Boutique Advisory

the pointers.

Cross-border advisory at the intersection of Korean content and global capital

A boutique advisory practice for cross-border capital and strategic transactions between Korean content companies and global investors

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The market is visible. The value is not.

Background

Twenty years inside Korea's content industry, across writing, building, legislating, and producing: the firm exists because that kind of access does not come from the outside.

Background in detail

Advisory

Three mandates, one practice

Read before the deal · Translate during · Hold after

01

Read

Before the deal

  • Reading the asset across IP catalog, rights chain, governance, and accounting
  • Mapping the company's actual position in global content capital flows
  • Identifying which categories of global investor are real counterparties for this asset
  • Diagnosing the gap between intrinsic value and how the cross-border market currently reads it
02

Translate

During the deal

  • Reframing the company's value and structure in the language U.S. and global capital uses to underwrite
  • DART filings, K-IFRS, IP rights, and chain of title translated into cross-border documentation
  • Cross-border deal structuring across IP, co-production, distribution, and governance
  • Curated counterparty introductions across private equity, strategic acquirers, family offices, and growth-stage venture
  • Process management and negotiation support
03

Hold

After close

  • Embedded advisory through the active engagement
  • Governance and operational alignment between the Korean company and the new capital
  • Long-term protection of the value the deal was struck on
  • Ongoing sector intelligence and investor relations

Selected Insight

Valuation breaks when context is missing.

Korean music trades about a third below its nearest global peer, like for like. Korean drama has no clean multiple at all.

Contact

For evaluation inquiries
and engagement conversations

contact@thepointers.co