Kevin focuses his practice on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic corporate and commercial transactions. He is a corporate deal lawyer assisting strategic and financial clients in a wide variety of industries. He has extensive experience with international and cross-border transactions, carve-out business unit acquisitions and divestitures (often involving complex and long-term post-closing licensing and commercial arrangements), and distressed business sale processes.

Outside of pure M&A transactions, Kevin frequently advises on broad categories of strategic corporate and commercial transactions, including joint ventures and minority investments and supply, contract manufacturing, licensing, development, and distribution arrangements.

Over the past several years, Kevin has advised numerous accounting firms and private equity investors with respect to accounting firm alternative practice structures involving private equity investment in an accounting firm’s nonattest business. This transaction structure has generated significant interest among private equity investors and potential accounting firm targets.

Kevin has been fortunate to enjoy long-standing relationships involving many transactions with leading corporate clients, including the companies identified under the Experience tab above.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Washington and Lee University School of Law, cum laude, 2004

BA, University of Richmond, 2001

• Regularly represent publicly-traded Fortune 500 global auto parts manufacturer in connection with domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic transactions. Representative matters include:
  • Sale of global structural products group, including operations in Europe, North America and South America, to Mexican buyer for an aggregate purchase price of approximately U.S.$147M.
  • Sale of global engine hard parts business, including operations in Europe, North America and South America, to German buyer for an aggregate purchase price of approximately U.S.$97M.
  • Sale of Fluid Products Business, including operations in Europe, North America and South America, to Turkish and Chinese buyers for an aggregate purchase price of approximately U.S.$85M.
  • Sale of ATV and utility vehicle business.
  • Formation of long-term strategic relationship in Brazil involving multiple contractual arrangements.
  • Sale of joint venture ownership interests in German drivetrain joint venture for U.S.$138M.
• Regularly represent publicly-traded Fortune 1000 global consumer lawn and garden products company in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic transactions. Representative matters include:
  • Acquisition of leading consumer rodenticide business for approximately U.S.$60M.
  • Acquisition of plant food and control products business.
  • Structuring and formation of complex contractual joint venture relationship.
• Recently represented Fortune 200 consumer products company in strategic, exclusive long-term supply arrangement in Latin America.
• Represented Fortune 100 consumer products company in terminated U.S.$452M acquisition of Colombian target.
• Represented leading food products company in acquisition of largest U.S. salsa company.
• Represented public New England electric utility acquired by a leading Canadian energy company.

• American Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association

• Client Choice Award, General Corporate–Virginia, International Law Office and Lexology USA & Canada, 2017
• Named a Virginia “Super Lawyers Rising Star,” Mergers & Acquisitions, 2013-2017

• With All the New Technologies Out There, Does Your IP Due Diligence Need an Upgrade?, The Licensing Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3, IPAA
• Judgment Call: Cleaning up, The Deal Pipeline