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Korea Zinc faces multiple legal, regulatory challenges in fight against MBK
Korea Zinc Inc. Chairman Choi Yun-birm Korea Zinc Inc. Chairman Choi Yun-birm appears to keep his grip on the world’s…
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MBK sees better exit landscape in 2025, bets on governance reform
Michael ByungJu Kim (second from right), founder and chairman of MBK Partners MBK Partners sees a recovery in the exit…
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MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory license
MBK Partners’ office in Seoul MBK Partners Special Situations (MBKP SS), which operates the Seoul-based private equity firm’s credit situations…
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Korea’s pension fund NPS rules out investing in MBK’s hostile M&A deals
The National Pension Service is South Korea’s largest institutional investor South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) said on Monday it…
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MBK Partners under Korean tax agency’s scrutiny
MBK Partners’ office in Seoul MBK Partners, one of the leading North Asia-focused private equity firms, has come under a…
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Hanwha Energy begins IPO process, key to 3rd-generation shift
Hanwha Energy’s solar farm in Texas Hanwha Energy Corp., wholly owned by Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn’s three sons, has…
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MBK’s fight over Korea Zinc control drags on after court ruling
A rendering of Korea Zinc’s exhibition booth at InterBattery 2025 in February at COEX, Seoul (Courtesy of Korea Zinc) The…
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MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business
MBK Partners’ office in Seoul North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is on the verge of clinching a major…
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MBK Commits to restoring Homeplus operations: MBK Vice Chairman Kim
MBK Partners Vice Chairman Kim Kwang Il MBK Partners, facing increasing scrutiny over its highly leveraged acquisition of Homeplus Co.,…
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Meritz leaps to No. 2 financial holding firm in S.Korea
Meritz Financial Group headquarters building in Seoul Meritz Financial Group Inc., once a medium-sized financial service firm in South Korea,…
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Shin & Kim’s Jeong Hae Sung named Korea’s most influential M&A lawyer
Shin & Kim partner Jeong Hae Sung (Screenshot captured from Shin & Kim website) Jeong Hae Sung, a partner of…
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Small firms become prime targets of management disputes in Korea
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accounted for the majority of disputes over corporate management control in…
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MBK-led consortium to take over Japan’s FICT for $656 mn
MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in North Asia, will acquire a full stake in FICT Ltd., a semiconductor…
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Korean law firms’ 2024 revenue soars on M&As, management disputes
(Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korea’s major law firms saw rapid growth in revenue last year as the economic slowdown…
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MBK’s ByungJu Kim, UBS’ Kyungin Lee: Most influential in capital market
Michael ByungJu Kim (left), co-founder, partner and chairman of MBK Partners and Kyungin David Lee, UBS Group vice chair for…
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Korea Zinc to export antimony to US
South Korea’s largest zinc smelter, Korea Zinc Inc., plans to export antimony to the US. This rare metal is a…
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Regulator denies reporting MBK to prosecutors over Korea Zinc
MBK Partners teams up with Young Poong to win control of Korea Zinc A senior Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) official…
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MBK Partners’ vice chair vows to hike Korea Zinc’s value to $20.6 billion
Kim Kwang-il, vice chairman of MBK Partners, interviews with The Korea Economic Daily The battle over Korea Zinc Inc.’s management control…
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Korea Zinc chair reported to prosecutors over rights issue
Choi Yun-birm, chairman of Korea Zinc South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reported Korea Zinc Inc.’s Chairman Choi Yun-birm…
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Korea Zinc, MBK-Young Poong alliance to fight over cumulative voting
in NewsKorea Zinc Chairman Choi Yun-birm announces a share buyback plan at a press conference on Oct. 2 (Courtesy of Yonhap)…
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Premier Partners, Praxis Capital lead 2024 Korea PE fundraising
in News(Courtesy of Getty Images) Premier Partners and Praxis Capital are on course to raise 1 trillion won ($680 million) in…
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M&A deals in South Korea at 7-year low in 2024
in NewsSouth Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market shrank further in 2024 as leading business groups such as Lotte, SK and GS…
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MBK, Young Poong close in on majority of Korea Zinc
in NewsMBK Partners office in Seoul A consortium of MBK Partners and Young Poong Corp. has raised its stake in Korea…
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Korea Zinc’s role questioned in SM Entertainment stock manipulation case
in NewsKorea Zinc’s headquarters in Seoul When OneAsia Partners, a Seoul-based private equity fund operator, revised part of its PEF Havana…
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Korea Zinc, Hanwha to co-work on Austrailian BESS project
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The Australian wind power plant of Ark Energy, Korea Zinc’s Australian subsidiary Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s top lead and…
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Must Asset calls on Young Poong to take shareholder value boosting steps
in NewsMust Asset Management logo South Korea’s Young Poong Corp., which is in a fierce management control dispute with Korea Zinc…
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MBK Partners’ 6th buyout fund raises $5 bn at 2nd close
in NewsMichael ByungJu Kim, founder and chairman of MBK MBK Partners, North Asia-focused private equity firm, has completed the second closing…
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South Korea designates Korea Zinc’s precursor as national core technology
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South Korea has designated Korea Zinc Inc.’s precursor manufacturing process as a national core technology and advanced industrial technology, effectively…
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Korea Zinc chair prepares cards up his sleeve to keep management control
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Korea Zinc Chair Choi Yun-birm speaks to the Korea Economic Daily at the company’s headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 17,…
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Korea Zinc drops $1.8 bn rights issue to regain shareholder support
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Korea Zinc Chair Choi Yun-birm at a press conference on Nov. 13, 2024 to announce the cancellation of the rights…
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MBK Partners tipped to win battle for control of Korea Zinc
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MBK Partners was established in 2005 A consortium led by North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners edges closer to winning…
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Regulator puts brakes on Korea Zinc’s $1.8 bn rights issues
in NewsFinancial Supervisory Service’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has put the brakes on Korea Zinc…
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MBK’s Korea Zinc bid aimed at corporate governance, shareholder value
in NewsMBK Partners founder and Chairman Michael ByungJu Kim MBK Partners’ takeover bid for Korea Zinc Inc. aims to improve corporate…
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Korea Zinc to raise $1.8 bn in rights issues amid face-off with MBK
in NewsKorea Zinc’s senior engineers held a press conference to protest MBK’s takeover attempt on Sept. 24, 2024 Korea Zinc Inc.…
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Korea Zinc, MBK face proxy war for the zinc smelter
in NewsKorea Zinc’s smelter in Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province Korea Zinc Inc.’s face-off with an MBK Partners-led consortium over control of…
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MBK’s Korea Zinc takeover attempt to spur search for white knights
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(Courtesy of Getty Images) North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partner Ltd.’s attempt to take control of Korea Zinc Inc.…
