Pillsbury is pleased to announce the arrival of Ronald Brody, Kenneth Suh and Jin Kim to the firm’s New York Finance and Corporate & Securities practices. Brody, Suh and Kim were previously members of the leveraged finance and capital markets practices of White & Case LLP.
Brody, who will be the co-leader of Pillsbury’s leveraged finance practice, is a nationally recognized high yield securities lawyer and was also the co-leader of White & Case’s leveraged finance practice. His practice covers a wide range of corporate financing matters, with a focus on representing investment banks and issuers in high yield debt securities offerings. He also is involved in all aspects of deal structuring, negotiation and documentation across multiple industries. He has extensive experience in private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, refinancings and recapitalizations.
Suh is an experienced debt capital markets and finance lawyer who represents investment banks and issuers of high yield debt securities offerings, as well as administrative agents and borrowers involved in syndicated loan transactions. His track record, which spans 25 years, has given him deep insight into these complex and highly specialized fields.
Kim has extensive experience representing financial institutions and public and private companies in a wide range of capital market and lending transactions, including high yield debt securities offerings, equity offerings and bank credit facilities, with a focus on leveraged financings for acquisitions, buyouts and recapitalizations.
“During this period of great uncertainty, companies across the entire economy are reworking their capital structures and raising cash. We have been building our finance and capital markets practices for some time now, and the addition of this high-yield and leveraged finance team is a tremendous opportunity for Pillsbury, for our clients and for Ron, Ken and Jin,” said Mark Lessard, Pillsbury’s global Finance practice leader. “Ron, Ken and Jin represent well-known quantities in New York and have sterling reputations among bankers and sponsors in this highly competitive space.”
“Having worked together as a team for many years, we look forward to joining the remarkable group of lawyers at Pillsbury, which has achieved impressive expansion and substantial deal flow,” Brody said. “We agree that Pillsbury is the right platform for our clients and for our continued growth, especially in today’s challenging markets.”
With over 600 capital markets deals since 2010 valued at more than $600 billion, Pillsbury continues to rank highly in numerous league tables for capital markets, debt and equity deals. In the area of capital markets, Pillsbury was ranked by Bloomberg in the first quarter of 2020 at #2 for U.S. Utilities Corporate Bonds (Manager) by deal count, #3 for U.S. Utilities Corporate Bonds (Manager) by deal value, #3 for U.S. Equity-Linked (Manager) by deal count, and #10 for U.S. Equity-Linked (Manager) by deal volume. During the same period, Refinitiv ranked Pillsbury as #16 for U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS (Manager) and #17 for U.S. Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS (Manager). The firm also ranked #19 for Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS (Manager), #20 for Global Straight Debt Including ABS & MBS (Manager), #20 for U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related (Manager), #21 for U.S. Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS (Manager), #22 for All International Bonds, #24 for U.S. Debt, Equity & Equity Related (Manager), and #23 for Global Straight Debt Excluding ABS & MBS (Manager).
Pillsbury’s New York transactional team has grown significantly in the last two years, with the addition of a highly regarded five-lawyer leveraged and acquisition finance group led by partners Michael Michetti, Joel Simon and Joseph Fastiggi, who in 2019 led a $10 billion financing effort for Sinclair Broadcast Group’s acquisition of Disney’s regional sports networks. In addition, the New York office has added M&A and private equity dealmakers Jarrod Murphy and Ted Powers, international M&A partners Augusto Lima and Jon Lyman, eminent project development and finance lawyers Mona Dajani, Jorge Medina and Shellka Arora-Cox, asset finance counsel Pat Reisinger and corporate and transactional special counsel Brian McKenna, as well as corporate partner Michael Flynn, who advises early- and growth-stage technology and life sciences clients.
Recognized among the leading financial services practices in the U.S., Pillsbury’s finance team counsels more than 200 financial institutions, including many of the world’s largest banks and asset managers, as well as those using all forms of financial services. Combining in-depth industry and regulatory knowledge with legal acumen and a commercial approach, Pillsbury’s finance lawyers structure, negotiate and document complex domestic and international transactions. The team helps financial services providers and users manage risk, navigate business, legal and regulatory challenges, leverage opportunities, and get deals done.
