Deals
4 curated Korean M&A transactions.
| Date | Target | Acquirer | Stage | Value | Revenue | OI | Rationale | Notes |
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| May '26 | Multiple (Allied Gold, Puma, Blue Bottle) | Multiple Chinese acquirers (Zijin Mining, Anta Sports, Centurium Capital) | Announced | $9.6bn | — | — | China's outbound M&A reached USD 9.6bn in Q1 2026, a five-year high, with resource deals (Zijin/Allied Gold) and consumer-brand acquisitions (Anta/Puma, Centurium/Blue Bottle) firing simultaneously. The combination of trade-surplus deployment, weak domestic demand, and tariff workarounds points to a structural restart rather than a single-theme cycle. | — |
| Apr '26 | Homeplus Express | Harim Group | Announced | $207m | — | — | Harim extends a decade-long food vertical-integration thesis (Pan Ocean, NS Shopping) into SSM retail, picking up Korea's #3 supermarket platform from a court-led seller at roughly half the 2024 guidance. | — |
| Mar '23 | Hanmi Entech | Toray Advanced Materials Korea | Signed | — | — | — | Toray Advanced Materials Korea acquires water-treatment O&M specialist Hanmi Entech, layering operational capability on top of its existing filtration materials portfolio. The deal — its first water-related M&A since the 2013 Woongjin Chemical acquisition — signals a push from materials supplier to integrated solutions provider. | — |
| Nov '21 | Samkang M&T | SK ecoplant | Closed | $390m | — | — | SK ecoplant extends its environmental and renewable infrastructure platform into offshore wind, taking a 31.83% stake in Samkang M&T as part of a KRW 1.07tn 2021 M&A campaign positioning the group ahead of an expected IPO. | — |
- Multiple Chinese acquirers (Zijin Mining, Anta Sports, Centurium Capital)→Multiple (Allied Gold, Puma, Blue Bottle)$9.6bn
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China's outbound M&A reached USD 9.6bn in Q1 2026, a five-year high, with resource deals (Zijin/Allied Gold) and consumer-brand acquisitions (Anta/Puma, Centurium/Blue Bottle) firing simultaneously. The combination of trade-surplus deployment, weak domestic demand, and tariff workarounds points to a structural restart rather than a single-theme cycle.
- Harim Group→Homeplus Express$207m
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Harim extends a decade-long food vertical-integration thesis (Pan Ocean, NS Shopping) into SSM retail, picking up Korea's #3 supermarket platform from a court-led seller at roughly half the 2024 guidance.
- Toray Advanced Materials Korea→Hanmi Entech—
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Toray Advanced Materials Korea acquires water-treatment O&M specialist Hanmi Entech, layering operational capability on top of its existing filtration materials portfolio. The deal — its first water-related M&A since the 2013 Woongjin Chemical acquisition — signals a push from materials supplier to integrated solutions provider.
- SK ecoplant→Samkang M&T$390m
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SK ecoplant extends its environmental and renewable infrastructure platform into offshore wind, taking a 31.83% stake in Samkang M&T as part of a KRW 1.07tn 2021 M&A campaign positioning the group ahead of an expected IPO.