M&A
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co’s $270 mn deal to buy Namyang Dairy at risk of collapse
South Korean private equity (PE) firm Hahn & Co.’s deal to acquire Namyang Dairy Products is at risk of collapse as the owner and his fami...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ssangyong draws HAAH and electric bus, scooter makers
Ssangyong Motor Co., a troubled South Korean sports utility vehicle maker, has drawn nine preliminary bidders, including a US automobile distributor...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Investors revalue E-Mart after owning two-thirds of Starbucks Korea
Shares of E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest retailer, are rallying after the company bought an extra stake in Starbucks Korea to control two-...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
CS Wind buys Portugal's offshore wind energy firm
CS Wind Corp., the global leader in the wind tower market, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Portugal's largest wind tower manufacturer ASM Indu...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
PEFs claim one-third of S.Korea's M&A deals in H1
Private equity firms (PEFs) have participated in one in every three buyout deals involving South Korean companies in the first six months of the yea...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG expands VC portfolio to industrial cyber security
LG Technology Ventures, a venture capital arm of South Korea's LG Group, has diversified its portfolio into the industrial cybersecurity market with...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK, China's Joyvio to launch $90 mn alternative food fund
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea's SK Group, will launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) fund jointly with Joyvio Group, a unit of Chinese...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
GIC set to buy stake in Starbucks Korea for $700 mn
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Ltd. is set to sign an agreement next week to buy a 30% stake in Starbucks Korea from the coffeehouse ...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
GS Energy to sell half of thermal power plant unit to IMM
GS Energy Corp., an intermediate holding company of South Korea's GS Group, is in the final stages of talks to sell a 50% stake in its wholly-owned ...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero gets 5 more months to sell Yogiyo until January
South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday it is extending the deadline for Germany’s Delivery Hero SE to sell food delivery pla...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung looks to acquire bio company, reviews botox maker Hugel
Samsung Group is looking to buy a biopharmaceutical company as the top South Korean business conglomerate is resuming merger and acquisition activit...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Fried chicken chain BHC set to acquire Outback Steakhouse Korea
South Korea’s second-largest fried chicken brand BHC Group has been named the preferred negotiator to acquire a 100% stake in the Korean opera...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Apparel retailer F&F joins in $1.7 bn TaylorMade deal
F&F Co., the South Korean retailer of the outdoor clothing brands Discovery Expedition and MLB, has been selected as the strategic buyer of Tayl...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB seeks to sell $2.3 bn CBs in HMM to lay groundwork for stake sale
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) is seeking to sell 2.6 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in perpetual convertible bonds issued by HMM Co., th...
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air won't sell Asiana's budget carriers post-merger
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) will not put Asiana Airlines Inc.'s two low-cost carriers (LCCs) up for sale after it completes its 1.8-trillion-won ($1....
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Green Cross' two Kosdaq-listed cell therapy arms to merge
South Korea's pharmaceutical group Green Cross Corp., or GC Pharma, will combine its two cell therapy developers listed on the junior Kosdaq market ...
Jul 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Oilbank set to sell oil storage arm ahead of IPO
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner, is selling a majority stake in its wholly owned Hyundai Oil Terminal Co. to a Seoul-based private equit...
Jul 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Blackstone may team up with Mahle to buy Hanon Systems
The Blackstone Group is in discussions with German automotive parts manufacturer Mahle GmbH to make a joint bid for South Korea's Hanon Systems Corp...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock Real Assets makes first Korean offshore wind investment
BlackRock Real Assets, a unit of the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc., has acquired a 100% equity stake in Korea Renewable Energy ...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Affinity, GS Retail likely to acquire Korean delivery platform Yogiyo
A consortium led by global investment firm Affinity Equity Partners is the most likely candidate to acquire South Korea’s second-largest food ...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG Chem to invest $8.7 bn in battery material, renewable, bio sectors
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top chemical maker, said on Wednesday it will invest 10 trillion won ($8.7 billion) in the battery material, renew...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
IMM PE to buy $1.3 bn stake in Korea’s top furniture brand Hanssem
Hanssem Co., South Korea’s largest furniture and home furnishing company, said on Wednesday its honorary chairman and other key shareholders h...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero seeks more time to sell Korea's Yogiyo
Delivery Hero SE has requested up to another six months to sell South Korea's No. 2 food delivery platform Yogiyo, the estimated value of which was ...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea's first-generation retail platform Interpark up for sale
South Korea-based Interpark Corp., one of the country’s first-generation online retail platforms, is up for sale. According to the invest...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock in talks to acquire Korea’s ESG-focused IGIS Private Equity
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PEA exits from Korean delivery firm in eight years
Baring Private Equity Asia has finally cashed out of South Korea's No. 5 parcel delivery company with a double-digit return, in eight years since it...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Indonesia's HappyFresh draws half of new funding from Korea
Indonesia's online grocery platform HappyFresh will receive another $33 million from South Korean investors, including the Asian startup fund of Nav...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation turns to PEFs to sell stake in SK Global
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. is tapping private equity firms to sell up to a 49% stake in SK Global Chemical Co. after the chemical raw materials...
Jul 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Shinsegae Group goes asset-light in e-commerce push
South Korea's Shinsegae Group is looking to sell the headquarters building of its supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. for about 1 trillion won ($883 milli...
Jul 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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