Los Angeles
310.826.7474
EDUCATION
Yale Law School (JD, 2007, Dean's List)
Wellesley College (M.A., 2003, Cum Laude)
Christine Shin is a partner in the corporate group at Russ August & Kabat and chair of the mergers & acquisitions/private equity practice.
Christine has represented U.S. Fortune 500 companies, international conglomerates and global private equity firms in their significant transactions. She has extensive experience in M&A, private equity, public company representation, cross-border investment, multi-jurisdictional deal execution and related corporate transactions. Ms. Shin leads and executes transactions for private equity funds active in the middle market and counsels their portfolio companies on operational matters.
Ms. Shin has negotiated and closed transactions ranging from less than $10 million to over $3 billion, including representing clients in the automotive, cosmetics, energy, entertainment, fashion, financial services, gaming, healthcare, medical, online gaming, real estate, retail, technology and pharmaceutical industries. She has worked closely with boards of directors in making critical strategic decisions for cross-border expansion in the US and overseas.
In 2022, Ms. Shin was recognized among the Los Angeles Business Journal‘s Women of Influence: Attorneys. She was also named a Super Lawyer Rising Star by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine from 2022-2024. In 2020 and 2021, Ms. Shin was named “A Leader of Influence” among 2020 Private Equity Investors & Advisors by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, Ms. Shin was part of the corporate practice at Latham & Watkins LLP. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and graduated with honors from Wellesley College where she majored in English and Economics.
Recent Matters:
- Phillips Edison in its $1 billion sale of real estate assets to Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership.
- Guidance Software in its $240 million sale to OpenText.
- Air Medical Resources Group in its $750 million sale to Air Medical Group Holdings, a KKR portfolio company.
- ArcLight Capital Partners in its acquisition of hydroelectric power assets from TransCanada Corporation for $1.065 billion.
- Onex Partners in its $3.55 billion acquisition of Thompson Reuter’s intellectual property and life sciences business.
- Acquisitions and dispositions for Oaktree Capital Management, Odyssey Investment Partners, Clearlight Partners, Mondi AG, Nestlé, Motorcar Parts of America, Boeing, Shinseggae Co., Ltd. and the National Pension Service of Korea.
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Duff & Phelps, Moelis, Stifel and other investment banks as financial advisors in a wide range of public company M&A transactions.