merger and acquisition
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai-Daewoo shipbuilding merger wins China approval, awaiting EU
China has granted unconditional approval of the world’s largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s acquisition of hometown riv...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Celltrion finalizes $278mn acquisition of Takeda's primary care assets
South Korea's biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. has completed the $278 million acquisition of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd's primary care a...
Dec 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana likely to withdraw from Star Alliance membership post-merger
Asiana Airlines Inc., up for a merger with bigger crosstown rival Korean Air Lines Co., is expected to drop out of Star Alliance, a global airline all...
Nov 17, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero, Woowa $4 bn merger faces hiccup due to KFTC
The proposed merger between Germany-based Delivery Hero SE and South Korea's Woowa Brothers Corp. has hit a roadblock due to the Korea Fair Trade Co...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor hires Goldman as adviser for Boston Dynamics acquisition
Hyundai Motor Co. has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as its adviser in its attempt to acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., signaling the seriousness of the S...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Merger review
Merger reviews hit record high in H1 with 424 cases worth $125.5 bn
The number of merger reviews has hit a record high in Korea for the first half of the year, with 424 filings made to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (...
Aug 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Meritz Securites funds KKR’s German media group acquisition
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has provided 200 million euros ($218 million) in a senior loan to fund KKR & Co.’s $3.4 billion purchase in 2019 ...
Feb 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Shinhan backs AMP Capital’s $763 mn US data center acquisition
Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided 194.1 billion won ($162 million) in financing for AMP Capital’s 911 billion-won ($763 million) acquisition...
Feb 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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KTB Investment seals $326 mn acquisition of Vienna office building
KTB Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has recently completed the acquisition of an office building in Vienna used as the Austrian headquarters of T...
May 18, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meritz Securities drops $500 mn Walmart store acquisition plan after US rate hike
South Korea’s Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has abandoned plans to acquire about 40 stores of Walmart Stores Inc. in southern states of the U.S. for $500...
Jan 04, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chronology: Korea’s sprawling political scandal hits NPS over Samsung units’ merger
The following are key events in relation to Samsung C&T Corporation’s takeover of affiliate Cheil Industries Inc. in 2015, and prosecutors’ invest...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Q&A: NPS embroiled in Korea’s political scandal over Samsung units’ merger
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension scheme with $460 billion in assets under management, is engulfed in on...
Nov 29, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Co.’s acquisition of smaller local rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust body raised the hurdle f...
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Co.’s acquisition of smaller local rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust body raised the hurdle f...
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Securities leads M&A financing for Trench Group acquisition (edited)
Shinhan Securities Co. announced on Monday that it participated as the lead arranger in the merger and acquisition (M&A) financing of Trench Gro...
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