Kal Leung
Biography
Overview
Kal Leung is a law clerk in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group, resident in the Firm's Silicon Valley office. Kal was previously an associate in the Firm's London office.
Kal advises clients on a range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and venture and growth equity financings across various industries including the technology, healthcare and energy sectors.
Kal joined White & Case as a trainee, gaining experience in the Firm's Construction, Corporate M&A, and Capital Markets departments in London, and spent six months working with the Corporate team in the Firm's New York office.
Experience
Recent experiences include the representation of:
Lightrock Climate Impact Fund as lead investor in the US$50 million Series C funding round in AiDash, a SaaS company making critical infrastructure industries climate-resilient and more sustainable through satellites and AI.
Autotalks, a fabless semiconductor company devoted to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications for manned and autonomous vehicles, in its sale to Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM)
Flexjet, a global leader in subscription-based private aviation, on its US$3 Billion Business Combination with Horizon Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE: HZON)
Lightrock Climate Impact Fund on its participation in the Series C financing round of Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology
A sovereign wealth fund in several matters including its participation in Series A and Series C financing rounds of two biomedical companies
Falcon's Beyond Global, a leading fully integrated global entertainment development company, on its US$1 Billion Business Combination with FAST Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:FZT)
Hello Heart Ltd, a digital therapeutic company that focuses on heart health, on its US $70 million Series D Financing.
ADVANZ PHARMA on its acquisition of the ex-US business of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICPT)
JTC plc (LON: JTC) in its acquisition of SALI Fund Services, a provider of fund services to the Insurance Dedicated Fund and Separately Managed Account market, with US$15.8 billion of assets under management.
Siemplify, an Israeli cybersecurity and security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) provider, in its sale to Google LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
Nasdaq Helsinki-listed Neste Oyj (HEL: NESTE) on the divestment of its NEXBASE base oils business to Chevron and the Bahrain National Oil and Gas Authority.
FTSE-100 constituent, Smiths Group plc (LON: SMIN) on its sale of Smiths Medical to TA Associates for US$2.3 billion.
Qatalyst Partners, as financial adviser to Dialog Semiconductor Plc, on the €4.886 billion public offer by Renesas Electronics Corporation for Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
UniCredit S.p.A. (BIT: UCG) on the accelerated book building process for the sale of its 12 percent stake in Yapi Kredi.
FTSE-250 constituent, Energean plc (LON:ENOG) on its US$750 million acquisition of Edison E&P.
Bright Scholar Education Holdings (NYSE: BEDU) on its £150 million acquisition of CATS Colleges, an international school network with a platform of campuses located across the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and China from Cambridge Education Group and Bridgepoint.