Kevin W. Humphries
Co-Chair, Corporate Practice Group; Executive Committee Member; Partner
Overview
Kevin advises publicly and privately held companies on a broad range of matters, including mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments and other strategic transactions and general corporate matters. Kevin has represented both leading and emerging private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as Fortune 500 companies, on transactions across sectors, and has substantial experience in software, healthcare, consumer retail, manufacturing, professional services, and industrial transactions among others.
Kevin also has substantial experience representing institutional investors on fund investments and co-investments, and previously served as lead counsel to the Alternative Investments department STRS Ohio, an $88 billion public pension fund, where he assisted with structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions exceeding $3.5 billion in invested capital and helped establish the fund’s direct and co-investment programs.
Prior to joining Benesch, Kevin was a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.
Experience
Represented GarageCo Holdings, Inc. in its add-on acquisition of Omaha Door & Window, expanding the GarageCo platform.
Represented Honeywell in the spin-off of its Advanced Materials business, now operating as Solstice Advanced Materials, including leading the separation workstream and contract analysis to establish Solstice as an independent, publicly traded company and supporting Honeywell’s strategic transformation into three distinct industry-leading businesses.
Represented Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) in its acquisition of Site IQ, a provider of remote monitoring services for fueling sites.
Represented Truven by Merative, a Francisco Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of Springbuk, a leading health intelligence solution for employers, expanding its ability to scale to meet employer needs.
Represented Honeywell in its acquisition of SparkMeter’s data platform, software technologies, intellectual property and related assets, strengthening Honeywell’s Smart Energy portfolio and enhancing its ability to deliver advanced analytics and visibility solutions.
Represented Meteor Education, a portfolio company of Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, in its acquisition of Advanced Technologies Consultants, a leading provider of career and technical education training and equipment in both secondary and post-secondary education markets.
Represented Bain Capital Double Impact and its portfolio company Meteor Education in the acquisition of Advanced Technologies Consultants, a leading provider of career technical education training and equipment in the secondary and post-secondary education markets.
Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company Science Exchange in the acquisition of HappiLabs, a software and services company specializing in scientific procurement support.
Represented a private equity sponsor in the acquisition of a manufacturer of precision machined parts for the aerospace and defense industry.
Represented a private equity sponsor in the acquisition of a leading provider of contract labor in the aviation industry.
Ongoing representation of Honeywell International, Inc. in connection with the spin-off of its Advanced Materials Business to its shareowners.
Represented Blue Marlin Partners and its portfolio company RDR Utility Services Group in the acquisition of Full Bore Drilling, a provider of boring and drilling services.
Represented Francisco Partners in its strategic growth investment in Aeries, a leading provider of student information system software to the K-12 education market.
Represented Blue Marlin Partners in acquiring a stake in Mo’ Bettahs, a Hawaiian-Style Barbecue restaurant chain.
Represented a private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in the acquisition of a specialty education product distributor.
Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company Provider Network Holdings in the acquisition of Health Coalition.
Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Guardian Restoration Partners on multiple acquisitions.
Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Cobalt Service Partners on multiple acquisitions.
Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company PharmAlliance on the acquisition of Monitorforhire.
Represented The Elmore Companies in the sale of minor league baseball team Inland Empire 66ers to Diamond Baseball Holdings.
Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company bswift in the acquisition of Davis & Company from its founders.
Represented Francisco Partners, Berkshire Partners, and their portfolio company Accela in the acquisition of OpenCounter.
Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company Provider Network Holdings in the acquisition of Cornerstone Specialty Network.
Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company PharmAlliance on the acquisition of CHEORS.
Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company Follett School Solutions in the acquisition of MasterLibrary.
Represented a private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a leading luxury apparel brand and wholesaler of cashmere products.
Represented Gridiron Capital in its establishment of GarageCo Holdings, a platform comprised of market-leading brands within the residential and commercial garage door services industry, and multiple add-on acquisitions.
Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Ascend, a provider of practice management services to accounting businesses (operating in an alternative practice structure), in multiple add-on acquisitions.
Represented a private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in multiple add-on acquisitions, including the acquisition of a wholesaler and distributor of industrial weights and related measuring equipment.
Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company Cordant Health Solutions on the sale of certain business segments.
Represented Waud Capital on its acquisition of Adult & Pediatric Dermatology and related add-on acquisitions.
Represented Waud Capital on its acquisition of Minnesota Eye Consultants and related add-on acquisitions.
Represented Waud Capital on its acquisition of Promptcare and related add-on acquisitions.
Represented Waud Capital on its acquisition of Fusion Health.
Represented Waud Capital on the sale of iOffice.
Represented Waud Capital on the sale of GI Alliance.
Represented Thomas H. Lee Partners on its acquisition of Art Van Furniture and related add-on acquisitions.
Represented Thomas H. Lee Partners on its acquisition of Agiliti.
Represented Social Finance on multiple “pay-for-success” or “social-impact-bond” transactions.
Represented Procter and Gamble on the sale of MDVIP to Summit Partners.
Represented Pritzter Private Capital and portfolio company Technimark in connection with a growth investment by Oak Hill Partners.
Represented Polypore on the sale of its separations media segment to 3M.
Represented ParkerGale on its acquisition of CultureIQ.
Represented Motherson Sumi Systems on its acquisition of the wiring harness business of Stoneridge.
Represented Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on the sale of Weztel’s Pretzels.
Represented Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on the sale of Tronair.
Represented K1 Investment Management and portfolio company Granicus on the acquisition of Civica Software.
Represented IQVIA (fka Quintiles) on its clinical lab testing joint venture with Quest Diagnostics.
Represented Incline Equity Partners and portfolio company BBG on the acquisition of multiple appraisal offices affiliated with Integra Realty Resources.
Represented Hachette Book Group on its publishing joint venture with Kadokawa Corporation.
Represented GTCR on its acquisition of EaglePicher Technologies from Apollo Global Management and related add-on acquisitions.
Represented GTCR on its acquisition of GreatCall.
Represented Evergreen Pacific Partners on the sale of SafeWorks.
Represented DENKA on its acquisition of Neoprene polychloroprene business of DuPont.
Represented Cardinal Health on its acquisition of Tradex International.
Represented Bain Capital Double Impact on its investment in Pacha Soap.
Represented Bain Capital Double Impact on its acquisition of AqueoUS Vets.
Represented Bain Capital Double Impact on its acquisition of Hand in Hand Soap.
Represented Bain Capital Double Impact on its acquisition of Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics.
Represented Bain Capital and portfolio company Kestra Medical Technologies in connection with a growth investment by Endeavour Vision.
Represented Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman on the acquisition of Athenahealth.
Represented Bain Capital on the sale of International Market Centers to Blackstone.
Represented Arsenal Capital Partners on the sale of Meridian Adhesives.
Represented Arsenal Capital Partners and portfolio company Revolution Plastics on the acquisition of Five Points Film.
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