Aileen Kim is counsel in the firm’s mergers & acquisitions group. She represents public and private companies in complex domestic and cross border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures in a broad range of industries. Aileen also advises clients on corporate governance, disclosure issues and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Aileen practiced at international law firms in New York, advising companies on M&A and general corporate and securities matters.
Experience
Aileen’s experience includes representing:
- Vapotherm, Inc. in its take-private by an affiliate of Perceptive Advisors, LLC.
- The L.S. Starrett Company in its take-private by MiddleGround Capital.
- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc in its strategic combination with TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.
- Signify Health, Inc. in its approximate $8 billion sale to CVS Health.
- Pfizer Inc. in its $11.6 billion acquisition of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals.
- Acceleron Pharma Inc. in its approximate $11.5 billion sale to Merck.
- Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II in its approximate $5.3 billion business combination with Cvent.
- Medtronic plc in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Intersect ENT.
- Pfizer Inc. in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- A global pharmaceutical company in:
- its approximately $13 billion sale of its 20.6% stake in a leading biotechnology company, through a registered public offering and related $5 billion share repurchase by the same biotechnology company;
- its $4.8 billion acquisition of a biopharmaceutical company; and
- its $350 million sale of assets related to surgical products to a leading global medical products company.*
- A multinational pharmaceutical company in:
- its approximately $8 billion acquisition of an oncology company; and
- its $1.1 billion acquisition of a biopharmaceutical company focused on dermatology.*
- Gurnet Point Capital in its approximately $504 million take-private of Corium International, Inc.*
- Straight Path Communications, Inc. in its $3.1 billion sale to Verizon Communications, Inc.*
- MGM Resorts International in:
- the formation of a joint venture between MGM Growth Properties LLC and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust to acquire the Las Vegas real estate assets of the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay for $4.6 billion and to lease back these assets to subsidiaries of MGM Resorts; and
- its $4.25 billion sale of the Bellagio to a joint venture MGM Resorts formed with Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust and its leaseback of the Bellagio.*
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HNA Group Co. Ltd. in its $6.5 billion acquisition of a 25% stake in the timeshare business of a leading global hospitality company from affiliates of The Blackstone Group.*
- Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in its approximately $165 million acquisition of the remaining 30% shareholding interest it did not already own in HomeFed Corporation.*
- Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. in its $1.4 billion sale to New Residential Investment Corp.*
- Nortek, Inc., in its $2.8 billion merger with Melrose Industries PLC.*
- Atos S.E. in its $1.1 billion acquisition of the information technology outsourcing business of Xerox Corporation.*
*Indicates experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray