Press Release 09.25.23
Lillian Kim represents companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other significant corporate matters. Lillian also serves as a trusted advisor to boards of directors, special committees and executive management teams of public companies in connection with strategic matters, corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Lillian has extensive experience advising clients on their most significant corporate transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, going private transactions, joint ventures, tender offers, reorganizations and other complex transactions. She has advised clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, life sciences, financial services, real estate and consumer products.
Prior to joining Pillsbury, Lillian was a partner in the New York office of another international law firm.
Representative Experience
Prior to and since joining Pillsbury, Lillian’s notable representations include:
- Mimecast Limited in its $5.8 billion sale to Permira
- Trillium Therapeutics in its $2.3 billion sale to Pfizer
- Forma Therapeutics in its $1.1 billion sale to Novo Nordisk
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- Life Sciences Mergers and Acquisitions
- Chiasma in its cross-border sale to Amryt Pharma
- PAREXEL in its $5 billion sale to Pamplona
- Teva Pharmaceutical in its $3.5 billion acquisition of Auspex
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals in its $500 million sale to Covis Group
- Ocata Therapeutics in its $380 million sale to Astellas Pharma
- Dimension Therapeutics in its proposed sale to RegenxBio and subsequent acceptance of topping bid from, and $151 million sale to, Ultragenyx
- Juniper Pharmaceuticals in its $139 million sale to Catalent
- Neon Therapeutics in its $97 million sale to BioNTech
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of NantKwest in NantKwest’s merger with ImmunityBio
- Technology Mergers and Acquisitions
- Slack Technologies in its $27.7 billion sale to Salesforce
- Virtusa in its $2 billion sale to Baring Private Equity Asia
- Monotype Imaging in its $825 million sale to HGGC
- Imprivata in its $544 million sale to Thoma Bravo
- Opower in its $532 million sale to Oracle
- Planet Payment in its $250 million sale to Fintrax Group
- Help/Systems in its $217 million take-private of GlobalSCAPE
- FutureAdvisor in its sale to BlackRock
- Other Merger and Acquisitions
- TIER REIT in its $5.9 billion sale to Cousins Properties
- Amplify Snack Brands in its $1.6 billion sale to Hershey
Professional Highlights
- Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Mergers and Acquisitions (2024)
- Recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, with particular emphasis on Technology/Life Sciences M&A and Corporate Governance (2021 and 2022)
- Selected to join the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows Program (2022)
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- While attending law school, Lillian was a senior editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law
Education
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J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2010
C.B.P.P., University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
B.A., Wellesley College
Admissions
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New York
California