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.
*Certain matters were completed prior to joining Benesch.
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.
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Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company Follett School Solutions in the acquisition of MasterLibrary.
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Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company PharmAlliance on the acquisition of CHEORS.
- 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.
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Represented Waud Capital and its portfolio company Provider Network Holdings in the acquisition of Cornerstone Specialty Network.