disputes

Mergers & Acquisitions DB Insurance becomes Daol Investment’s No.2 shareholder

DB Insurance Co., a leading South Korean non-life insurance company, has become Daol Investment & Securities Co.'s second-largest shareholder af...

Private equity MBK Special Situations relinquishes Korean investment advisory license

MBK Partners Special Situations (MBKP SS), which operates the Seoul-based private equity firm’s credit situations funds, has voluntarily relin...

Legal disputes LS Cable's patent victory over Taihan Electric signals further disputes

LS Cable & System Co. has gained the upper hand in its years-long patent dispute against Taihan Electric Wire Co. after a South Korean high pate...

Private equity Affinity, GIC sell out of Kyobo Life; Chairman Shin seeks holding firm, M&A

Affinity Equity Partners and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have sold their entire stake in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., exiting from thei...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is on the verge of clinching a major acquisition deal by offering a higher bid than other conten...

Leadership & Management Small firms emerge as prime targets of management disputes in Korea

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accounted for the majority of disputes over corporate management control in South Korea last year, with th...

League table Korean law firms' 2024 revenue soars on M&As, management disputes

South Korea’s major law firms saw rapid growth in revenue last year as the economic slowdown sparked business overhauls at top conglomerates, ...

Energy KHNP, Westinghouse end legal dispute; Korea nears Czech nuclear deal

South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said on Friday it has reached an agreement with US-based Westinghouse Electric Co...

Private equity La Defense might have a say over Hanmi Pharm's family feud

La Defense Partners is expected to exercise a casting vote over the ongoing management dispute at Hanmi Science Co. after the Seoul-based private eq...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK’s Korea Zinc bid aimed at corporate governance, shareholder value

MBK Partners’ takeover bid for Korea Zinc Inc. aims to improve corporate governance and shareholder value at the world’s largest lead an...

Leadership & Management Corporate management disputes spring up in S.Korea

An unprecedentedly high number of South Korean corporations have become targets of unwanted hostile takeover attempts or have been embroiled in mana...

Fashion Management dispute brewing at leggings brand Xexymix operator Brand X?

A leadership change in Brand X Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top leggings brand Xexymix, is spawning speculation that a management cont...

Shareholder activism Seoul rejects Elliott’s $20 mn claim against Samsung C&T

Elliott Investment Management Corp. has lost a case against Samsung C&T Corp. in seeking 26.7 billion won ($20.2 million) compensation in connec...

Regulations S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge

South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...

Korean chipmakers SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron

Mimir IP, a South Korea-based patent management company, has filed a complaint against Micron Technology Inc., claiming that the US chipmaker infrin...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Hyundai, Hanwha in uphill battle vs Japan for A$11 billion frigate deal

South Korea’s two warship builders are striving to win an A$11 billion (US$7.3 billion) deal from Australia to build 11 advanced frigates &nda...

Retail Shinsegae guarantees PE firms’ SSG.COM exit amid delayed IPO

Shinsegae Inc. and its supermarket chain operator E-Mart Inc. will bring in at least one investor by the end of this year to buy shares in SSG.COM f...

Retail Korea’s Lotte sells Lotte Glory Properties Shenyang amid US-China dispute

South Korea’s retail giant Lotte Group has signed a deal to sell a theme park project in Shenyang, China – its latest move to pull out o...

Korean chipmakers Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute

Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...

Mergers & Acquisitions Harim gives up HMM deal over management rights dispute

South Korea's leading poultry processor Harim Co. has walked away from a $5 billion deal to buy HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, re...

Business & Politics Korean mining company to file around $747 mn claim against Panama

A state-run company in South Korea is set to seek an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) worth around 1 trillion won ($747.1 million) against t...

Mergers & Acquisitions Harim, KDB in dispute over $5 bn HMM deal conditions

Talks to sell South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier HMM Co. to Harim Group, a leading poultry processor, have made little progress amid disputes o...

Electronics ITC launches probe into Samsung’s suit vs China’s BOE over OLED

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to launch an investigation into a complaint filed by South Korea’s Samsung Display Co....

Private equity Supreme Court affirms Affinity, GIC's exit value on Kyobo Life

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling that would allow the Affinity Equity Partners-led consortium, including Singapore&r...

Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics gets favorable ruling against Netlist in US

The US appeals court has reversed a California federal judge’s ruling against Samsung Electronics Co. in its legal fight over memory chip pate...

Entertainment Netflix, S.Korea’s SK Broadband to settle longstanding legal dispute

Netflix Inc., the world’s top streaming service, and SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, said on Monday tha...

Energy Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors

Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...

Energy Westinghouse, KHNP seek licensing dispute arbitration

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear...

Economy S.Korea to return to Japan’s preferential trade partner list in July

Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...

Leadership & Management Catering firm Ourhome CEO wins 1st round in sibling feud

South Korea’s catering firm Ourhome Ltd. has wrapped up the first round of its sibling dispute after its shareholders on Tuesday voted in favo...