Kyle Huh

Kyle practices corporate and securities law. He represents issuers and underwriters on a variety of capital markets and corporate transactions, including initial public offerings, other equity offerings, and high-yield, investment-grade and convertible debt offerings. Kyle also counsels publicly traded companies on general corporate matters, including US Securities and Exchange Commission reporting obligations and corporate governance. Additionally, Kyle has significant experience advising private equity funds and private and public companies in complex transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, corporate carve out transactions, leveraged buyouts and going-private transactions. 

Before joining Cooley, Kyle was an associate in the Tokyo office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and before that, in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Before law school, Kyle worked as an equity research analyst at an investment bank, focusing on the technology, media and telecommunications industries.

Kyle is fluent in Japanese and Korean.

Kyle’s select representative transactions include advising:

Capital Markets

• The underwriters in Acutus Medical’s $77 million follow-on offering
• freee K.K. in its ¥‎35 billion IPO*
• The initial purchasers on Global Blood Therapeutics’ Rule 144A offering of $345 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% convertible senior notes
• Grindr on its agreement to combine with Tiga Acquisition Corp., resulting in Grindr becoming a publicly listed company upon closing
• The underwriters on the ¥183 billion global equity offering of Japan Airlines*
• The underwriters on numerous SEC-registered bond offerings of Japan Bank for International Cooperation*
• The underwriters on the ¥24 billion IPO of PLAID*
• The underwriters in PROCEPT BioRobotics’ $188.5 million IPO
• The underwriters in Qualtrics International’s $1.15 billion follow-on offering
• Recruit Holdings in its ¥‎359.5 billion global offering of common stock (which was named Equity Deal of the Year for 2019 at the 2020 Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards) and in its ¥‎373.9 billion international offering of common stock to overseas investors*
• Super Group on its agreement to combine with Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp., resulting in Super Group becoming a publicly listed company
• Toyota Industries in its $600 million offering of senior notes*

Mergers & acquisitions/private equity

• Audax Group in its sale of Laborie Medical Technologies to Patricia Industries*
• Blackstone in various investments through its portfolio of separately managed accounts*
• Blackstone in the formation, marketing and operation of its Tactical Opportunities Funds*
• Carlyle in its HK$731 million subscription of notes and acquisition of an interest in MicroPort Scientific Corp.*
• Carlyle in the formation, marketing and operation of its China real estate fund*
• Equity One in its $15.6 billion merger with Regency Centers Corporation*
• Platinum Equity in its acquisition of International Textile Group*
• Sekisui Chemical in its $510 million acquisition of AIM Aerospace from Liberty Hall Capital Partners*
• Thoma Bravo in its $544 million take-private acquisition of Imprivata*

*Representation handled prior to joining Cooley