Kevin Schmidt
- Role
- Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Schmidt
Corporate partner in Debevoise & Plimpton\'s Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Co-Head of…
Experience
Partner
Jan 2002 — Present
US and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures for both private equity and corporate clients. Selected Representations: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a leading investment firm, in several transactions, including its $4,7 billion acquisition of Epicor Software and also its $3.8 billion acquisition of Anixter International (terminated) Nationstar Mortgage in its $3.8 billion merger with WMIH Elliott Management in several transactions, including the formation and sale of Emergent Cold to Lineage and the $540 million PIPE investment in Roadrunner Transportation Artera Services, a leading provider of infrastructure services, in numerous acquisitions, including the $800 million acquisition of MVerge from CenterPoint Energy. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in several transactions, including its $12 billion acquisition of GE’s PE lending business, Antares. Reynolds Group in its $4.5 billion acquisition of Graham Packaging. Rank Group in transactions including its $950 million acquisition of Honeywell’s automotive consumer products group and also its $980 million acquisition of UCI, from Carlyle and its sale of Closure Systems to Cerberus. Verizon Communications in transactions including the spin-offs and mergers of 14 state wireline businesses to Frontier Communications and 3 state wireline businesses Fairpoint Communications Kelso & Company, a leading private equity sponsor, in numerous transactions, including the acquisition and sale of Sirius Computer Solutions and PowerTeam Services. The Henson family in its re-acquisition of The Jim Henson Company and also representation sale of the Muppets characters to Disney Speaking and Publications- Annual International Bar Association M&A Conference in New York: Private Equity Transactions - Regular contributor to Practicing Law Institute Seminars -Author of “Navigating Conflicts on Boards of Portfolio Companies,” The Corporate Governance Advisor.
Education
Jersey City State College
BA
1985 — 1989
Rutgers Law School
J.D.
1994
Skills
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance
- Due Diligence
- Finance
- Joint Ventures
- Acquisitions
- Corporate Law
- Private Equity
- Intellectual Property
- Cross-Border Transactions
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