Gibson Dunn Adds Private Credit Partner Ryan Kim in New York
Firm News | September 16, 2024
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Ryan Kim has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Ryan will be heading Gibson Dunn’s private credit efforts.
“We are excited to welcome Ryan to Gibson Dunn,” said Scott Greenberg, Global Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. “Ryan is a versatile finance lawyer with significant experience in private credit space. He is well known to our clients and a natural fit for our growing team.”
“Ryan’s comprehensive and distinctive practice spans the full life cycle of a credit investment, from initial capital deployment to liability management transactions and in-court and out-of-court restructurings for debtors and creditor groups. He will be an invaluable resource for our clients in a highly active private credit market,” added Doug Horowitz, Co-Chair of the firm’s Finance Practice Group.
“I’m thrilled to begin the next chapter of my career at Gibson Dunn,” said Ryan. “The talent across the firm is unmatched, and I very much look forward to working alongside this outstanding team. Gibson Dunn’s premier platform is an excellent foundation as I continue to build out my practice.”
Ryan’s arrival continues the growth of Gibson Dunn’s New York office, with the recent additions of M&A partner George Sampas, private equity partner Brian Scrivani, special situations partner Caith Kushner, regulatory finance partner Ro Spaziani, real estate finance partners Michael Weinberger and Krystyna Blakeslee, and executive compensation and employee benefits partner Kate Napalkova.
About Ryan Kim
Ryan is spearheading the firm’s private credit initiatives and focuses on advising creditors, asset managers and alternative capital sources on all aspects of financing transactions. He has experience with a wide variety of finance transactions, including syndicated loan financing, cash flow and asset-based lending, rescue financings, debtor-in-possession financings and other special situation opportunities. He is particularly active in representing asset managers deploying capital in the middle market and direct lending spaces. Ryan was previously a partner at an international law firm. He earned his law degree, with honors, from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.