QPS Advisory
Your Korea-side M&A advisor
Korea's mid-market runs on relationships and on information that rarely appears in English. The team behind Korea M&A Info helps overseas buyers, sellers, and advisors find, evaluate, and close transactions involving Korean companies.
When to contact us
- You are looking for Korean targets. We map the sector, screen companies (including off-market, founder-owned businesses), and make the first approach in Korean.
- You need a local co-advisor. Overseas banks and boutiques without a Korea office work with us to handle the Korean counterparty, Korean-language diligence, and local process.
- You want to sell to Korean buyers. Korean groups and mid-sized companies are active acquirers abroad. We know who is buying and why.
- You are investing in a Korean company. Growth and pre-IPO rounds, minority stakes, and structured instruments such as RCPS and CBs.
Why QPS Advisory
- Officially designated M&A advisory institution of Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
- Led by a CPA with experience at Samil PwC, Kim & Chang, and BDA Partners. Read the profile.
- Mid-market focus: the company sizes that large banks rarely cover, where founder succession is driving a growing number of sales.
- Sector depth across batteries, chemicals and materials, semiconductors, bio and healthcare, consumer, IT, energy, and industrials.
- Global connectivity: a network of overseas advisors and global M&A capabilities, plus QPS VINA in Vietnam.
- Success-fee basis, with a free initial consultation.
What a mandate covers
- Deal structuring and term sheets, buyer or seller search, teaser, information memorandum and fact book, valuation support, due diligence with VDR and databook, process management, negotiation and closing.
FAQ
Who is QPS Advisory?
QPS Advisory (큐피에스어드바이저리) is a Seoul-based M&A advisory firm focused on Korean SMEs and mid-market companies, and an officially designated M&A advisory institution of Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups. It publishes Korea M&A Info.
Can QPS Advisory help us acquire a company in Korea?
Yes. On buy-side mandates the team screens Korean targets by sector, including off-market and founder-owned businesses, and makes the first approach in Korean, drawing on its own M&A database and its investor, advisor and industry network.
Do you work alongside overseas banks and boutiques?
Yes. Overseas advisors without a Korea office work with QPS Advisory as the Korea-side co-advisor, covering the Korean counterparty, Korean-language diligence and the local process.
What does a full advisory mandate cover?
M&A strategy and deal structuring (including term sheet drafting), buyer or seller search, marketing materials (teaser, information memorandum, fact book), valuation support, due diligence management with VDR and databook, process and communication management, and leading negotiations through closing.
How are fees structured?
QPS Advisory works on a success-fee basis. Details of the fee structure are on the QPS Advisory website (qps-advisory.com). Initial consultations are free.
Which sectors does the team cover?
The team has advised across electronics and chemicals, batteries, energy and petrochemicals, shipbuilding and offshore plants, bio, consumer, textiles, construction and aviation, and IT, supported by the industry consulting practice of QPS Group (Quantum Perspective).
How do you connect with overseas buyers and investors?
Through a network of overseas advisors and global M&A capabilities, QPS Advisory connects Korean companies with overseas strategic and financial investors and acts as the Korea-side advisor alongside overseas banks and boutiques. QPS VINA, the group’s Vietnam entity, serves clients in Vietnam.
Get in touch
Email us with a few lines about what you are looking for.
Email hhjang@qpscoach.com →Helpful to include: your company, what you are looking for, sectors of interest, indicative deal size, and timing. Everything you share is treated as confidential.
Korean-language inquiries: qps-advisory.com