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- Represented lenders (both in an agency and non-agency capacity) on asset-based and quasi-asset based transactions, involving borrowers in the manufacturing, chemical, consumer, health care, financial, technology and agricultural business, in transactions ranging from $5 million to $300 million.
- Represented agent bank in syndication of an unsecured revolving credit facility to a public company (and foreign borrower subsidiaries) in excess of $1.75 billion.
- Represented agent bank in syndication of a $500 million credit facility to a public company with alternate currency sublimits and foreign borrowers and guarantors located in more than 10 different countries.
- Represented lenders in correspondent banking transactions worth over $300 million.
- Represented the administrative agent in a $115 million secured syndicated senior credit facility involving a technology borrower.
- Represented a specialty chemical manufacturer in negotiation of a $85 million first lien and second lien credit facilities involving institutional investors.
- Represented agent bank in a syndication of an $85 million senior secured facility involving taking security interests in aircraft, fractional ownership interests and aircraft inventory.
- Represented equipment lessors in multiple transactions involving renewable energy collateral located in multiple jurisdictions.
- Selected for inclusion in The Banking Lawyers as the exclusively recommended attorney in Ohio for 2023
- Selected for inclusion in IFLR 1000, 2019 to 2024
- Selected for inclusion in Lawyers of Color’s Nation’s Best 2020
- Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list
- Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking & Finance, Ohio, 2008 to present
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2012 for Banking and Finance Law and Commercial Finance Law; named the Best Lawyers® 2023 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland
Community Activities
- Advisory Board Member of Facing History and Ourselves, 2013 to present
- Board Member of The Commission on Economic Inclusion, a program of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, 2015 to present
Professional Activities
- Cornell Alumni Association Network Ambassador, 2006 to present
Education
- Cornell University Law School, J.D., 2000
- Cornell University, B.A., 1996, with distinction
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- New York
Languages
- Korean
- Spanish
- IFLR1000 2024 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices,
Thompson Hine LLP
, September 17, 2024 - IFLR1000 2023 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices,
Five Practices and Ten Partners Receive Acclaim
, September 19, 2023 - IFLR1000 2022 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices,
Five Practices and Ten Lawyers Receive Acclaim
, October 17, 2022 - IFLR1000 2021 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices, January 18, 2022
- Nine Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized by Lawyers of Color,
Thompson Hine LLP
, April 5, 2021 - Nine Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized by Lawyers of Color,
Thompson Hine LLP
, April 5, 2021 - IFLR1000 2020 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices,
Four Practices and Nine Lawyers Receive National Acclaim
, January 27, 2021