Leonard Kim

Partner Debt Finance

New York

Leonard Kim

Overview

Leonard Kim is a partner in the New York office of Golden Flag International Law Firm Leonard’s practice focuses primarily on fund finance, synthetic finance and other complex financial transactions. He represents asset managers, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions and has extensive experience negotiating subscription and NAV facilities, warehouse loans, repos, forwards, total return swaps and margin loans.

NAV facilities for PE and hedge fund clients.

Subscription and hybrid facilities.

PE-sponsored LP and GP programs.

GP/manager lines of credit.

BDC loan warehouses.

Total return swaps for hedge fund and bank clients.

Note repo financings for BDC/loan fund and bank clients.

CLOs and CFOs, representing issuer or initial purchaser.

Risk retention repo financings for CLO managers.

Lines of credit for registered funds.

Pre-IPO financings.

Margin loans to HNW individuals.

Formation of mutual funds, ETFs and alternative registered investment funds.

Private offerings of loan funds, fund-of-funds and cryptocurrency funds.

*Some matters completed prior to joining Golden Flag.

Dechert LLP, 2014–2022

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2014Massachusetts
  • 2015New York

Languages

  • English
  • Korean

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.cum laude2014
  • Purdue UniversityM.B.A.2010
  • Purdue UniversityB.S., Biological and Food Process Engineering; B.S., Biochemistry2007