Kevin Tsai

Kevin Tsai is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office, he advises on a wide range of private mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, financings and other complex corporate transactions.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing on the following M&A matters:

• Benihana Inc. on its sale to The ONE Group Hospitality for a total deal value of $365 million
• Kingston Technology in the sale of its HyperX gaming peripherals business to HP Inc. for $425 million.
• Kingston Technology, one of the world’s largest independent manufacturers of memory products, as a member of a consortium that purchased Toshiba Memory Corporation, a fully owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, for approximately $18 billion
• VCA Inc. in its $9.1 billion sale to Mars Corporation
• 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, foreign allied international militaries and flight training schools
• A private operator of veterinary animal hospitals in corporate governance matters related to the creation of its veterinary animal hospital platform in Japan and in the acquisition of three veterinary clinics
• Governmentjobs.com in its acquisition of a provider of online learning solutions to various industries
• One of the largest public home builders in the U.S. in its acquisition of a Texas home builder
• MediaNews Group in connection with the sale of its CT newspapers to Hearst
• Foxconn Technology Group in its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of SMART Technologies, a leading provider of collaboration solutions

  Prior to joining the Firm, Kevin additionally advised on the following joint venture and finance matters:

• Brazos Midstream Holdings III, LLC in a $325 million perpetual preferred equity facility with EOC Partners, Elda River Capital and other investors.
• Global growth equity investment company in its $100 million Series A preferred equity investment in a media and technology company focused on music, film, podcasting and creative services.
• An investment fund in several multimillion dollar secured mezzanine loans to finance businesses in the real estate and other industries with joint venture component to allow for equity participation by the client
• An investment management firm in a mezzanine loan transaction in connection with a $2.5 billion redevelopment of a landmark hotel in Los Angeles

Kevin received his J.D. From University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2015, where he was co-president of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and senior editor of the Southern California Law Review. He received his B.A. from University of California – San Diego in 2012, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Omega.