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EduardoKim

Partner
Cleveland

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EduardoKim

Partner

Eduardo is a partner in the firm's Commercial & Public Finance practice group. He focuses his practice on commercial lending, primarily representing banks and other financial institutions. Eduardo has significant experience with syndicated, multi-bank senior credit facilities, asset based and structured finance facilities, acquisition financing, leasing transactions and foreign currency transactions.

2025 IFLR 1000 Highly Regarded Lawyer
Ranked In Chambers USA 2026
Recognized in Best Lawyers 2027
Legal 500 Ohio Elite - Finance & Restructuring 2026
The Bank and Finance Lawyers 2023

Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 10 years or longer and named a Best Lawyers® 2023 Banking and Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Cleveland.

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  • Represented lenders (both in an agency and non-agency capacity) on asset-based and quasi-asset based transactions, involving borrowers in the manufacturing, chemical, consumer, health care, financial, technology and agricultural business, in transactions ranging from $5 million to $300 million.
  • Represented agent bank in syndication of an unsecured revolving credit facility to a public company (and foreign borrower subsidiaries) in excess of $1.75 billion.
  • Represented agent bank in syndication of a $500 million credit facility to a public company with alternate currency sublimits and foreign borrowers and guarantors located in more than 10 different countries.
  • Represented lenders in correspondent banking transactions worth over $300 million.
  • Represented the administrative agent in a $115 million secured syndicated senior credit facility involving a technology borrower.
  • Represented a specialty chemical manufacturer in negotiation of a $85 million first lien and second lien credit facilities involving institutional investors.
  • Represented agent bank in a syndication of an $85 million senior secured facility involving taking security interests in aircraft, fractional ownership interests and aircraft inventory.
  • Represented equipment lessors in multiple transactions involving renewable energy collateral located in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Listed as a Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 City Elite – Ohio for Finance & Restructuring, 2026
  • Named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list, (Banking & Finance)
  • Selected for inclusion in The Banking Lawyers as the exclusively recommended attorney in Ohio for 2023
  • Selected for inclusion in IFLR 1000, 2019 to 2025
  • Selected for inclusion in Lawyers of Color’s Nation’s Best 2020
  • Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list
  • Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking & Finance, Ohio, 2008 to present
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2012 for Banking and Finance Law and Commercial Finance Law; named the Best Lawyers® 2023 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland

Professional Activities

  • Cornell Alumni Association Network Ambassador, 2006 to present

Community Activities

  • Advisory Board Member of Facing History and Ourselves, 2013 to 2023
  • Former Board Member of The Commission on Economic Inclusion, a program of the Greater Cleveland Partnership

Education

  • Cornell University Law School, J.D.
  • Cornell University, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio
  • New York