Sooyeon Lee is a capital markets associate in the Bay Area office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Capital Markets
The underwriters on the initial public offering of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE: KLC)
Alkegen in its offers to exchange secured and unsecured notes for new second lien notes
NMG Holding Company, Inc. and The Neiman Marcus Group LLC in their $1.09 billion exchange offer and consent solicitation
Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M) in its $220 million cash tender offer with respect to nine outstanding series of senior notes
Ladder Capital Corp (NYSE: LADR) in its offering of $500 million of senior notes
Public M&A
Crown Laboratories, Inc. on a definitive merger agreement to purchase Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVNC) and a related tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Revance’s common stock
Vista Equity Partners in its take-private acquisition of Smartsheet Inc. (NYSE: SMAR)
Vista Equity Partners in its take-private acquisition of EngageSmart, Inc. (NYSE: ESMT)
LiveVox Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVOX) in its sale to NICE (NASDAQ: NICE)
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2023California
Languages
English
Korean
Education
University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D.2023
Jurisprudence Award, Business Associations
Business Law Certificate
Yonsei UniversityB.A., International Studieswith Highest Honors2020