Jackie Joohee Kahng

Experience

• Represented Bain Capital Special Situations in connection with the financing for its co-investment, alongside Glenwood Credit, in the advanced materials business of Hanwha Solutions, a South Korean chemical and energy company.
• Represented Bain Capital Credit in connection with various financing transactions, including financing related to:
  • its minority investment in K-Bank, the first online-only bank in South Korea;
  • its investment in Douzone Bizon, a leading ERP software developer in South Korea; and
  • US$320 million investment in Schwan’s Company, a frozen food company in the United States.
• Represented Bain Capital in connection with the financing for its acquisition of a controlled stake in Classys, a KOSDAQ-listed medical aesthetic device maker in South Korea.
• Represented Bain Capital in connection with various financing transactions, including the financing for Hugel, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company.
• Represented Naver Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Poshmark, a NASDAQ-listed social commerce marketplace.
• Represented Nexus Point in connection with the financing for Nexus Point-led consortium’s acquisition of Honour Lane Shipping (HLS), a Hong Kong-based logistics company.
• Represented KKR in connection with the financing related to its acquisition of J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals in India. Named “Deal of the Year in Asia” in 2020 by Private Equity International.
• Represented KKR in connection with various financing transactions including financing related to:
  • its US$2 billion investment in SK E&S, a South Korean energy firm;
  • its acquisition of a minority stake in Hyundai Global Service, a marine services firm in South Korea; and
  • its acquisition of two medical waste management companies in South Korea.
  • its investment in a new joint venture holding company with LS Group in South Korea; and
  • its investment, together with IGIS Asset Management and the National Pension Service of Korea, of a mixed-use real estate project in the Gangnam Business District in Seoul, South Korea.
• Represented IGIS Asset Management in connection with the financing related to the acquisition by KKR, together with IGIS Asset Management and SK D&D, of Namsan Square located in the central business district of Seoul, South Korea.
• Represented TPG Capital in connection with various financing transactions, including the financing obtained by its joint venture with China Lodging Group.

Notable transactions in which Jackie has been involved prior to joining the firm include:

• Represented KKR in connection with the financing of its US$1.4 billion leveraged buyout of Goodpack Limited in Singapore. 
• Represented KKR and Affinity Equity Partners in their US$5.8 billion sale of Oriental Brewery in South Korea to Anheuser-Busch InBev. 
• Represented KKR in connection with the financing relating to its acquisition of a controlling stake in Alliance Tire Group in India.
• Represented affiliates of an international private equity fund in connection with the financings for numerous investments in commercial, retail and residential real estate in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and South Korea.
• Represented China National Chemical Corporation in connection with the financing of its US$43 billion takeover of Syngenta AG in Switzerland.