Robin Kim is a Managing Director at Withum Capital, where he leads and oversees the Firm’s investment banking practice.
With over 20 years of professional experience, he serves as a trusted advisor to middle-market companies, founders, boards and investors on mergers and acquisitions and other complex strategic matters.
He advises clients on strategic and financial transactions, drawing on experience spanning engagements representing over $30 billion in aggregate value across domestic and cross-border mandates. His transaction experience includes mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, corporate carve‑outs, recapitalizations, restructurings and debt and equity financings, as well as select IPO and SPAC-related transactions. He has worked across a broad range of industries, with notable experience in consumer, active lifestyle, food and beverage, pet and tech‑enabled services.
Robin’s background includes investment banking roles at Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps), Rothschild & Co and Robert W. Baird & Co., where he advised privately held, sponsor-backed and publicly traded companies on a wide range of strategic and capital markets transactions. He has also held roles in principal investing, asset management and corporate development, including experience supporting acquisition strategy and execution within a growth-equity backed platform company. These experiences provide a broad investor and operator perspective that informs his approach to client advisory.
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Education:
Passionate about developing the next generation of future leaders, Robin actively mentors emerging finance professionals. He also contributes to the broader academic community and regularly shares his industry perspective through guest lectures and panel discussions at USC, UCLA and UC San Diego.
Withum Capital advised the shareholders of World Flavors throughout the transaction process, helping evaluate strategic alternatives and identify a capital provider aligned with the shareholders’ objectives, culture and long-term vision for the business. The transaction marks a significant milestone for World Flavors, a multi-generational family-owned business with more than 50 years of operating history. The…
Robin brings more than 20 years of investment banking and principal investing experience, advising founder-led, family-owned and privately held companies. Throughout his career, he has advised on transactions exceeding $30 billion in aggregate value, including M&A transactions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings and debt and equity financings. His experience spans a broad range of industries, providing…