Bio
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2024-Present)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York (2021-2024)
Akerman LLP, Jacksonville (2019-2021)
Mayer Brown LLP, New York (2017-2019)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised a private equity client, as buyer, in connection with an acquisition of a portfolio of over 60 multifamily apartment buildings located in the United States (with the purchase price over USD 3 billion).
- Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a hotel resort in Anguilla.
- Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a multifamily apartment building located in Texas, United States.
- Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a multifamily apartment building located in Maryland, United States.
- Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a portfolio of nine large retail real properties located in Minnesota and Wisconsin, United States.
- Advised a Korea-US joint venture company, as purchaser, in connection with an acquisition of a commercial property in California and a related acquisition financing transaction.
- Advised a Korean investment trust in the acquisition of a senior lender’s interest with respect to a B-note mortgage loan interest indirectly secured by the fee interest for a hotel resort located in Hawaii.
- Advised a Korean investment trust in the acquisition of a mezzanine loan interest with respect to a seaport property in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Advised a Texas-based company, as administrative agent on behalf of the Korean lenders, in origination of a senior loan with respect to a seaport complex located in Manhattan, New York.
- Advised a financial institution, as lender, in connection with the mezzanine loan transaction for the development of a multi-family project located in California.
- Advised a private equity client, as borrower, in connection with the project mortgage loan transaction for the development of multifamily buildings located in Manhattan, New York.
- Advised a client in building acquisition and related acquisition financing transactions - a mortgage loan origination and an unsecured junior loan origination.
- Advised national investment banks in connection with various repurchase warehouse facilities.
- Advised a private equity client, as co-general partner and co-fund sponsor, in connection with the launch of a hotel brand fund.
- Advised a private equity client, as general partner and fund sponsor, in connection with a single-family residential real estate fund offering.
- Advised a financial institution, as equity investor, in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture.
- Advised a private equity client, as sponsor/general partner, in connection with the formation of a joint venture.
- Advised a private equity client, as equity investor, in connection with the formation of a joint venture designed for acquisitions of non-performing assets.
- Advised a corporate client in its acquisition of a target company’s defense and commercial space unit (with the purchase price over USD 5 billion).
- Advised a corporate client in its sale of the textile/chemical division.
- Advised a private equity client in its acquisition of a US nationwide car auction and remarketing company.
- Advised a private equity client in its acquisition of a US dental company offering general dentistry and specialty services, from the founding shareholders and a private equity investor.
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D., LL.M. in Taxation, 2017)
University of Toronto (B. Commerce, 2013)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, New York, 2017; Florida, 2021
Languages
Korean and English
