Chanwon Pio Yoon

Associate

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Chanwon Pio Yoon

Associate

Pio.Yoon@akingump.com

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Licensed to practice in Connecticut only and under the supervision of the partners of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Application for admission to the New York Bar in process.
  • Represents institutional investors and investment funds in connection with domestic and cross-border private placement transactions, first and second lien lending arrangements, mezzanine and other subordinated debt financings and other secured and unsecured finance transactions.

Pio is an associate in the firm’s corporate group. He assists in a variety of corporate finance transactions, including domestic and cross-border debt and equity private placement financings, secured and unsecured lending transactions and restructuring of all of the foregoing.

Representative Work
  • Represented institutional investors in connection with the issuance of $1.585 billion of senior secured notes by Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund, a U.S. statutory trust registered as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company operating as an interval fund under the Investment Company Act.
  • Represented bondholders in connection with the issuance of $710 million of senior bonds by a Canadian forest management company.
  • Counsel to a U.S. insurance company and its affiliates in a “one-stop” financing for a global mobility service company.
  • Represented institutional investors in connection with the issuance of $305 million of senior notes by a U.S. business development company.
  • Represented institutional investors in a private placement of $300 million of senior notes by a U.S. manufacturer of semiconductors and other electronic components.
  • Advised institutional investors in a private placement of $250 million of senior secured Notes by a U.S. manufacturer of paper for packaging, containing, wrapping and newspapers. The notes were guaranteed by affiliates organized in, and secured with collateral located in, Mexico and the United States.
  • Represented a group of investment funds in connection with the $83 million second-lien debt and equity financing for a U.S. based materials design company.
  • Advised an investment fund and its affiliates in a private placement of $46 million of senior notes by a U.S. provider of document management equipment and related services.
  • Represented a U.S. insurance company and its affiliates in connection with the issuance of €50 million of senior notes by a Belgian real estate investment trust.
  • Represented institutional investors in connection with a private placement of $55 million senior secured notes issued by a global financial technology firm.
  • Counsel to a noteholder group in restructuring and refinancing discussions with a South African issuer.

Languages
  • Korean

Education
  • J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 2020

  • B.A., University of Connecticut, 2017

Bar Admissions
  • Connecticut

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Member, American College of Investment Counsel (ACIC)
  • Member, Connecticut Bar Association
  • Secretary, Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association

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