Sarah E. Kim
Lawyers

Provides regulatory and compliance advice to investment managers in connection with their ongoing operations and investment activities.
Sarah provides regulatory and compliance advice to investment managers in connection with their ongoing operations and investment activities, including compliance with the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act. She also advises corporations, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions regarding exemptions under the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act.
She served as a contributing editor for International Comparative Legal Guide: Public Investment Funds 2021, and co-authored the “USA” chapter.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Cutia Therapeutics HK$412.9 million IPO
- Morgan Stanley $6 billion senior notes offering
- Morgan Stanley €2 billion senior notes offering
- Mitsubishi HC Finance America $500 million guaranteed notes offering
- Assurant $175 million senior notes offering
- Uniti Group $2.6 billion notes offering
- Bowlero $900 million term loan refinancing and $35 million revolver increase
- Roivant Sciences $230 million stock offering
- Precigen $75 million follow-on offering
- Morgan Stanley $2 billion subordinated reset notes offering
- Morgan Stanley $4 billion senior notes offering
- Cactus $172.5 million follow-on offering
- Kingsoft Cloud dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- Illumina $1 billion notes offering
- Morgan Stanley $6.5 billion senior notes offering
- Morgan Stanley £1.25 billion SONIA-linked notes offering
Insights
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
- cum laude
B.A., History, Yale University
Professional history
- Counsel, Davis Polk, 2015-present
- Senior Counsel, PNC Asset Management Group, PNC Bank, 2013-2015
- Regional Legal Counsel, Citi Private Bank, Citibank, Hong Kong Branch, 2002-2013
- Davis Polk, 1996-2002
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York