IB firms enter tough race for SSG.COM IPO underwriting deal

The race to become the lead underwriter for the IPO of Shinsegae Group’s e-commerce brand SSG.COM is getting fierce. A total of nine instituti...

Morgan Stanley tops S.Korea's H1 M&A league table

Morgan Stanley topped South Korea's M&A advisor league table in the first half of this year, working on six buyout deals worth a combined 9.75 t...

Shinsegae now Korea’s No.2 e-commerce player with eBay Korea buyout

Shinsegae Group pushed through to be the sole winner in the prolonged race to acquire control of eBay Korea, making it a close runner-up in South Ko...

Naver tipped to pull out of Shinsegae-led eBay Korea deal

In the latest twist to the pending deal worth nearly $4 billion, South Korea's online titan Naver Corp. has tentatively decided to withdraw from a S...

Shinsegae-Naver consortium one step closer to eBay Korea acquisition

Shinsegae is the likely winner of the eBay Korea acquisition, outplaying its rival Lotte in the prolonged race to buy the country’s third larg...

Shinsegae inches closer to eBay Korea purchase; deal remains elusive

Shinsegae Group has inched closer to a deal to acquire eBay Korea that would see the South Korean retail giant emerge as an e-ecommerce behemoth wit...

Shinsegae to raise $2 bn in secured loan for eBay Korea

South Korea's Shinsegae and Lotte groups, the two final contenders for eBay Korea, are hurrying to securitize their assets, even offering core real ...

Lotte vs Shinsegae: eBay Korea becomes battleground for retail showdown

The tussle over the acquisition of eBay Korea is now down to two heavyweight contenders. South Korea’s retail titans Lotte Group and Shinsegae...

Naver, Shinsegae in talks to team up for eBay Korea

Naver Corp., South Korea's top online portal, is in talks with the country's retail giant Shinsegae Group about a joint bid for eBay Korea -- a deal...

Kakao to buy fashion app, pushing aside eBay Korea

Kakao Corp., South Korea's top mobile messaging app operator, is set to acquire a majority stake in Zigzag, a domestic online fashion platform targe...

SK Tel, Shinsegae, Lotte, MBK make the cut in eBay Korea deal

Four out of the five preliminary bidders for eBay Korea, including SK Telecom Co. and MBK Partners, have made the cut in the deal estimated at aroun...

MBK girds for eBay Korea deal as competition heats up

MBK Partners is the only financial bidder for eBay Korea, the wholly-owned unit of the US online retailer, which has drawn top Korean retailers, the...

eBay Korea draws SK Tel, Shinsegae and MBK

The sale of eBay Korea Inc., the country's third-largest online shopping platform, has attracted preliminary bids from leading Korean companies incl...

eBay Korea set to fuel rivalry between retail, online giants

The planned sale of eBay Inc.’s South Korean operations is gathering steam ahead of Coupang Corp.'s US stock market listing this week, with th...

E-commerce giant eBay kicks off $4.6 bn sale of eBay Korea

E-commerce giant eBay Inc. has officially kicked off the sale process of eBay Korea Co., valued up to 5 trillion won ($4.6 billion), with its sa...

eBay puts South Korean unit up for sale in $4 bn deal

eBay Inc. has decided to sell 100% of its South Korean operations which it valued at about 5 trillion won ($4 billion), the latest in a series of reor...

Korea Investment buys US office buildings of eBay and GSK for $260 mn

Korea Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. has bought a Silicon Valley campus of eBay Inc. for 140 billion won ($130 million), shortly after closing t...