Kevin R. Burke
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Kevin is the Head of U.S. Private Equity for Hogan Lovells. As a leading private equity practitioner, he strongly believes in taking a practical and commercial focused approach to transactional matters of all types, helping to get the deal done while protecting his clients’ interests and minimizing their risk. And, with a finance background, he's not afraid of a balance sheet or a complex working capital adjustment.
Kevin's practice covers a wide range of private equity, corporate and transactional matters, including buyouts, equity structuring, minority investments, joint ventures, add-on acquisitions, full and partial exits, and divestitures. He regularly represents private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and strategic acquirors in a wide variety of industries, including leisure/hospitality, healthcare, digital marketing, technology, retail and energy. Kevin also has extensive experience with cross-border transactions, including in Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, India, and Mexico.
Representative experience
Represented KSL Capital Partners on its US$1.5bn take-private transaction of Intrawest and contemporaneous acquisition of Mammoth Resorts to form Alterra Mountain Company.
Represented Alterra Mountain Company on its acquisitions of Deer Valley Resort, Solitude Mountain Resort, Crystal Mountain, Sugarbush, Snow Valley, Schweitzer, Ski Butlers and Aspenware technology.
Represented KSL Capital Partners on its investment in Hai Hospitality, the owner and operator of the Uchi and Loro restaurant brands.
Represented KSL Capital Partners on its partnership with Southern Marinas to acquire and operate a best-in-class portfolio of marinas across North America.
Represented KSL Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority interest in Sereno Hotels, the owner and operator of ultra-luxury hotels in Lake Como, Italy, and the island of St. Barthelemy.
Represented KSL Capital Partners on its acquisition of WellBiz Brands, Inc., a leader in health and wellness franchising.
Represented Latticework Capital Management on its recapitalization of Athenix Body Sculpting Institute, and subsequent recapitalizations of leading plastic surgery practices.
Represented Latticework Capital Management on its partnership with Institutes of Health, LLC, a leading multi-disciplinary workers’ compensation treatment provider.
Represented Salt Dental Collective, a Latticework portfolio company, on numerous acquisitions of pediatric and orthodontic dental practices in the western U.S.
Represented Mountaingate Capital on its recapitalization of Anteriad, a B2B marketing solutions provider, and subsequent acquisitions of True Influence, BNZSA and Compass Marketing Solutions.
Represented Adswerve, a data and technology consultancy, on its strategic investment by Abry Partners, and on Adswerve’s subsequent acquisitions of Analytics Pros, Liquidbox and Metric Partners.
Represented KRG Capital Partners on its investments in, and sales of, Convergint Technologies, ATI Physical Therapy and Fort Dearborn Company.
Represented 3M Company on its US$1bn acquisition of the Polypore separations media business, and the sale of its Identity Management Business to Gemalto.
Represented OtterBox, the leading provider of protective solutions for mobile and handheld devices, on its acquisition of LifeProof.
Represented Laird Superfood on its acquisition of Picky Bars.
Represented Royal Gold, Inc. on numerous cross-border precious metal streaming and royalty transactions with an aggregate value in excess of US$2bn.
Represented MPLX, LP on numerous joint venture projects for the development of natural gas and NGL pipelines.
Credentials
- J.D., The George Washington University Law School, Highest honors, Order of the Coif, 2006
- B.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1999
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- New York