Biography
Kibbeum Kim is a local partner in White & Case's Asia Debt Finance practice, based in Seoul.
Kibbeum represents private equity funds and sponsors, as well as lenders, credit-agencies, financial institutions, credit and other special situations funds, in a wide variety of financings in the Asia-Pacific region. He has experience in leveraged and acquisition finance, project finance, direct lending transactions and special situations investments, together with refinancings and restructurings of such transactions. He is fluent in both English and Korean.
Prior to joining White & Case, Kibbeum worked at the London and Hong Kong offices of major international law firms.
Experience
Kibbeum's experience includes advising:
- CVC on its leveraged financing for the take-private of Macromill Inc., a marketing research and data analytics company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- The mandated lead arrangers in relation to a mutli-currency TLB refinancing for Momentive Technologies, a portfolio company of Wonik and other financial sponsors.
- CVC on its leveraged financing for the acquisition of Sogo Medical, a pharmacy and hospital service operator in Japan.
- EQT on its leveraged financing for the take-private of Benesse, an education and nursing care provider listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- TA Associates on its leveraged financing for the take-private of Payroll Inc., a payroll BPO business listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- Morgan Stanley Tactical Value on its investment in Korea Credit Data, a fintech company in South Korea.
- Brookfield Asset Management on the assumption of existing debt in connection with its acquisition of Trimco Group, a global branding company.
- The mandated lead arrangers to an acquisition facilities for Naver Corporation for its acquisition of Poshmark, a secondhand apparel online marketplace.
- SK ecoplant on the leveraged financing for its acquisition of TES-Envirocorp, an e-waste management company.
- Baring Private Equity Asia on the leveraged financing for its acquisition of Hinduja Global Solutions' healthcare services-related business process management unit.*
- KKR on the leveraged financing for its investment in EuroKids, an education enterprise in India.*
- Blackstone Capital Partners on the leveraged financing for its take-private of Essel Propack, a packaging company in India.*
- KKR on the leveraged financing for its acquisition of LS Group, a global manufacturer of automobile parts in South Korea.*
- KKR on an equity commitment letter backed financing for its acquisition of a logistics warehouse in South Korea.*
- SK on a sponsor guarantee backed financing for its acquisition of various properties located in the US.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case
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APLMA Korea Loan Market Conference 2024, Moderator for "Korea Debt Capital Markets: Beyond Opportunities and Challenges", 29 October 2024
APLMA Korea Loan Market Conference 2023, Moderator for "The Growth of the Private Credit Market", 19 October 2023