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Turning Crisis into Strategy: Contracts, projects and disputes at a global chokepoint
Robert S. Kim
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Robert Kim advises issuers, underwriters, loan sellers, and collateral managers on structured finance and securitization transactions, including CMBS, real estate CLOs, structured mortgage and mezzanine loan participations, and other asset-backed financings.
He represents clients across the full range of structured finance activity, from public and private securities offerings through secondary market transactions for institutional investors. Robert also focuses on the application of emerging technologies to capital markets, including document automation, blockchain, AI-powered contract review, and automated workflow management.
Robert’s dual focus on traditional structured finance and legal technology makes him a sought-after adviser as the capital markets continue to evolve alongside rapid advances in AI and other technology tools.
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America – Securitization and Structured Finance Law (2023)
Representative experience
Advising Barclays as issuer's counsel on its US$800m SEC-registered/144A CMBS offering backed by a pool of US commercial mortgage loans.
Advising Barclays as issuer's counsel on its US$1.3bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by 21 multifamily properties.
Advising Barclays as issuer's counsel on its US$1bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by five office and three movie studio properties.
Advising BNP Paribas as loan seller counsel on the US$3.4bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by nine data centers.
Advising BNP Paribas as loan seller counsel on the US$615m 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by a super-regional mall.
Advising Citi and other initial purchasers on the US$2.2bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by 124 manufactured housing community properties.
Advising Citi and other initial purchasers on the US$5.6bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by 406 industrial properties.
Advising Deutsche Bank as issuer's counsel on its US$1bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by 108 hotel properties.
Advising Deutsche Bank as issuer's counsel on its US$800m SEC-registered/144A CMBS offering backed by a pool of US commercial mortgage loans.
Advising DivCore as issuer's counsel on its US$500m 144A CLO offering secured by a pool of US commercial mortgage loans.
Advising Morgan Stanley as issuer's counsel on its US$550m 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by 64 skilled nursing facilities.
Advising Morgan Stanley and other initial purchasers on the US$1.2bn 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by a Manhattan office building.
Advising Scotiabank as US loan seller counsel on the C$450m 144A CMBS offering backed by a commercial mortgage loan secured by eight industrial properties in Canada.
Advising Kroll Bond Rating Agency on its rating of a £235.1m UK and US 144A offering of secured notes backed by two credit facilities.
Advising a CMBS investor on US risk retention compliance requirements.
Advising an Israeli fintech company on US securitization matters.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1995
- A.B., Harvard University, 1989
Bar admissions and qualifications
- New York