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South Korea's New PE Age?

KKR's buyout of Oriental Brewery has renewed confidence for private-equity investment in South Korea, despite the military moves of its northern neighbor


By Kelly Holman

June 5, 2009

Preeminent buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts scouted for buyout deals in South Korea for years before agreeing last month to purchase Oriental Brewery from Anheuser-Busch InBev for $1.8 billion. The transaction -- announced weeks before North Korea unleashed an underground nuclear blast and threatened further missile launches -- heralds an opening for renewed private-equity dealmaking in South Korea, where LBO transactions took a back seat to strategic M&A in the last few years.

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