shareholders
BTS member Suga and former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Chan Ho Park are putting their money on the Athletics, formerly the Oakland Athletics,...
Yonsei University: Unlikely yet adroit dealmaker in S.Korea’s M&A market
For decades, or probably for centuries, Yonsei University has been seen as an ivory tower – a place for academics – in South Korea.One of...
Taekwang, Anchor Equity shortlisted for Aekyung stake
Taekwang Industrial Co., a South Korean chemical and textile company, and Anchor Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, have emerged...
DB Insurance in talks to buy US auto insurer Fortegra in $1.5 billion deal
DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, is in advanced talks to acquire US-based insurer Fortegra in a deal that could b...
Hanwha acquires Indonesian bank, first foreign banking venture by Korean insurer
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. has become the first South Korean insurance firm to advance into the overseas banking sector by securing a controlling stak...
NPS, Scape acquire Aussie senior living operator Aveo from Brookfield
South Korea’s state-run pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), has partnered with Australia’s student housing specialist Scape...
KKR in control feud over Korea’s top solar power plant
Global private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is embroiled in a management dispute over South Korea’s top solar power plant with key individua...
NH, KB Securities, Kookmin Bank, Kim & Chang lead capital markets in H1
NH Investment & Securities Co. retained its lead in South Korea’s equity capital market (ECM) in the first half, riding a surge in large-sc...
South Korea issues €1.4 billion in largest-ever euro bond sale
South Korea raised 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) through a euro bond sale on Thursday, marking the country's largest-ever euro-denominated debt is...
F&F’s bid for TaylorMade complicates Centroid's exit
South Korean fashion retailer F&F Co., the largest strategic investor in TaylorMade Golf Co., has announced a bid for the golf equipment and appa...
S.Korean game developer Krafton acquires Japan’s ADK for $517 million
Krafton Inc., a major South Korean game publisher, has acquired Japan's leading advertising and animation group ADK for 75 billion yen ($517 million)...
Loss-making Lotte Chemical to sell water treatment unit to Synopex
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemical company grappling with mounting losses amid a prolonged industry downturn, wil...
Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in high-qu...
Kolmar patriarch wants shares gifted to son back amid sibling rivalry
In a dramatic and unprecedented legal move that has shaken South Korea’s corporate landscape, Kolmar Group founder and Chairman Yoon Dong-han h...
Tencent eyes 2nd-largest stake in Kakao Mobility amid broader Korea push
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. has emerged as a surprise contender in a race to acquire a roughly 40% stake in Kakao Mobility Corp., the op...
