Jaisohn Jungbin Im
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Special Situations & Private Credit
- Corporate & Finance
- Leveraged Finance
- Private Credit
- Financial Restructuring
- Fintech
- Private Equity Transactions
- Structured Credit
- Preferred Equity & Hybrid Capital
- Concentrates on a wide variety of financing transactions, representing private equity sponsors, hedge funds, financial investors, special situation investors, portfolio companies and other corporate borrowers.
- Focuses on private equity-related corporate finance, direct lending, special situation financings and out-of-court and in-court restructurings.
Jaisohn Im is head of Akin’s finance team. Jaisohn has extensive experience with leveraged acquisition and recapitalization transactions, syndicated loan financing, cash flow and asset-based lending, debtor-in-possession financings, restructuring the balance sheet of overleveraged companies, direct lending and special-situation opportunities.
Jaisohn’s clients benefit from his significant experience analyzing distressed debt investments and his strong understanding of the market trends that impact their businesses.
- Represented an ad hoc group of creditors in the Sungard Availability Services Capital bankruptcy, including exit term facilities following Sungard Availability Services Capital’s exit from bankruptcy proceedings and its ABL credit facility.
- Advised Sorenson Communications in connection with its $725 million first lien credit facilities and $230 million second lien credit facility.
- Advised DynCorp International Inc. in connection with its $430 million first lien credit facilities.
- Advised American Zinc Recycling Corp. in connection with its $100 million term loan credit facilities.
- Represented an ad hoc group of noteholders in the Parker Drilling Company bankruptcy, including a ABL credit facility and second lien term facility following Parker Drilling Company’s exit from bankruptcy proceedings.
EducationJ.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2007
B.A., Yale University, 2002
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2007
B.A., Yale University, 2002
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Acritas, Acritas Star, 2019
- Panelist, “Acquisition Finance Debt Covenants,” Akin Gump Dealmaker Boot Camp, October 2015, 2016 and 2017.