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..

A majority stake in Lotte Insurance, South Korea's seventh biggest non-life insurer, has been placed for sale for over KRW2tn ($1.45bn).Local private equity firm JKL Partners is disposing of its stake of 77% in the insurer. JKL bought a 53% stake in Lotte Insurance for KRW373.4bn in 2019 and increased its ownership to 77% through the insurer’s rights offering in October of the same year. The tot..

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..

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 ..

Korea’s antitrust agency may tighten scrutiny of small-company acquisitions following accusations that major digital players like Kakao have grown too fast and have used the purchase of start-ups to grow under the radar. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) may soon take into account user bases, transaction sizes and revenues when determining whether a review is necessary. At present, a deal is subje..

Kim & Chang in awkward position The months-long dispute over a 53.08 percent stake Namyang Dairy Chairman Hong Won-sik sought to sell for 310.7 billion won ($265 million) to local private equity fund (PEF) Hahn & Co. is expected to morph into a protracted legal battle, as the PEF hired Yoon & Yang, a law firm specializing in finance and tax litigation, Wednesday.Some market watchers say the priv..

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..

GS Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Hyundai Heavy Industries are eyeing taking a major stake in Doosan Infraore which is being put up for sale as part of Doosan Group's business normalization. "GS E&C and Hyundai Heavy Industries are included on the shortlist to possibly purchase a major stake. Given their core strengths, it makes sense for either of the firms to participate in the upcoming ..

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..

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..

GCA Holdings Corp. shares surged as much as 17 percent, the stock's daily allowable gain, after the investment-advisory firm said it will acquire a U.S. company. The shares rose as much as 100,000 yen to 694,000 and finished the morning trading session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange at 663,000. Tokyo-based GCA, the second-ranked Japanese adviser on mergers this year, will acquire closely held Savvi..

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are getting less than half the minimum fees typically charged for arranging a $3 billion Taiwan banking merger, three people familiar with the terms of the deal said. Goldman, the world's leading takeover adviser, accepted less than $1 million for advising state-backed Chang Hwa Commercial Bank on its union with T..

HONG KONG -- The scramble by port operators to invest in the bustling wharves of southern China is evident even in the smallest of deals -- like Hutchison Port Holdings' latest acquisition, an incremental purchase in the biggest port of China's busiest manufacturing region. Hutchison, the world's largest operator of container terminals by volume handled, plans to spend 270.63 million yuan ($36 m..

A move earlier this month by Singapore Airlines and Temasek, the Singaporean government's investment vehicle, to take a minority stake in troubled state-owned carrier China Eastern Airlines likely heralds further consolidation in China's aviation sector. Tie-up targets for international acquirers could include China Southern Airlines , which is China Eastern's state-owned peer, said analysts. Ai..

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..

Investors at Sanyo Electric may be revising their line of questioning. Rather than ask which business unit is up for sale, Wall Street watchers may be wondering which business unit is "not" for sale. Sanyo Electric reportedly is entertaining buyout bids from a number of players for its semiconductor business, according to a report Monday in the Wall Street Journal, which cited sources as pegging..

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank (彰化銀行) said yesterday its board has selected Goldman Sachs Group Inc as financial consultant on its planned merger with Taishin Financial Holding Co (台新金控). The lender made the announcement in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange, following a board meeting earlier in the day. Chang Hwa also authorized its chairman, Lee Yung-san (李庸三), to negotiate terms and sign the ..

According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers Financial Services M&A Going for growth in Asia June 2007 Survey, if 2005 saw M&A activity of $38.8 billion, in 2006 the same (including insurance) rose to a record 66 per cent to touch $64.5 billion. High cost of deals notwithstanding, M&A activity in Asia, specially in the financial services sector, is seen to take on an upward trajectory over the next five ..

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MUMBAI: ICICI Bank will play a larger role in financing M&A deals for Indian companies looking abroad. This is, in fact, one of the reasons for the massive public issue just completed by the bank, according to Chanda Kochhar, deputy managing director, ICICI Bank. “With India Inc spending so much on global acquisitions, there is a need for banks like us to increase our balance sheet,” she said, s..

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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...

London: The leveraged buyouts that have fuelled record merger activity face a new test as interest rates rise and stock markets wobble, early signs that the debt behind the deals could become costlier and difficult to raise. Low interest rates around the world have led to an explosion in buyouts by private equity firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone Group in recent years. They ha..

Hong Kong's controversial rail merger is back on track after lawmakers gave the go-ahead following a marathon debate. The proposed tie-up between the MTR Corp and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp, which had been blocked many times by government opponents fearing monopolization, was finally endorsed by 30 to 17 votes in the Legislative Council Friday after 24 hours of debate over the past three days. ..

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..

By Takahiko Hyuga April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. acquired 61 percent of Nikko Cordial Corp., Japan's third-biggest brokerage, falling short of the shares it needs to take full control. Nikko stock rose to 1,738 yen, more than Citigroup offered, as the U.S. company said it may seek more shares. Citigroup will pay 920 billion yen ($7.7 billion) in cash to Nikko shareholders who accepted th..