Kal Leung
Biography
Overview
Kal Leung is a law clerk in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group currently practicing in the New York office and resident in the Firm's Silicon Valley office. Kal was previously an associate in the Firm's Silicon Valley and London offices.
Kal advises clients on a range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and venture and growth equity financings across various industries including the technology, healthcare and energy sectors. He is also an active member of the Firm's pro bono practice, advising a variety of non-profit organizations and NGOs on formation, governance and other matters.
Kal joined White & Case as a trainee, gaining experience in the Firm's Construction, Corporate M&A, and Capital Markets departments in London, and the Corporate team in the Firm's New York office.
Experience
Recent experiences include the representation of:
Lightrock Climate Impact Fund as lead investor in the US$50 million Series C funding round in AiDash, a SaaS company making critical infrastructure industries climate-resilient and more sustainable through satellites and AI.
Autotalks, a fabless semiconductor company devoted to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications for manned and autonomous vehicles, in its sale to Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM)
Flexjet, a global leader in subscription-based private aviation, on its US$3 Billion Business Combination with Horizon Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE: HZON)
Lightrock Climate Impact Fund on its participation in the Series C financing round of Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology
A sovereign wealth fund in several matters including its participation in Series A and Series C financing rounds of two biomedical companies
Falcon's Beyond Global, a leading fully integrated global entertainment development company, on its US$1 Billion Business Combination with FAST Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:FZT)
Hello Heart Ltd, a digital therapeutic company that focuses on heart health, on its US $70 million Series D Financing.
ADVANZ PHARMA on its acquisition of the ex-US business of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICPT)
JTC plc (LON: JTC) in its acquisition of SALI Fund Services, a provider of fund services to the Insurance Dedicated Fund and Separately Managed Account market, with US$15.8 billion of assets under management.
Siemplify, an Israeli cybersecurity and security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) provider, in its sale to Google LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
Nasdaq Helsinki-listed Neste Oyj (HEL: NESTE) on the divestment of its NEXBASE base oils business to Chevron and the Bahrain National Oil and Gas Authority.
FTSE-100 constituent, Smiths Group plc (LON: SMIN) on its sale of Smiths Medical to TA Associates for US$2.3 billion.
Qatalyst Partners, as financial adviser to Dialog Semiconductor Plc, on the €4.886 billion public offer by Renesas Electronics Corporation for Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
UniCredit S.p.A. (BIT: UCG) on the accelerated book building process for the sale of its 12 percent stake in Yapi Kredi.
FTSE-250 constituent, Energean plc (LON:ENOG) on its US$750 million acquisition of Edison E&P.
Bright Scholar Education Holdings (NYSE: BEDU) on its £150 million acquisition of CATS Colleges, an international school network with a platform of campuses located across the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and China from Cambridge Education Group and Bridgepoint.
