About

Korea M&A Info is an English-language reference for Korean mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. It is written for investors, corporate development teams, and advisors outside Korea who need to understand Korean deals, and it is published by QPS Advisory, an officially designated M&A advisory institution of Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

What we cover

Deal records with structured metrics: deal value, stake, target revenue and operating income, and EV multiples where public.
Sector hubs grouping deals by industry.

Deal records are published in English and Korean pairs.

Editor

Hyunhee Jang, CPA 장현희

CEO, QPS Advisory · President, M&A Business Unit, QPS Group

Hyunhee Jang is a Korean Certified Public Accountant who has spent his career in M&A advisory, due diligence, and valuation. Before founding QPS Advisory's M&A practice, he worked at Samil PwC, Kim & Chang, and BDA Partners.

He has advised Korean conglomerates, mid-sized companies, global corporations, financial institutions, and private equity funds across semiconductors, secondary batteries, chemicals, healthcare, consumer goods, games and entertainment, energy and resources, and construction. He has led financial advisory, due diligence, valuation, and feasibility work on overseas acquisitions and investments by Korean groups and institutions including LG, LS, Hyundai Motor, and the National Pension Service, and has run numerous sell-side processes and pre-IPO fundraisings for corporate and private equity sellers.

He is the author of a Korean-language book on selling and buying companies (M&A 기업 매매의 기술) and the Korean translator of The Art of Selling Your Business.

About QPS Advisory

QPS Advisory Co., Ltd. is a Seoul-based M&A advisory firm focused on Korean small and mid-sized companies, a segment that large investment banks rarely cover. The firm advises on:

Sell-side mandates: founder exits, succession-driven sales, and corporate carve-outs.
Buy-side searches: identifying and approaching Korean targets, including off-market companies.
Fundraising: growth and pre-IPO capital from financial and strategic investors.
Cross-border execution: acting as the Korea-side advisor alongside overseas banks and boutiques.

The team brings experience from leading Korean accounting firms, law firms, and investment banks, and has project experience across energy and environment, secondary batteries, bio, consumer and retail, IT, automotive and machinery, chemicals and materials, and heavy industry and construction, as well as projects in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. QPS Advisory is part of QPS Group, whose operational consulting arm (Quantum Perspective) supports post-merger integration and whose Vietnamese entity, QPS VINA, serves clients in Vietnam.

The firm generally works on a low-retainer, success-fee basis. See how we work with overseas clients →

Editorial standards

Fact-based. Analysis is labelled as analysis; we do not speculate on unannounced deals.
Target and acquirer financials are shown when public.
Advisors (sell-side, buy-side, legal) are named when public.
Sources are cited on every page (DART regulatory filings, company announcements, Korean and international financial media).
Reporter bylines from source media are not reproduced; sourcing is at the publication level.
QPS Advisory may have advised on transactions we cover. Where it has, the page says so.

Currency conversion methodology

All deal values are stored in 억원 (eok won; 1 eok = KRW 100 million) and rendered per locale.

The Korean edition (/) shows values in 억원, e.g. 4,595억원.
The English edition (/en/) shows the USD equivalent, e.g. $316.9m.

Exchange rate applied for new conversions: KRW 1,450 = USD 1.00 (as of 2026-04-30). The rate is updated periodically; for deals announced under significantly different rates, refer to the deal page or original sources for the figures used at the time.

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