Rachel Kim
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Rachel Kim

Associate

Email

rachel.kim@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 650 838 3752

Offices

Silicon Valley

V-CARD
Rachel’s practice focuses on corporate and securities matters, including venture capital financings, strategic investments, public and private offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

She also advises on a broad range of disclosure and corporate governance matters.

She has represented public and private companies, investment banks, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and corporate venture capital investors in the technology, biotechnology, cyber security, artificial intelligence, semiconductor and other industries.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • PayPal Ventures in connection with its participation in the Series B Preferred Stock financing of Bureau, Inc.
  • Khazanah Nasional Berhad in its equity investment in Syntiant Corp., a leader in hardware and software development for edge AI deployment.
  • Qatar Investment Authority in several venture capital and private equity investments.
  • Evo Security Technologies in its $6 million Series A financing.
  • Waha Capital in connection with its purchase of $50.0 million of Series B Preferred Shares of Despegar.com, Corp. (NYSE: DESP) in a private placement.
  • Impossible Foods Inc. in connection with the issuance and sale of its Series E Preferred Stock.
  • City Light Capital in connection with a series of private placements in early stage companies.
  • Copia Global in several rounds of equity and convertible note financing.
  • qBeats in its Series B financing.
  • Cowen and Company, SVB Securities LLC and Evercore Group L.L.C in connection with Nkarta Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NKTX) US$280 million initial public offering, its US$230 million follow-on public offering and the commencement of its at-the-market equity offering program to offer and sell common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to US$150 million.
  • The underwriters in connection with the follow-on public offering of $46 million of common stock by Adesto Technologies Corporation.
  • The underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered offering of $4.5 billion, $4.0 billion, $5.0 billion, and $4.0 billion aggregate principal amounts of investment-grade notes by Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN)
  • ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALJJ) in the sale of the tolling and transportation and health benefit exchange verticals of its wholly owned subsidiary, Faneuil, Inc. to an affiliate of TTEC Holdings, Inc.

Pro bono

  • Advising Access Books Bay Area on corporate governance and board matters.
  • Assisting National Veterans Legal Services Program with veteran file reviews for discharge upgrade requests (Lawyers Serving Warriors program).

Qualifications

Admissions

California, 2017

Academic

J.D. University of Southern California, 2017 Moot Court Editor

B.A. Economics, Psychology University of California – Berkeley, 2013

Languages

Korean
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.