Sung Pak

Partner

Disclaimer

Thank you for your interest. Before you communicate with one of our attorneys, please note: Any comments our attorneys share with you are general information and not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship will exist between you or your business and O’Melveny or any of its attorneys unless conflicts have been cleared, our management has given its approval, and an engagement letter has been signed. Meanwhile, you agree: we have no duty to advise you or provide you with legal assistance; you will not divulge any confidences or send any confidential or sensitive information to our attorneys (we are not in a position to keep it confidential and might be required to convey it to our clients); and, you may not use this contact to attempt to disqualify O’Melveny from representing other clients adverse to you or your business. By clicking "accept" you acknowledge receipt and agree to all of the terms of this paragraph and our Disclaimer.

Sung Pak, Chair of O’Melveny’s Corporate Finance Group, handles leveraged finance matters, focusing on acquisition financings for corporations and private equity sponsors, as well as restructurings and investments in distressed companies.

He represents a number of private equity sponsors, investment funds and corporations in capital-raising transactions, including syndicated loan facilities, high yield bond issuances, public equity offerings, private placements and mezzanine financings.  Sung has significant experience in cross-border financing transactions.

VIEW MORE

Languages

  • Korean

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Harvard University, J.D., 1997: cum laude
  • Stanford University, A.B., History, 1994: with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Activities

Author

  • “Industry Insight - Bridge Loan Nuts and Bolts,” The Deal (January 2006)

Co-Author

  • “2020 Private Credit Overview and Update: Financing the Middle Market,” ICLG Lending and Secured Finance Laws and Regulations 2020 (April 7, 2020)
  • “Industry Insight - Continental Drift,” The Deal (January 2005)
  • “Mezzanine Financing: The European and US Experiences,” International Financial Law Review: 2005 Guide to Private Equity and Venture Capital (2005)
  • Represented a consortium of private equity sponsors in connection with the bank financing for the leveraged buyout of a leading car rental company, at the time the third largest US LBO ever. 
  • Represented a major private equity sponsor in connection with the acquisition of a US$6 billion dollar debt portfolio at a discount from a leading commercial bank, utilizing a complex hybrid structure involving a total return swap and a CLO-type vehicle. 
  • Regularly represents a major distressed debt fund in connection with investments in high yield bonds and Term B loans of distressed issuers. 

In the News

Alerts and Publications

Press Releases