MBK Partners Buyouts has a dedicated geographic focus on North Asia – China, Japan and Korea. We focus our investment activities in these markets on the basis of our competitive advantage in these geographies, and we strive to harness our localness to develop “harmonious” Asian solutions. To cover these markets, our investment teams are located in Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. MBK Partners Buyouts typically acquires companies through management-led buyouts, buys subsidiary businesses through corporate divestitures, partners with strategic buyers, takes publicly listed companies private and purchases and grows companies through add-on acquisitions. We focus on control investments because we believe control is essential to creating value. MBK Partners Buyouts acquires industry-leading companies with sustainable competitive advantages and strong cash flows and earnings. We have long experience in working with management to grow and create value in the companies by developing strategy, optimizing capital structure, adopting global best practices in operations, controls and corporate governance and pursuing strategic growth opportunities. MBK Partners typically has a long-term investment horizon.

MBK Partners Special Situations has a dedicated geographic focus on North Asia – China, Japan and Korea. We focus our investment activities in these markets on the basis of our competitive advantage in these geographies, and we strive to harness our localness to develop “harmonious” Asian solutions. To cover these markets, our investment teams are located in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. Special Situations invests in companies which have limited access to capital due to their stage of development, macroeconomic and industry cycles or market inefficiency. We provide timely and customized capital solutions to these companies. Special Situations invests at various levels of the capital structure, encompassing minority equity, equity hybrid instrument, junior credit, senior credit in both primary and secondary markets. This flexibility, together with our team’s experience in closing transactions in complex structures, enables us to customize an optimal investment structure for each transaction. MBK Partners Special Situations makes investments across the capital structure for equity-like returns with structured downside protection.