Kevin C. Tsai, Counsel, Mergers & AcquisitionsAnthony Steven Ameduri, Counsel, Corporate

Kevin C. Tsai

Counsel

Areas of Focus

Kevin C. Tsai, Counsel, Mergers & AcquisitionsAnthony Steven Ameduri, Counsel, Corporate

Kevin C. Tsai

Counsel

ktsai@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Represents private companies and private equity funds in merger & acquisition (M&A) transactions, joint ventures and other similar transactions.
  • Handles matters in the United States and Asia.

Kevin Tsai primarily represents strategic and financial clients in a wide variety of complex M&A transactions in the United States and Asia. He also assists clients with structured financings and preferred equity investments, corporate governance issues and other general corporate matters.

Representative Work

M&A

  • Represented VCA Inc., the nation’s largest animal care provider that was publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market, in its sale to Mars Corporation for $9.1 billion.
  • Represented Kingston Technology, one of the world’s largest independent manufacturers of memory products, as a member of the consortium that purchased Toshiba Memory Corporation, a fully owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, for approximately $18 billion. (The consortium, led by Bain Capital Private Equity, LP, included SK Hynix, Hoya, Apple Inc., Kingston Technology, Dell and Seagate Technology.) Negotiated investment documents that protected Kingston Technology’s interests in connection with its participation in the consortium. The deal was the largest M&A transaction in Asia in 2018.
  • Represented a global private equity fund in an acquisition of super-majority stake in a company with an enterprise value of approximately $350 million that operates a commercial fleet of tactical ex-military aircraft and provides other aviation services and training to the U.S. Military, Department of Defense (DOD), foreign allied international militaries and flight training schools.
  • Represented Governmentjobs.com in its acquisition of FirstNet Learning, Inc., a provider of online learning solutions to various industries.
  • Represented a private operator of veterinary animal hospitals in (a) corporate governance matters related to the creation of its veterinary animal hospital platform in Japan and (b) the acquisition of three veterinary clinics.
  • Represented one of the largest public home builders in the United States in its acquisition of a Texas home builder.
  • Represented MediaNews Group in connection with the sale of its CT newspapers to Hearst.
  • Represented Foxconn Technology Group in its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of SMART Technologies, a leading provider of collaboration solutions.

Joint Ventures/Financings

  • Represented a US subsidiary of a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong and publicly listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, in a restructuring of a joint venture with an independent production company focused on financing the development and production of scripted television projects and documentary projects, and a related minority stake investment in holding company of independent production company.

  • Represented an investment fund in several multimillion dollar secured mezzanine loans to finance businesses in real estate and other industries with joint venture components to allow for equity participation by the client.
  • Represented various clients in connection with production, print and advertising and ultimates loans for various motion pictures.
  • Represented an investment management firm in a mezzanine loan transaction in connection with a $2.5 billion redevelopment of a landmark hotel in Los Angeles.

Languages
  • Mandarin

Education
  • J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2015

  • B.A., University of California, San Diego, cum laude, 2012

Bar Admissions
  • California

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Member, Pro Bono Advisory Council of Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

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