12
Sep
Cross-border opportunities: Where and how?
South Korean private market investors are increasingly deploying capital overseas reflecting the industry's growing maturity, global ambitions, and strategic sophistication. This shift is driven by a desire to diversify portfolios, access new growth markets, and scale Korean businesses globally. Similarly, more overseas GPs are establishing a base in Korea and looking for opportunities provided by conglomerates divesting their non-core assets. In this session a panel of investors will share their approach to overseas expansion.
- How are Korean GPs leveraging global demand for technology and K-Culture?
- What are the opportunities arising from governance reforms and chaebol divestiture of non-core assets?
- What are the key geographies for inbound and outbound activity?
- What are the key challenges overseas GPs face in sourcing deals?
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SpeakersCarolyn (Kyung Eun) Lee Director KPMG
EC Cho Senior Managing Director CVC Capital Partners
Hae-Joon Joseph Lee Partner IMM Private Equity
Charles Min Partner, Head of Korea Affinity Equity Partners
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Carolyn (Kyung Eun) Lee is a Director at KPMG Korea with 12 years of experience in M&A advisory. She specializes in cross-border M&A and has provided M&A advisory service, including acquisitions, divestments, strategic and financial advice. She has worked with a diverse client base, including multinational corporations, PEs, and SMEs across sectors such as manufacturing, consumer goods, life sciences, and technology.
She is a graduate of Brown University with a BA in Economics.
EC Cho joined CVC in 2021. He is a member of the CVC South Korea team and based in Seoul.
Prior to joining, Eun Chol was a Director of the investment team at Hahn & Company. He also worked at Looxid Labs, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Next Elite.
Eun Chol holds a master's degree in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT and a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.
IMM is one of the leading private equity investment firms in Korea with approximately US$6.0 billion AUM. At IMM, Joseph is responsible for investments in Korea and Asia and cooperating with Korean and international investors on fund and co-investment opportunities. Key sector focus for Joseph has been healthcare, media, technology-driven services and manufacturing, and consumer.
Previously, Joseph was with Fortress Investment Group in New York. Prior to joining Fortress, he was at Morgan Stanley’s New York office. Joseph served in the Republic of Korea Army as an officer and prior to that was an M&A attorney at Skadden, Arps in New York.
Joseph graduated from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Charles Min joined Affinity Equity Partners in 2007 and is the Head of Affinity Equity Partners in Korea. Before joining Affinity, Charles spent four years in the Global Investment Research group at Goldman Sachs, covering the auto, steel and shipbuilding industries in Korea. Prior to that role, he worked at the corporate advisory department of Deloitte & Touche LLP, covering the North American TMT sector.
Charles received a Bachelor in Economics and International Relations from the University of British Columbia, and a Masters in Management and Professional Accounting from the University of Toronto. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder as well as a member of the CPA.