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Woori Financial Group has jumped into the bidding competition to acquire Lotte Insurance, industry sources said Thursday. Woori Financial is the only major domestic financial group that does not have an insurance affiliate, and the group has long outwardly spoken about its intention to strengthen its non-banking business through acquisitions.
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Intensifying conflicts before proxy season feeding law firms Posted : 2021-03-09 15:55 By Park Jae-hyuk Multiple chaebol family feuds and shareholder activism that will heat up the general shareholders meetings of several listed companies here later this month appear to be creating ample opportunities for domestic law firms to make handsome profits. In addition to Kim & Chang and other large law firms that have scaled up their teams dealing with corporate law and governance structures to cope with the recent Commercial Act revision, boutique law firms are also going all out to take advantag...
JKL Partners fails to normalize Lotte Insurance Posted : 2021-02-17 16:44 By Park Jae-hyuk JKL Partners failed to get Lotte Insurance to turn a profit again last year, although the local private equity firm (PEF) sent 400 of the insurer's employees home and closed 40 offices out of 140 since its takeover in October 2019. Due to the unsatisfactory result, JKL is expected to face more difficulties over the next few years in its attempt to recoup its investment by reselling the insurance firm. According to a recent regulatory filing by Lotte Insurance, the company posted an operating loss of 2...