Choi, Yoseph

Yoseph Choi

Counsel

    Choi, Yoseph

    Yoseph Choi

    Counsel

    yoseph.choi@lw.com

    Profile

    Yoseph Choi represents issuers, underwriters and investors on complex, high-profile equity and debt offerings, and advises U.S. public companies and boards of directors on corporate governance and securities law matters.

    For over 20 years, Yoseph has guided companies in a variety of industries, investment banks, and other market participants on a broad array of public and private cross-border capital markets transactions, M&A transactions and ongoing representation, including:

    • SPAC and de-SPAC transactions
    • Initial public offerings
    • Public and private equity and debt offerings
    • Public and private M&A transactions
    • Tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations
    • ATM programs and equity lines of credit
    • Public company representation, including ongoing Exchange Act reporting
    • Corporate governance matters

    Prior to joining the firm as counsel in 2020, Yoseph was an associate at major U.S. and German law firms. Yoseph is fluent in German, having spent over 18 years practicing in Germany.

    Experience

    Yoseph’s experience includes advising: 

    • GDEV Inc. on its $20 million public tender offer
    • Vertical Aerospace Ltd. on its $100 million financing, including a $35 million underwritten registered direct offering
    • AIR Global PLC on its de-SPAC business combination and Nasdaq listing
    • Vertical Aerospace Ltd. on its $850 million comprehensive financing package, including a $50 million senior secured notes facility, a $25 million convertible preferred equity facility and a $500 million equity line of credit 
    • Underwriters on VEON Ltd.’s $131 million public secondary offering of Kyivstar Group Ltd. shares
    • Kyivstar Group Ltd. on its de-SPAC business combination and Nasdaq listing
    • Vertical Aerospace Ltd. on its multiple follow-on public offerings
    • Tyman plc on its public takeover by NYSE-listed Quanex Building Products Corp.
    • Paragon Partners and cunova GmbH on its announced de-SPAC business combination
    • Mereo BioPharma plc on its U.S. domestic filer transition
    • GDEV Inc. on its $33 million public tender offer
    • Infarm – Indoor Urban Farming GmbH on its contemplated de-SPAC business combination
    • CVC on the de-SPAC merger of ironSource and Thoma Bravo Advantage
    • Vertical Aerospace Ltd. on its de-SPAC business combination and NYSE listing
    • GDEV Inc. on its de-SPAC business combination and Nasdaq listing
    • Cipher Digital Inc. on its de-SPAC business combination and Nasdaq listing
    • TUI Cruises GmbH on its inaugural €300 million bond offering
    • Bank consortium on several rights offerings by TUI AG amounting to €1.6 billion
    • Deutsche Bank AG on its ongoing Exchange Act reporting obligations*
    • Deutsche Bank AG on its multiple SEC-registered rights offerings*
    • Deutsche Bank AG on its multiple SEC-registered offerings of additional tier 1 securities and subordinated tier 2 notes*
    • Deutsche Bank AG on its multiple tender and exchange offers for its SEC-registered notes*
    • Commerzbank AG on its capital measures to repay the German government's bailout participations*
    • Commerzbank AG on the establishment of its USD MTN program and offerings thereunder*
    • Deutsche Telekom AG on multiple benchmark issuances under its USD debt platform*
    • Bank consortium on the establishment of Volkswagen AG's USD debt platform and multiple benchmark issuances thereunder*

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York

    Education

    • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2004
    • AB in English Language and Literature, Harvard College, 1994

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • German
    • Italian
    • French

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