Carey Olsen advises Align Partners Capital Management on formation of latest fund

Press Release from: Carey Olsen, Thursday 8 February, 2024. 

Carey Olsen Hong Kong has advised on the Cayman Islands legal and regulatory aspects of the formation of Align Partners Korea Fund, Align Partners Korea (Non-US) Feeder Fund and Align Partners Korea (US) Feeder Fund (together, the “Fund”).

The Fund is sub-managed by Seoul-based Align Partners Capital Management, Inc. (“APCM”), an activist fund manager renowned for applying a bottom-up, long term “Private Equity Approach to Korean Public Equity Markets” investment strategy focused on listed Korean equities.
APCM has a proven track record of success in its strategic investment approach, emphasising a localised private equity perspective. The focus includes shareholder activism to leverage the substantial “Korea discount.”

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