KUDOS was established in 1999 to provide highly specialized professional advisory services in the sphere of M&A and corporate finance. KUDOS provides comprehensive investment banking, IR consulting and financial advisory services including strategic advisory, M&A advisory and placements of debt and equity. Over the past 19 years, KUDOS has successfully completed more than 150 M&A transactions aggregating over USD $3 billion in transaction values by utilizing our domestic and overseas business network with more than 500 IB professionals KUDOS has been the main player in the Korean SME M&A market since its inception in 1999 and we are ranked as #4 in 2015 on the M&A league table issued by The Bell and and #5 spot issued by Mergermarket. (On the basis of number of deals closed) Also, KUDOS secures strong business relationships with independent investment bankers, private equities and venture capitalists all over the world to cooperate together for any inbound/outbound cross border transactions.