As counsel in O’Melveny’s Silicon Valley office, Angela Kim advises public and private companies on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, cross-border investments and joint ventures, and venture capital.
Angela holds more than a decade of experience executing strategic transactions, both while practicing within prominent law firms as well as during her in-house position as legal counsel for a global corporation.
Angela’s representations prior to joining O’Melveny include:
- Western Digital Corporation in its ongoing evaluation of strategic alternatives
- Intel Corporation in several matters, including:
- its collaboration with United Microelectronics Corporation to develop a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform
- its carveout IPO of Mobileye Global Inc.
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in its acquisition of OpenEye Scientific Software, Inc.
- Broadcom Inc. in its acquisition of AppNeta, Inc.
- Fujirebio Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of Fluxus, Inc.
- GIC in the sale of its interest in EdgeCore Internet Real Estate
- Christie’s Ventures in its various minority investments
- VMware, Inc. in several matters, including:
- its acquisition of Uhana, Inc.
- its acquisition of Nyansa, Inc.
- its acquisition of Lastline, Inc.
- Clean Energy in its joint venture with ThrivalTech
- GigaGen, Inc. in the sale of its business to Grifols Innovation and New Technologies Limited
- Iota, Inc. in the sale of its business to Astellas US Holding, Inc.
- Artivest Holdings, Inc. in the sale of its business to Institutional Capital Network, Inc.
- Zivelo, Inc. in the sale of its business to Verifone, Inc.
- Softbank Group Corp. in its investment in Berkshire Grey, Inc.
- Bison Capital in its:
- investment in Miva, Inc.
- sale of assets of Clinical Research Laboratories, LLC
- Machinima, Inc. in the sale of its business to Warner Bros. Digital Networks Inc.
- American Fruits and Flavors in the sale of its business to Monster Beverage Corporation
Languages
- Korean
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Education
- The University of Chicago, J.D.: Clinton & Baird Scholar; Ruth Rosenson Scholar; Wilkow Scholar
- University of California Berkeley, B.S., Business Administration: with honors; B.A., Economics: high honors; Governor’s Scholarship; Berkeley Scholarship; Dean’s Honor List
Honors & Awards
- Recognized in Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch® in Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law (2023-2025)
Professional Activities
Externship
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
Corporate & Government Experience
- Legal Counsel, CJ E&M Corporation
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