Richard Kim advises clients on capital markets transactions and counsels public companies within the technology and life sciences sectors.

Richard leverages a pragmatic approach and forges relationships across the capital markets space to guide issuers and investment banks on:

  • Initial public offerings (IPOs)
  • Follow-on and secondary offerings
  • Debt offerings, including convertible notes offerings

Within his public company representation practice, he develops a comprehensive understanding of his clients’ business objectives and helps them navigate complex issues relating to securities law compliance and corporate governance. Richard also represents late-stage private companies as they prepare to go public.

Richard serves on the Recruiting Committee and previously served on the Mentoring Committee.

Richard’s experience includes representing:

IPOs and Direct Listings

  • Airbnb in its US$3.8 billion IPO
  • Amplitude in its direct listing
  • Annexon in its US$287 million IPO
  • Aratana Therapeutics in its US$39 million IPO and several subsequent public offerings
  • BIND Therapeutics in its US$76 million IPO and subsequent public offerings
  • BofA Securities in Janux Therapeutics’ US$222 million IPO
  • Goldman Sachs in PMV Pharmaceuticals’ US$243 million IPO
  • Jefferies in Reneo Pharmaceuticals’ US$93 million IPO
  • JP Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, William Blair, and Cantor Fitzgerald in Glaukos’ US$124 million IPO
  • JP Morgan, Leerink Partners, William Blair, and Stifel in Inogen’s US$72 million IPO
  • Omada Health in its IPO
  • Piper Jaffray, Stifel, Leerink Partners, and William Blair in Sientra’s US$86 million IPO
  • UBS Investment Bank, Canaccord Genuity, Stifel, and BTIG in Obalon Therapeutics' US$75 million IPO

Follow-On and Secondary Offerings

  • BofA Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Deutsche Bank Securities in BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s US$911 million follow-on offering
  • BofA Securities, Jefferies, SVB Securities, Evercore ISI, and Guggenheim Securities in Vaxcyte’s US$600 million public offering
  • Cantor Fitzgerald in Corium International’s US$20 million follow-on offering 
  • Jefferies, Leerink Partners, and Wells Fargo Securities in Immune Design’s US$32 million follow-on offering
  • JP Morgan, Cowen, Stifel, Wells Fargo Securities, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in Array Biopharma’s US$132 million follow-on offering of Array Biopharma
  • Piper Jaffray and William Blair in LDR’s US$92 million follow-on offering of LDR
  • Puma Biotechnology on several public offerings 

Debt Offerings

  • Airbnb in its US$2 billion convertible senior notes offering
  • AMD in its US$1 billion senior notes offering
  • Eventbrite in its:
    • US$150 million convertible senior notes offering
    • US$212 million convertible senior notes offering

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2009
    cum laude
  • BA in English Literature & Political Science, Colgate University, 2004
    magna cum laude
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August 25, 2025 Recognition

Latham Leads H1 2025 Capital Markets League Tables

Firm’s Capital Markets Practice once again earns top legal advisor league table rankings across debt and equity products and industries globally in Bloomberg, Dealogic, Deal Point Data, and LSEG.