Mergers and Acquisitions

• KKR in multiple transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of Samhwa Co., Ltd. from TPG.
  • Its acquisition of Taeyoung Industry and PT Silo.
  • Its purchase of redeemable convertible preferred shares issued by SK E&S.
  • Its purchase of notes issued by TY Holdings.
  • Its purchase of exchangeable bonds issued by Vingroup exchangeable for ordinary shares of VinFast.
  • Its acquisition of ESG Group and minority interest in TSK Corp. and subsequent merger to form ECORBIT, as well as the sale of ECORBIT to IMM.
  • Its acquisition of the copper foil and flexible copper clad laminate business of LS Automotive and sale of KCF Technologies to SKC.
  • Multiple acquisitions and dispositions of real estate assets in Korea. 
• SK Group in multiple transactions, including:
  • SK Inc. in its US$700 million acquisition of AMPAC Fine Chemicals and establishment of SK Pharmteco.
  • SK Inc. and SK E&S in the US$1.6 billion PIPE investment in Plug Power.
  • SK Inc. and SK Pharmteco in SK Pharmteco’s pre-IPO financing from Brain Asset Management and investments in The Center for Breakthrough Medicines and Yposkesi.
  • SK Telecom in its US$100 million SAFE investment in Anthropic.
  • Investments in BigPay, Mackage and Alice + Olivia.
• Blackstone in its majority investment in JJ Tools.
• Ant Group in its minority investment in Toss Payments.
• Monex Group and Coincheck in the business combination of Coincheck, Inc.’s holding company, Coincheck Group N.V., with Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV, Inc., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.

Initial Public Offerings

• Morgan Stanley, KB Securities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Daishin Securities and Shinhan Investment as underwriters in the US$11 billion global offering and listing of LG Energy Solution on the Korea Exchange.
• SK Biopharmaceuticals in its US$800 million global offering and listing on the Korea Exchange.
• Nomura, HSBC and Korea Investment & Securities as underwriters in the US$360 million global offering and listing of Lotte REIT on the Korea Exchange.
• Generation Asia I Acquisition Limited in its US$219.3 million global offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Citigroup, Korea Investment & Securities, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, NH Investment & Securities and Samsung Securities as underwriters in the US$1.97 billion global offering and listing of Samsung BioLogics on the Korea Exchange.
• Doosan Bobcat in its US$783 million global offering and listing on the Korea Exchange.
• Celltrion Healthcare in its US$900 million global offering and listing on the Korea Exchange.

Debt Securities Transactions

• Multiple sovereign debt offerings by The Republic of Korea and debt offerings by investment grade companies in Korea, including Korea Electric Power Corporation, Shinhan Financial Group, Shinhan Bank, Korea Expressway, Korea Gas, Korea Land & Housing, NongHyup Bank and Woori Card.
• Dealers in multiple issuances of notes by Shinhan Bank under its US $8 billion Global Medium Term Note program, by Shinhan Financial Group under its US$5 billion Global Medium Term Note program and by Korea Electric Power Corporation under its US$8 billion Global Medium Term Note program.