Stern Brothers Adds Kaylynn Kim as Managing Director in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — As part of a West Coast expansion, Stern Brothers & Co. hired Kaylynn Kim as managing director of its project facilities and municipal finance group.

Kim, hired to run the firm's Los Angeles office, will focus on providing investment banking and financial advisory services to municipalities throughout California.

In addition to her experience in financial services, Kim specializes in working with renewable energy companies.

Stern Brothers opened offices in both Los Angeles and Sonoma County in northern California this year.

Kim said she likes that Stern Brothers is very niche-based and well-run, which is similar to her previous experience at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, where she worked for five years.

Kim served as senior counsel, running the Los Angeles-based law firm's renewable energy group.

She also specialized in land use, real estate, and finance at Allen Matkins, a full-service law firm that specializes in commercial real estate.

As the commercial real estate market has slowed, Kim shifted her energies to focus more on working with Korean and Chinese companies interested in starting electric car and solar manufacturing companies in Southern California.

The California expansion is part of a broader push into other practice areas that Stern Brothers has been doing company-wide.

The company traditionally had been focused on the bond markets, but has expanded into handling tax credits, private equity, and working with firms with an environmental focus, Kim said.

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