Michael Cho

Key achievements:

• Michael has over 13 years of experience as corporate legal counsel in successfully managing mergers, acquisitions, and cross-border business transactions ranging in value up to $350 million.
• Has developed a global network of clients and associates based on relationships built up over the years of successful cross-border transactions.

While associated with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as its corporate attorney, Michael represented various growth companies in their mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, roll-up transactions and initial public offerings with the transactions ranging up to $200 million. During his career at Akin Gump, Michael was one of the key outside counsels for Packaged Ice, Inc. in their growth strategy of acquiring more than 30 companies, culminating in their public offering of $250 million.

While associated with the capital market group of Jones Day LLP as a corporate attorney, Michael participated in various transactions involving securitization of non-performing loans, private placement of senior and mezzanine notes and related sale of real estate portfolios. Michael also participated in transactions representing the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds in their joint venture with Korean Asset Management Corporation for the purchase and securitization of real estate secured loans ranging up to $350 million.

Since 2008, Michael has invested with, and is a member of the management committee, of Caddoan Partners, LLC which invests in Dallas-Fort Worth area real estate properties.

Since 2011, Michael has been a shareholder and member of the management committee of Diablo Sports Marketing, LLC, which develops action sports venues for motocross, BXM and wake boarding competitions.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Cornell University and a doctorate of jurisprudence from St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Michael speaks fluent Korean.