Profilo
Alex Kwon represents public and private companies and financial sponsors across a range of sectors in mergers, equity and asset acquisitions and divestitures, carve-out transactions, joint ventures and other corporate and governance matters.
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Alex practiced at international law firms in New York and completed a secondment with Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division in New York.
Concentrations
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity
- Joint ventures
Competenze
Esperienze Professionali - Attività Accademiche
- Represented Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as exclusive financial advisor to Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) in its take-private sale to Blackstone and TPG, in a transaction valued at up to $79 per share, representing an enterprise value of up to $18.3 billion.°
- Represented the Special Committee of Soho House & Co. Inc. (NYSE: SHCO) in Soho House’s $2.7 billion take-private transaction.°
- Represented a consortium of investors, including Permira and Hellman & Friedman, in the $10.2 billion all-cash take-private acquisition of Zendesk.°
- Represented BofA Securities as financial advisor to International Paper (NYSE: IP) in its $9.9 billion acquisition of DS Smith.°
- Represented J.P. Morgan Securities, financial advisor to Maxar Technologies, Inc., in its $6.4 billion acquisition by Advent International.°
- Represented Standard General L.P. in its $4.6 billion acquisition of Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY).°
- Represented MediaCo Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: MDIA) in its acquisition of Estrella Media’s network, content, digital, and commercial operations.°
- Represented CVS Health in its sale of bswift, a provider of software and services that streamline benefits and human resources administration, to Francisco Partners.°
- Represented the Crypsis Group, a leading incident response, risk management, and digital forensics firm, in its sale to Palo Alto Networks.°
- Represented Atlas Copco Group AB in its acquisition of Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRCP).°
- Represented Hyve Group Limited, an international organizer of exhibitions and conferences, in multiple acquisitions including GSV Summit LLC and Beyond Ordinary Events, Inc.°
- Represented Foursquare Labs, Inc. in its acquisition of Unfolded Inc., a geospatial analytics and visualization platform.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Kwon prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP Foreign Legal Consultant Office.
Formazione
Formazione
- Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza, Fordham University School of Law
- M.A., The George Washington University
- Diploma di maturità, Hamilton College
Abilitazioni
- New York
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As a Foreign Legal Consultant Office, the practice in Seoul is limited to legal advice regarding U.S. law, treaties with the U.S., and universally recognized customary international law. We may not render legal advice on Korean law matters.
Lingue
- Inglese, Madrelingua
- Korean, Madrelingua