Press Release 03.10.25
Ann M. Kim is an associate who focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.
Ann works with a variety of public and private clients, including tech companies and startups, primarily in the life sciences, digital health, artificial intelligence, SaaS, defensetech and cybersecurity sectors.
Representative Experience
- Represented Epirus, a high-growth defense technology company, in its oversubscribed $250 million Series D financing.
- Represented Bilt Rewards, the leading loyalty platform specializing in rent and neighborhood rewards, in its $150 million financing and $200 million financing, which increased its valuation to $3.1 billion.
- Represented Nikola Corporation, an integrated truck and energy company transforming commercial transportation with its Class 8 vehicles, in its $275 million common stock and green convertible senior notes offerings and its $200 million common stock offering.
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- Representative Mergers & Acquisitions Experience
- Represented Identiv, Inc. in the $145 million sale of its physical security, access card, and identity reader operations and assets to Vitaprotech Group SAS.
- Represented Qualer, Inc., a SaaS solution for asset management for life sciences lab equipment, in its acquisition by MasterControl Solutions, Inc.
- Represented Normalyze, Inc., a data-first-cloud-security platform, in its acquisition by Proofpoint Inc.
- Represented Adroit, a Medtech supplier, in its acquisition by Arterex.
- Represented Bear Electrical Solutions, a provider of construction and maintenance services for traffic, street and parking signals, in its acquisition by Midwestern Electric, a portfolio company of CAI Capital Partners.
- Representative Emerging Growth Experience
- Represented Humaneva, Inc., a spin-off of Poland-based wholesale pharmaceutical distributor NEUCA S.A., in connection with its $50 million minority stake investment agreement with Viking Global Investors.
- Represented Atmosic Technologies, a provider of ultra-low-power computer and connectivity solutions, in its $40 million funding round.
- Represented Vasa Therapeutics Inc., a preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for cardiovascular aging, in its $6 million Series Seed financing.
- Represented Cercle, an AI-driven women’s health care insights platform company, in its $6 million Series Seed financing.
- Represented Fudo Security, a cybersecurity firm, in its $10 million funding round.
- Represented a technology platform company in its $6 million Series C-2 financing.
- Representative Securities Offerings Experience
- Represented Vincerx Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: VINC), a biopharmaceutical company, in its $16.5 million public offering of common stock and warrants.
- Represented Acer Therapeutics Inc., a leading pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, in its $2.675 million registered direct offering and concurrent private placement.
- Represented Invitae Corporation, a leading medical genetics company, in its ATM equity offering.
Professional Highlights
- Before law school, Ann worked at a startup in Sweden and at a large law firm in Los Angeles. During law school, she interned at a private fintech company and received the American Jurisprudence Award (First in Class) in Negotiations. Ann graduated with a business law certificate and pro bono honors.
Education
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J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law), 2022
Articles Editor, Berkeley Business Law JournalB.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2017
Magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
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California
Languages
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Korean