Kaangrok Yoo
Associate
Capital Markets
Overview
Kaangrok Yoo is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Equity Offerings
- Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHLS) in connection with its $2.2 billion initial public offering and $431 million, $665 million and $605 million follow-on offerings
- Array Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY) in connection with its $1.2 billion initial public offering and $1.2 billion and $1.0 billion secondary offerings
- Array Technologies, Inc. in connection with a $346 million preferred stock investment by Blackstone
- WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: WBTN) in connection with its $315 million initial public offering
- Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAH) in connection with its $450 million initial public offering
- loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE: LDI) in connection with its $62 million initial public offering
- Genius Sports Limited (NYSE: GENI) in connection with its $435 million follow-on offering
- Bain Capital Private Equity in connection with its $2.2 billion investment in Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) (f/k/a II-VI Incorporated)
- Virgin Voyages in connection with a $550 million funding from BlackRock and existing investors including Bain Capital Private Equity and Virgin Group
- Virgin Voyages in connection with a $550 million funding from Ares Management and existing investors including Bain Capital Private Equity and Virgin Group
- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) in connection with its public offering of equity derivatives securities providing initial gross proceeds of $225 million and an additional $800 million of gross proceeds in future installments subject to certain conditions
- Bain Capital Credit in connection with its preferred stock investment in CI US Holdings Inc., CI Financial Corp.’s (TSX: CIX) U.S. wealth management business
Debt Offerings
- Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR) (Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen) in connection with the $500 million 144A/Reg S high-yield first lien senior secured notes offering
- Tripadvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) in connection with its $500 million 144A/Reg S high-yield senior notes offering
- Allied Universal Holdco LLC and Allied Universal Finance Corporation in connection with their $540 million and $400 million 144A/Reg S high-yield senior secured notes offerings
- viagogo in its debt and preferred equity financings to fund its $4.05 billion acquisition of StubHub from eBay
- Covanta Holding Corporation (formerly NYSE: CVA) in connection with its $300 million sustainability-linked senior notes offering as part of the leverage buyout by EQT Partners
- IEA Energy Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: IEA), in connection with its $300 million 144A/Reg S high-yield senior notes offering
- Aveanna Healthcare LLC in connection with its $560 million 144A/Reg S high-yield first lien secured notes offering
- KPS Capital Partners in connection with the $600 million 144A/Reg S high-yield senior secured notes offering by PM General Purchaser LLC for the acquisition of AM General LLC
- Envista Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NVST) in connection with its $517.5 million 144A convertible senior notes offering
- Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC) in connection with its $575 million 144A convertible notes offering and related hedge and warrant transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Genius Sports Limited (NYSE: GENI) in connection with its $1.5 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. II
- Naver Corporation (KRX: 035420) in connection with its $600 million acquisition of Wattpad
- Collier Creek Holdings in connection with its $1.5 billion business combination with Utz Quality Foods, LLC to form Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE: UTZ)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) in connection with its acquisition of MyoKardia, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: MYOK) for $13.1 billion in cash
- Creative Planning in connection with a strategic minority investment by General Atlantic
- Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCAP) in connection with its acquisition of First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: FCRD)
Liability Management Transactions
- Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) in connection with its cash tender offers to purchase up to $175 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes
- EQT Partners in connection with consent solicitations for Covanta Holding Corporation’s (formerly NYSE: CVA) senior notes and tax-exempt bonds
- Genius Sports Limited (NYSE: GENI) in connection with its offer to exercise and consent solicitation relating to its warrants
Prior Experience
Summer Clerk, Kim & Chang, 2017
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Field Control Engineer, Iraq Zubair North New DGS Project, 2014–2015
- Site Administrator, Iraq Badra CPF-2 Project, 2013–2014
Sergeant, Republic of Korea Army Archives Management Group, 2008–2010
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2020New York
Languages
- English
- Korean
Education
- Harvard Law School2019
- Duke UniversityB.A., English2012
News &
Insights
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