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Deals

March 23, 2020
Hankuk Paper signs W55b deal to acquire local paper maker Seha

An investor group led by South Korean pulp product manufacturer Hankuk Paper agreed to buy a majority stake in Korea’s third-largest domestic industrial paper maker, Seha, for 55 billion won ($44.2 m...
March 19, 2020
Bidding war for Prudential Life intensifies amid coronavirus risks

An intense bidding war for the takeover of Prudential Life Insurance of Korea, valued at some 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) kicked off early Thursday as major banking groups and private equity houses...
March 17, 2020
Foreign investors beef up shareholder activism with legal clarity

South Korea introduced a law in February to support a new form of activism by “general” equity investors, enabling minority shareholders to have a say in corporate decisions. The revision of the Cap...
March 16, 2020
Bandi & Luni’s bookstore chain up for sale

The owners of the Seoul Book Center -- operator of South Korea’s third-largest bookstore chain, Bandi & Luni’s -- are looking to put their stake in the company up for sale through deal manager eBest ...
March 16, 2020
Mirae Asset invests in US-based Impossible Foods

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Financial Group has invested some $150 million in Impossible Foods, a US-based startup that produces meat alternatives, according to reports Monday. Mirae Asset, along wit...
March 10, 2020
Shinhan Card to buy Hyundai Capital’s W500b assets for rental car biz

Shinhan Card said Tuesday it is poised to buy parts of Hyundai Capital’s assets related to its long-term car rental services for around 500 billion won ($417.3 million). The assets will be compose...
March 09, 2020
Daelim Industrial completes acquisition of US-based Cariflex

South Korean construction company Daelim Industrial has completed the takeover of Carliflex, a chemical business unit of Kraton, a US firm that produces specialty polymers and chemical products deriv...
March 09, 2020
Kolon Industries, SKC finalize stake sale of PI film company

Korean chemical materials manufacturers Kolon Industries and SKC have sold their stakes in SKC Kolon PI, a polyimide film maker, for some 300 billion won ($250 million) in a bid to acquire seed fundi...
January 13, 2020
Goldman Sachs, SK to invest W50b in cold chain logistics center

Goldman Sachs and SK Corp. announced on Jan. 13 plans to invest jointly in an eco-friendly cold chain logistics center in South Korea. Global investment banking group Goldman Sachs and SK Group’s ho...
January 06, 2020
SKC to complete takeover of world's top copper foil maker for US$1b

SKC Inc., a chemical unit of SK Group, said on Jan. 6 that it will acquire KCF Technologies Co., the world's top producer of copper foil for lithium-ion batteries, this week in a bid to diversify its...
December 16, 2019
JB Financial's banking arm to acquire Hanoi-based Morgan Stanley Gateway Securities

South Korea’s provincial banking group JB Financial Group said Dec. 16 that its commercial banking arm Kwangju Bank had signed a deal to acquire Vietnamese investment bank Morgan Stanley Gateway Se...
December 15, 2019
Gov‘t approves merger of LG Uplus-CJ Hello merger

The merger between South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and cable and budget phone operator CJ Hello Co. received final approval from the government on Dec. 15 in a development that could lead ...
December 13, 2019
German firm Delivery Hero to take over S. Korean food delivery unicorn Woowa Brothers

South Korean food delivery unicorn startup Woowa Brothers announced Dec. 13 that German food delivery giant Delivery Hero will acquire a majority stake in the company at a $4 billion valuation. Berl...
December 12, 2019
Deadline extended for Asiana Airlines stake transfer

The deadline for the stake transfer of South Korea’s second-largest air carrier, Asiana Airlines , has been extended to the fourth week of December, according to industry sources Dec. 12. The pref...
December 02, 2019
CJ CheilJedang disciplined by FTC for triangular merger in corporate restructuring

CJ CheilJedang on Nov. 20 was given a disciplinary order by the Fair Trade Commission for irregularities in its corporate restructuring, primarily for a merger that turned its key logistics arm CJ L...

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