Profile
Jane Kim practices in the corporate and securities group in Greenberg Traurig’s San Francisco office, with a focus on the representation of private equity funds. Jane assists clients in structuring and negotiating complex transactions involving strategic and leveraged targets in a variety of industries and sectors, and has wide experience in equity financings, minority investments and divestitures, both domestic and cross-border. She also represents both public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and compliance, restructurings, joint ventures, commercial transactions and corporate governance matters.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on software, data, and technology-enabled businesses, in its acquisition of Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. from Bain Capital Ventures and others.
- Represented Jarden Corporation in its approximately $1.35 billion acquisition of Waddington Group, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium disposable tableware for commercial, foodservice and retail markets.
- Represented Vista Equity Partners in its majority stake investment in QuickBase, Inc., a Massachusetts-based cloud-based platform that enables its users to create web databases and collect, manage, and share information.
- Represented a Florida-based private equity firm in the acquisition of all of the assets of four staffing management entities.
- Represented Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington DC-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing, a provider of sterile parenteral solutions.
- Represented a California-based private equity firm in its add-on investment and subsequent sale of a leading provider of plant materials to the wholesale landscape markets.
- Represented a California-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a majority stake in a large U.S. cattle feeder company.
- Represented a California-based private equity firm in its investment in a privately held wine company based in Northern California.
- Represented a South Korea-based designer and manufacturer of computer semiconductors in its acquisition of a California-based provider of edge processing technology for integrated clocking and interconnect IP.
- Represented a South Korea-based corporation in its acquisition of a provider of core technologies for document handling and management.
- Represented Ariel Alternatives LLC in its acquisition of Sorenson Communications LLC, a U.S. communications provider for the deaf and hard of hearing community.
- Represented a California-based private equity firm in the sale of a majority stake in a leading provider of specialty egg products.
Recognition & Leadership
- Member, Winning Team, Global M&A Network’s Turnaround Atlas Awards, "Private Equity Turnaround of the Year – Middle Markets," for the acquisition of The Wet Seal by Versa Capital Management, 2016
- Member, Winning Team, M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Awards, "Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (Under $500MM)” for the Chapter 11 of The Wet Seal, Inc., 2016
- Member, Winning Team, M&A Advisor Awards, "Retail Manufacturing and Distribution Deal of the Year" for acquisition and restructuring of The Wet Seal, Inc. and its debtor affiliates by Mador Lending, LLC, an affiliate of Versa Capital Management, LLC, 2015
Credentials
Education
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J.D., magna cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
- Order of the Coif
- Executive Notes and Projects Editor, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy
- B.A., with distinction, University of California at Berkeley
Admissions
- California