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Korean tycoons head to US to support summit; Samsung likely to unveil fresh investment
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong heads to Washington to support the Korea-US summit on Aug. 24, 2025 The heads of…
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South Korea’s president to visit US with 15 business leaders after Japan
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea (left) and US President Donald Trump South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung will…
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NH gains most in Korea’s first-half IB league; Meritz emerges as fast-rising challenger
NH Investment & Securities’ headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul South Korea’s investment banking hierarchy is in flux after the country’s leading…
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Calls grow for stronger LP oversight in national strategic asset M&As
Ryou Hyo-Sang, head of the Unicorn Business Management Research Institute, speaks at the KED Global expert panel discussion on June…
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Korea’s ruling party revives corporate law reform with stricter rules
Democratic Party lawmakers on June 5 applauded after passing three special investigation bills previously vetoed by former President Yoon Suk…
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Proxy voting rises in South Korea, but few vetoes cast
(Courtesy of Getty Images) An increasing number of asset management firms in South Korea are exercising their voting rights at…
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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…
