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 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.
Representative Experience
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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 private equity sponsor in its simultaneous acquisitions of an oncology practice service provider and a group purchasing organization.
- Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a leading luxury apparel brand and wholesaler of cashmere products.
- Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Ascend, a provider of practice management services to accounting business (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 Evergreen Pacific Partners on the sale of SafeWorks.
- 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
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Represented Bain Capital and portfolio company Kestra Medical Technologies in connection with a growth investment by Endeavour Vision.
- Represented Arsenal Capital Partners on the sale of Meridian Adhesives.