Seung-Ju Paik represents investment and commercial banks, direct lenders, and other financial institutions in a broad range of finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged finance.

Seung-Ju regularly advises on the full spectrum of bank financing transactions, including:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Debt restructurings
  • Cross-border financings
  • Mezzanine financings
  • Asset-based financings

Seung-Ju’s representative experience includes advising:

  • A multinational bank on a :
    • US$4.8 billion term loans and revolving credit facility in connection with an investment manager firm’s acquisition of Tech Data
    • US$859 million term loan and revolving credit facility for EVO Payments International
  • An American investment bank on a:
    • US$1 billion revolving facility for Coupang, an e-commerce company based in South Korea
    • US$90 million revolving credit facility for Eco-Bat America, a manufacturer of fabricated metal
  • Jeffries Finance on a:
    • US$670 million term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Eagle Merchant Partners’ acquisition of certain assets of Planet Fitness
    • US$270 million term loan and revolving credit facility for Excel Fitness Holdings
  • An American multinational investment bank on a:
    • US$935 million term loan and revolving credit facility for Genuine Financial Holdings
    • US$295 million term loan and revolving credit facilities in connection with R1 RCM's acquisition of Intermedix
  • Royal Bank of Canada on a term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Thoma Bravo's acquisition of Autodata Solutions and subsequent incremental term and revolving facility in connection with the acquisition of a global marketing information services firm
  • A leading bank on a US$680 million term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Carbonite's acquisition of Webroot
  • Golub Capital Markets on its US$594 million term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Kelso & Company's acquisition of J.S. Held Holdings
  • Antares Capital on its term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with General Atlantic Service Company's acquisition of Marathon Health Parent
  • The lead arrangers and agents on a US$3.3 billion term loans and revolving credit facility in connection with a joint venture created by CVC Capital Partners and Messer Group of the gas businesses in North and South America of Linde, a Germany-based provider of gas and engineering solutions

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • J.D., Columbia Law School, 2009
  • BA, New York University, 2006

Languages Spoken

  • English

Practices