Samyung Han is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

Samyung represents clients on a broad range of M&A and private equity transactions.  Samyung draws on his cross-industry experience to advise private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and strategic businesses, including in connection with:

•    Mergers and acquisitions
•    Sales, dispositions, and carve-outs
•    GP stakes and other minority investments
•    Reorganizations
•    General corporate matters

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Samyung was a summer associate in the New York office. Samyung received his JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he served as an online executive editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.

Samyung holds a doctorate in Music from Indiana University Jacob School of Music, where he served as an Associate Instructor of Voice.

  • Almanac Realty Investors on its acquisition of a minority stake in Alterra IOS, a leading manager of industrial outdoor storage assets
  • ArcLight Capital Partners on its acquisition of a 160 MW operating wind farm located in the Midland Basin in Texas
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) on its acquisition of ALLETE, a leading energy and regulated utility company
  • Carousel Capital on its continuation vehicle for Ethos Risk Services, a national provider of tech-enabled insurance claims investigation and medical management solutions
  • Consonance Capital Partners on its sale of Bako Integrated Physician Services, a provider of specialty laboratory testing services
  • Energy Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority interest in ProEnergy Holdings from affiliates of Eos Partners and ACON Investments
  • Innovid on its sale to Mediaocean
  • One Rock Capital Partners on its acquisition of Lewis Brothers Bakeries, a bread and baked goods manufacturer
  • Pelthos Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, on its merger with Channel Therapeutics, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company
  • RealTruck, an L Catterton portfolio company, on its acquisition of Vehicle Accessories Group, an automotive accessories provider
  • Tallvine Partners on its acquisition of TRG Datacenters, a Houston-based digital infrastructure platform servicing enterprise, hosting, cloud, and AI customers
  • Terra-Gen on its sale of minority interests in a renewable energy portfolio company holding Lockhart, a 128.7 MW four hour battery energy storage system in San Bernardino County, California, and Monte Cristo I Windpower, a 238.5 MW wind project in Hidalgo County, Texas

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 2023
    cum laude, Online Executive Editor, Law Review
  • BMus, The Juilliard School
  • DMus, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
  • MMus, The New School Mannes School of Music

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Korean