Korea M&A Corporation

Woori Financial Group plans to re-nter the brokerage industry by acquiring the digital brokerage firm Korea Foss Securities and merging it with its existing investment banking subsidiary, Woori Investment Bank.This merger, scheduled for completion in the third quarter, marks Woori's return to stock trading after a decade. The combined entity will aim to position itself among the top ten brokerag..

Lotte Group is considering offloading its stalled theme-park project in northeastern China for at least 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. South Korea’s largest operator of hotels, theme parks and duty-free stores is working with an adviser to gauge interest from potential investors, the people said, asking not to be named as the information is private...

Yanolja Co., a leading South Korean travel platform operator, said Thursday that it signed an agreement to buy a 70 percent stake in e-commerce businesses of Interpark Corp. for 294 billion won (US$248 million). Yanolja said its move to acquire Interpark‘s travel, performing arts, shopping and book businesses is intended to make inroads into the global travel market dominated by foreign platform..

South Korea's SK Innovation Co Ltd (096770.KS) plans to invest 5.1 trillion won ($4.32 billion) to build battery production facilities in the United States through its battery joint venture with Ford Motor Co (F.N) through 2027, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The South Korean battery maker, which supplies electric car batteries to Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS),..

Kraton Corporation entered into a merger agreement under which DL Chemical will acquire 100% of Kraton in an all-cash deal, implying an enterprise value of $2.5bn, the company said on Monday. Per the agreement, Kraton stockholders will receive $46.50 in cash for each share of Kraton common stock they own. The deal represents a premium of 50% over Kraton’s unaffected market valuation as of early ..

Local PEF's inexperience with huge M&A deals is partially blamed By Anna J. Park Local private equity firm (PEF) Centroid's acquisition of global golf brand TaylorMade has hit another stumbling block, this time over a domestic licensing deal.The PEF has partnered with Korea's mid-sized fashion company F&F Holdings, along with other financial investors, and they completed full payment for the buy..

A South Korean investor consortium led by Gwangju-based construction conglomerate Jungheung Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to initiate talks surrounding the acquisition of a 50.75 percent stake in Daewoo Engineering & Construction, a filing showed Monday. Following the nonbinding agreement, the investor group -- comprising Jungheung Group and investment bank Mirae Asset Securitie..

As the GS consortium is certain to acquire Korea's botulinum toxin (BTX) developer, Hugel, industry watchers are paying keen attention to how the acquisition would change the company and the domestic BTX and bio markets. The four-party private equity fund formed by the GS Group, also participated in by IMM Investment, China's CBC Group, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mubadala Investment Comp..

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Like many other countries, South Korea has its own merger notification & competition review regimes. This means if your M&A deal involving a Korean company or business meets the merger notification thresholds prescribed in the rules of the Korean competition authority, you need to make a merger filing. And your transaction becomes subject to the authority’s competition review. Thus, it is impera..

After months of negotiations and trading barbs, Jeju Air finalized its decision on July 23 to scrap its plans to purchase Eastar Jet -- a decision that may have been inevitable for Jeju amid uncertainties, but was detrimental to some 1,500 budget airline employees who may now lose their jobs. “Despite the government’s willingness to support and mediation efforts, the level of uncertainty facing ..

JP Morgan Chase topped South Korea’s merger and acquisition (M&A) league table from January to June this year after leading several mega deals in the subdued M&A market under COVID-19 influence. The Korean unit of the New York-based investment bank topped the list of the M&A league table by closing 3.37 trillion won ($2.8 billion) worth deals in Korea in the first half, according to data release..

Experties in Key Sectors While we invest in a broad range of industries, the members of Korea M&A has experience and a strong investment and advisory records in the Internet and Mobile, telecommunications and media, financial services, pharmaceuticals and business services industries. Given our strength particularly in Internet, Mobile and financial services, we selectively explore investment op..

Focus on Asia Pacific Korea M&A has a dedicated geographic focus on North Asia - Korea, Japan and Greater China (China, Taiwan and Hong Kong). We focus our investment activities in these markets on the basis of our competitive advantage in these geographies. To cover these markets, our investment teams are located in Seoul. Local and Independent Investment Teams All of our investment professiona..

Hillstone Private Equity (below 'Hillstone PE') focuses on Asia pacific ICT market. Hillstone PE invests in Asian ICT companies by finding and partnering with ‘best-in-class’ operational management teams with specific expertise and significant experience and track-record within niches of the Asia Pacific ICT sector, primarily in Mobile, Internet, and Game. Following substantial due diligence, ty..

SEOUL (Reuters) - American International Group (AIG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is interested in expanding into consumer finance in South Korea and may buy Korean companies to grow its businesses, the head of its Korean life insurance unit said on Thursday. AIG, the world's largest insurer by market capitalization, runs life and non-life insurance, investment and real estate operations in South..

Nation’s Largest Bank Close to Taking Over Hannuri Securities for 280 Billion Won By Na Jeong-ju Staff Reporter Kookmin Bank has agreed to buy Hannuri Investment & Securities, a small brokerage firm based in Seoul, for some 280 billion won ($309 million) with its largest shareholder, J.D.K Investment Corp. of the United States, sources close to the deal said Monday. Kookmin will take over the in..

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has purchased an Israeli developer of image sensors in its first acquisition in over a decade. Samsung bought Tel Aviv-based and privately held TransChip Israel Ltd. and turned it into one of its research and development centers, said Samsung spokeswoman Lee Eun-hee. The purchase took effect Oct. 1, she said. The Korea E..

SEOUL, South Korea -- In a sign that South Korea's booming shipbuilders are diversifying, STX Shipbuilding Co. said it bought 39.2% of Aker Yards ASA, a Norwegian builder specializing in cruise ships, for $800 million. For STX Shipbuilding, South Korea's fifth-largest shipbuilder by volume of orders, the investment provides a foothold in the high-margin cruise-ship market -- a segment that has b..

When Park Hyeon-joo, chairman of Mirae Asset Financial Group, introduced South Korea's first retail mutual fund in December 1998, the country was mired in the Asian financial crisis. Only a year had passed since the government had agreed to bring strict discipline to its financial sector and rein in profligate industrial conglomerates, in return for a multibillion-dollar bailout from the Interna..

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will loosen regulations on foreign asset management firms and domestic private equity funds as early as this year, and eliminate rules deterring overseas acquisitions, two ministries said on Thursday. The moves are the latest in a series of deregulation efforts for the financial industry as the government strives to raise its financial clout in Asia, and are aimed a..

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Doosan Infracore Co., South Korea's largest maker of construction machinery, agreed to buy Ingersoll-Rand Co.'s Bobcat and other earth-moving equipment units for $4.9 billion in the country's biggest overseas acquisition. The combined businesses had about $2.6 billion in sales last year and make small loaders, excavators and forklifts, Incheon-based Doosan Infracore said i..

US investment firm Lone Star has stopped talks with Singapore's DBS Group Holdings to sell Korea Exchange Bank, a report said. Lone Star chairman John Grayken did not give the reason for the end of the talks, but told Yonhap the Dallas- based fund would keep looking for a buyer for KEB, despite a legal battle over the 2003 purchase of the bank. South Korean prosecutors said in December the US$1...

Recentlry Hanaro Telecom (below 'Hanaro') decided Goldman Sach as strategy advisor. The main shareholder AIG-New bridge capital consortium are preparing for selling share to others. SK group, LG group and KT have interested in acquistion of the that share of Hanaro. After providing IPTV service in Korea, Hanaro's revenues are growing faster than before. Share holder AIG-New bridge capital consor..

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The Fair Trade Commission, South Korea's corporate watchdog, said Thursday that it has approved Shinhan Financial Group's takeover of LG Card Co., the country's top credit card company, a deal valued at 5.18 trillion won (US$5.52 billion). In December, Shinhan Financial, the country's second-largest financial service company, agreed to buy a 61-percent stake in LG Card..

An all-Korean transaction using the leveraged buyout method was declared illegal, in some instances, by the Supreme Court on Nov. 9. Although such transactions are fairly common around the globe, in Korea they are rare. The recent ruling did not outright ban LBOs, and needs to be understood in the broader context of LBO transactions. LBOs are takeovers of another company with funds borrowed usin..

July 27 (Reuters) - Swiss investment bank UBS AG (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it will buy a 51 percent stake in the fund management arm of South Korea's Hana Financial Group (086790.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) for up to $190 million. The transaction adds to an active year for mergers and acquisitions in the global fund management sector. There were 89 such deals worth $..

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There are many ways to avoid tax in Korea. I will introduce you two ways to avoid tax. Recently many hedge funds executed it like this. 1. Purchasing a building through new establishing korean company and sell stocks of that company to buyer. Then the tax of stock exchange is 10% of capital gain. This rate is much lower than tax from estate transfer. 2. Investment in Tax heaven which contracted ..

Foreign Investment in South Korea The matters pertaining to a foreign individual or entity wising to make a direct foreign investment in Korea are primarily prescribed by the Foreign Investment Promotion Act (“FIPA? and the Commercial Code of Korea. This document attempts to give an overview of procedure for foreign investment. Brief introduction of FIPA Investing in Korea has been facilitated b..