JASON S. KIM
Partner, Corporate Law
Blank Rome LLP
Jason Kim, a 30-year deal lawyer, represents domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, funds, serial entrepreneurs, and high net-worth individuals in corporate and real estate transactions and related financing with emphasis on cross-border deals. Kim’s deals in the United States involve foreign buyers, PEs, and banks. Frequently, he is brought into PE transactions as corporate counsel, on the other side of the PEs.
Among Kim’s most significant deals are investee-side representation of a green energy company in raising over $150 million through four rounds of equity financing; issuer-side representation of a Korean airline in the private placement offering of $200 million in unsecured bonds; and investor-side representation of a Korean social, on-line gaming company in acquiring controlling interest in a US social, on-line gaming company for $130 million. A Blank Rome team led by Kim recently represented Welcome Group in its $49 million purchase of Hyatt Place El Segundo.
