UCK Partners sues ex-employee in Korea’s 1st PE non-compete case

UCK Partners has sued a former senior employee who joined local rival Premier Partners in June, alleging he violated a non-compete clause, in what i...

Harim-owned Pan Ocean buys stake in LS, fueling talk of alliance with Hoban amid corporate feud

South Korean bulk carrier operator Pan Ocean Co., a unit of the country’s leading poultry processor Harim Co., has acquired a minority stake i...

BOE risks 15-year US OLED ban in Samsung dispute; Korean display stocks rally

South Korean display makers stand to gain from a possible 15-year US import ban on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels from China’s BOE...

Korens cleared in trade secrets dispute with SNT Motiv

South Korean auto parts manufacturer Korens and its affiliate Korens EM have been cleared of all charges in a years-long legal battle with larger ri...

AMCHAM, ECCK warn S.Korea’s labor bill hinders investment

Major foreign business associations in South Korea have warned that a proposed labor law revision in the country could increase legal exposure for m...

Yulchon, FleishmanHillard sign partnership to strengthen shareholder activism advisory

Yulchon LCC, one of South Korea’s leading law firms, has signed a memorandum of understanding with FleishmanHillard Korea to strengthen their ...

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 app...

Calls grow for stronger LP oversight in national strategic asset M&As

MBK Partners’ takeover attempt of Korea Zinc Inc. has exposed the vulnerability of national strategic assets to private equity ownership, posi...

South Korea’s startup M&A winter deepens capital bottleneck  

South Korea’s startup M&A winter has deepened as once major investors like conglomerates are prioritizing restructuring over expansion, ch...

Hanjin KAL roars on hints of renewed control dispute with Hoban

Shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the holding firm of South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co., extended their rally Wednesday after surging by the ...

S.Korea confident of winning Czech nuclear plant deal despite court ruling

A landmark nuclear energy export deal between South Korea and the Czech Republic was postponed at the eleventh hour following a local court ruling, ...

DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholder

DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment & Securities Co.'s second-largest shareholder af...

Korea Zinc faces multiple legal, regulatory challenges in fight against MBK

Korea Zinc Inc. Chairman Choi Yun-birm appears to have kept his grip on the world’s largest zinc smelter after successfully fending off an MBK...

US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier

The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amo...

MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory license

MBK Partners Special Situations (MBKP SS), which operates the Seoul-based private equity firm’s credit situations funds, has voluntarily relin...

LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes

LS Cable & System Co. has gained the upper hand in its years-long patent dispute against Taihan Electric Wire Co. after a South Korean high pate...

Affinity, GIC sell out of Kyobo Life; Chairman Shin seeks holding firm, M&A

Affinity Equity Partners and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have sold their entire stake in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., exiting from thei...

MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is on the verge of clinching a major acquisition deal by offering a higher bid than other conten...

Small firms emerge as prime targets of management disputes in Korea

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accounted for the majority of disputes over corporate management control in South Korea last year, with th...

Samsung Biologics shares fly high to be Korea’s third most valuable firm

Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, has become South Korea’s third most valuable stock on the country’s...

Korean law firms' 2024 revenue soars on M&As, management disputes

South Korea’s major law firms saw rapid growth in revenue last year as the economic slowdown sparked business overhauls at top conglomerates, ...

KHNP, Westinghouse end legal dispute; Korea nears Czech nuclear deal

South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said on Friday it has reached an agreement with US-based Westinghouse Electric Co...

Noul's miLab registered FDA's Class I

South Korea's Noul Co., an in-vitro diagnostics maker and artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms company, said on ...

La Defense might have a say over Hanmi Pharm's family feud

La Defense Partners is expected to exercise a casting vote over the ongoing management dispute at Hanmi Science Co. after the Seoul-based private eq...

Bering Lab eyes 7-fold jump in revenue in 5 years

Bering Lab Inc., a South Korea-based artificial intelligence technology-powered translation startup with specialties in legal, financial and intelle...

MBK’s Korea Zinc bid aimed at corporate governance, shareholder value

MBK Partners’ takeover bid for Korea Zinc Inc. aims to improve corporate governance and shareholder value at the world’s largest lead an...

Corporate management disputes spring up in S.Korea

An unprecedentedly high number of South Korean corporations have become targets of unwanted hostile takeover attempts or have been embroiled in mana...

Management dispute brewing at leggings brand Xexymix operator Brand X?

A leadership change in Brand X Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top leggings brand Xexymix, is spawning speculation that a management cont...

Seoul rejects Elliott’s $20 mn claim against Samsung C&T

Elliott Investment Management Corp. has lost a case against Samsung C&T Corp. in seeking 26.7 billion won ($20.2 million) compensation in connec...

Seoul Semiconductor wins no-wire LED patent case in Europe

South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday it won a patent dispute against Taiwan's Everlight Electronics Co. after the European ...