A partner in the Finance Group, DongHwa Kim advises private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and financial institutions on a wide range of leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, leveraged financings and other strategic debt transactions.
DongHwa regularly represents private equity sponsors and public and private companies in complex financing transactions across a range of industries, including real estate, pharmaceuticals, food and consumer, transportation, media and entertainment, gaming, leisure and hospitality, sports, technology and communications and manufacturing, among others.
Some of DongHwa’s recent experience includes advising*:
- Clearlake Capital in the $1.3 billion sale of Concert Golf Partners, an owner-operator of upscale private golf and country clubs, to Bain Capital
- TowerBrook Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its $8.9 billion acquisition, along with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, of R1 RMC, an automating revenue management for healthcare providers
- Jetro Restaurant Depot, a cash & carry food wholesaler, in its $29 billion sale to Sysco Corporation, a leading food-away-from-home distributor
- Equity Residential in the financing aspects of its merger with AvalonBay Communities, creating a combined company with an expected enterprise value of approximately $69 billion
- Bill Chisholm and his investor group, including Sixth Street, in the financing aspects of their $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics
- Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, a global owner, developer, and manager of premier entertainment resorts, in its bank and bonds refinancings
- Tegna, an American media and broadcasting company, in the financing aspects of its $6.2 billion sale to Nexstar Media Group
- Motorola Solutions in the financing aspects of its $4.4 billion acquisition of Silvus Technologies, a provider of mission-critical mobile ad-hoc networks
- GXO Logistics, a pure-play contract logistics provider, in its bank and bonds refinancings
- HLS Therapeutics, a specialty pharmaceutical company, in its secured syndicated financing
- Premier, a technology-driven health care improvement company, in its $2.6 billion sale to Patient Square Capital
- Viatris, a global healthcare and pharmaceutical corporation, in acquisition financings and subsequent refinancings
- Mallinckrodt in the financing aspects of its cash-and-stock combination with Endo, creating a diversified pharmaceuticals company with an enterprise value of $6.7 billion
*Includes matters prior to Paul, Weiss
