Kevin is co-chair of the firm’s Corporate & Business Department. With more than 30 years of experience in corporate law, Kevin is a sought-after counselor in mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and private equity matters. He works with clients to develop the strategy and deal structure for their transactions and is adept at connecting key players to facilitate productive negotiations and successful outcomes. 

Kevin is lead counsel on a diverse range of transactions. His transactional experience includes representing public and private companies, entrepreneurs, financing sources and transactional intermediaries. He has counseled clients through acquisitions, structured financings, strategic investments, venture capital formation and funding, securities offerings, and leveraged buyouts. Over the past five years, Kevin has represented national and regional private equity and mezzanine debt firms in transactions valued in excess of $7 billion.

He is presently representing Riviera Holdings Corporation, a Las Vegas casino operator, in negotiating the terms of the $76 million sale of its Riviera Black Hawk casino in Colorado to an affiliate of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. The transaction was structured as a sale of 100% of the common stock of the Riviera subsidiary operating the Black Hawk casino. The parties expect to close the transaction before the end of the second quarter of 2012. 

Kevin has represented Graham Packaging Inc., a portfolio company of Blackstone Capital Group and a world leader in customized consumer product packaging solutions, in its acquisition of Liquid Container L.P., a leading producer of food packaging, in a transaction valued at $568 million.

He has also represented U.S. Geothermal Inc., a developer of geothermal energy sources for electric power and direct uses, in the development of the 35 MW Neal Hot Springs geothermal project in eastern Oregon. This $135 million project is supported by a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy and joint venture financing from Enbridge Inc., a leading North America energy transportation company.

A major contributor to a number of technology and clean tech business incubators, Kevin frequently speaks to entrepreneurs and start-up businesses on capital formation, strategic alliances and commercial development issues.

Prior to joining Brownstein, Kevin was a senior partner and the regional corporate practice group head of Arnold & Porter’s Denver office.