Nara Yoo is an associate in the Technology & IP Transactions Team in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Nara supports clients on a variety of complex corporate and commercial transactions and advisory matters in which intellectual property, artificial intelligence, technology and data play a major role.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Nara worked on the following matters:
Canva on its acquisition of Serif Group Limited, the parent company behind Affinity, a creative software suite for professional photo editing, graphic design, and page layout with more than 3 million users.
EQT and senior management on the sale of Rimes to Five Arrows, the private equity arm of Rothschild & Co.
CVC Capital Partners and the acquisition vehicle formed by it and Haveli Investments on the acquisition of Jagex, a leading developer and publisher of video games, from Carlyle.
A wholly owned company of PIF on its in-flight connectivity service contracts with its customers and suppliers.
Advise Moneycorp Bank Limited on its commercial dispute with a customer bank related to a banknote sale transaction.
Orifarm Group, known for its pharmaceutical parallel importing business in the Nordic region, on its auction sale of minority interest to Carlyle.
Advise Remix Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, on its R&D and CRO contracts from a data protection perspective.
New Era Cap on its global data protection compliance project.
IXL Learning on its acquisition of Dictionary.com, the premier online English-language dictionary, as well as Thesaurus.com, home to the world's largest collection of synonyms and antonyms.
RWE on joint ventures with Masdar, renewable energy company, as a new partner to co-develop 3 GW Dogger Bank South offshore projects.
Amer Sports, Inc., a global group of iconic sports and outdoor brands, on its initial public offering.
Energy Capital Partners on its acquisition of Biffa plc, the UK's leading integrated waste and recycling firm, in a £2.1 billion enterprise value transaction.
The Central Bank of Egypt on their draft Recommendations on Cloud Risk Assessment and Cloud Outsourcing Regulations.
Moment, a joint venture between MultiChoice, payments platform Rapyd, and venture capital firm General Catalyst, on its commercial agreements with Multichoice.
Seres Therapeutics on relevant EU/UK data protection requirements related to its informed consent forms for clinical trials.
A10 Networks on handling a third party ransomware attack.
Temasek on its series D investment by into Trigo, an Israeli-based company providing cashless checkout software for retailers.
Norgine Europe B.V., a leading European specialty pharmaceutical company, on its sale of a controlling stake to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Temasek on its series D investment into Thought Machine, with participation from Intesa Sanpaolo and Morgan Stanley.
A publicly listed China-headquartered technology and internet group on global data privacy compliance for cross-border products, including products across the gaming and social media space.
A leading global accountancy and consultancy firm on its global privacy impact assessment (PIA) process to minimize privacy and security risks, and achieve compliance with global information laws for new systems and tools.
Prior Experience
Associate, Data & Technology Transactions, Latham & Watkins LLP, 2019–2024
