Ji Soo (Danielle) Kim

Associate

She/Her/Hers

danielle.kim@lw.com

    Ji Soo (Danielle) Kim

    Associate

    danielle.kim@lw.com

    Profile

    Danielle Kim is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins.

    Danielle represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in connection with a range of complex corporate transactions across various industries.

    She advises clients on: 

    • Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
    • Controlling and minority investments
    • General corporate matters  

    Experience

    Danielle’s experience includes advising: 

    • Blackstone on its $2.3 billion take-private acquisition of Rover*
    • FFL Partners on its sale of a majority stake in portfolio company ALKU*
    • Gryphon Investors portfolio company Techmer on its add-on acquisitions of Advanced Color Technologies and Opticolor*
    • K1 Investment Management portfolio company Reveal Data Corporation on its add-on acquisitions of IPRO and Onna Technologies*
    • TA Associates and Francisco Partners on the $3 billion sale of Edifecs*
    • TA Associates portfolio company Advantive on its growth recapitalization*
    • Thoma Bravo and Permira Advisers-backed Motus on its add-on acquisition of Everlance*
    • Unity Partners on its platform acquisition of The Byng Group and subsequent add-on acquisition of Vigil Contracting*
    • Vista Equity Partners on its $4 billion take-private acquisition of Engagesmart*
    • Vista Equity Partners portfolio company Granicus on its add-on acquisition of Simpleview*

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2022
    • BA in English Literature, University of Oxford, 2017

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Korean

    Practices