Avocats – United States

Kenneth Roberts

Venable LLP

Kenneth Rosh

Kenneth Rosh is a corporate partner and head of the Firm’s private equity funds practice group. Mr. Rosh represents clients in a broad range of corporate and securities transactions, with a focus on private equity fund formation counseling, investments, acquisitions and secondary transactions; securities and capital markets; and general corporate matters. Mr. Rosh has represented major private equity fund sponsors for over 25 years. A partial list of his clients include Bain Capital; Goldman Sachs; BlackRock; Brookfield Asset Management; Fortress Investment Group; HPS Investment Partners; Permira; Morgan Stanley, Sixth Street Partners, StepStone Group; and Tapestry.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Kenneth Sold

Partner

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Kenneth Sparks

Shareholder

Vedder

Kenneth Steinberg

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Kenneth Steinthal

Partner

King & Spalding

Kenneth Wallach

Co-Head of the Firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Ken Wallach has represented clients including Weight Watchers, Mars, Wrigley, Dell, Wella, BMC Software, 3Z Brands, Blue Buffalo, Symantec, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Garda World Security, Assured Partners, Drummond, Cooper-Standard, and K2M. He regularly advises private equity sponsors, including KKR, Silver Lake, Apax and Invus, in connection with high yield and bridge financings and restructurings. His equity experience includes Issuer’s Counsel for the IPOs of GMR Solutions, Phoenix Education Partners, CAVA, First Advantage, Blue Buffalo and K2M. Ken also represents investment banks in IPOs, follow-on equity offerings and high yield and investment grade debt offerings. Ken is also widely recognized as a leading expert on corporate governance issues, including ESG matters. Ken currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Inclusion Committee and is a former member of the Executive Committee.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Kenneth Young

Dechert

Kenneth Young

Kenneth Young is a litigation partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses primarily on complex commercial litigation. He has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court in a variety of matters, including contract, intellectual property, and employment disputes.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kent Bressie

Kent Bressie is chair of HWG’s international practice and a recognized leader in telecommunications, international trade and investment, and national security regulation law. Kent represents communications and technology companies and investors in a wide variety of cross-border and domestic regulatory and commercial matters. Undersea Cables. Kent works extensively in the undersea cable sector and represents operators, suppliers, and investors to address the critical issues they face, including: national security and foreign investment; telecoms licensing; corporate and commercial agreements for construction and maintenance, capacity sales, system supply, landings, and financing; environmental permit ting; market access; and the law of the sea. Foreign Investment, National Security, and Cybersecurity. Kent represents investors and business owners in a wide range of defense and critical infrastructure businesses to obtain foreign investment approvals from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) under the Defense Production Act and, with respect to FCC-regulated business, the Team Telecom agencies. He has negotiated dozens of security mitigation arrangements with CFIUS and Team Telecom. He advises network and data center operators on cybersecurity, wiretapping, surveillance, and related policy issues under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”), the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”), and the USA PATRIOT Act. He represents companies to obtain and maintain security clearances for work on classified contracts and negotiates agreements with the Defense Security Service to mitigate foreign ownership, control, or influence (“FOCI”). Supply Chain Security, Data Security and Internet of Things (“IoT”). Kent advises equipment manufacturers, technology companies, and service providers to address supply chain security requirements imposed through the FCC’s Covered List, statutory government procurement restrictions, IoT cybersecurity, and restrictions on exports of personal data from the United States. Communications Regulation, Licensing, and Transactions. Kent represents network operators, service providers, and software and equipment manufacturers in policy, licensing, and environmental matters before a variety of regulators and policymakers—including the FCC; the Departments of State, Commerce, and Defense; state and territorial regulators; the International Telecommunication Union; and numerous foreign regulators (particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions)—to enable new network infrastructure, emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, and financing arrangements. Export Controls and Economic Sanctions. Kent counsels companies regarding compliance with U.S. and multilateral economic sanctions and export controls, and represents them before the Departments of the Treasury (OFAC), Commerce (BIS), State (DDTC), and Defense to obtain licenses necessary to consummate investment, financial, and export transactions. Trade Policy and Market Access. Kent represents companies before the U.S. Trade Representative and foreign governments in World Trade Organization (“WTO”) matters, market access disputes (including disputes over goods, services, investment, and government procurement), and bilateral and regional trade negotiations. Public International Law, Law of the Sea, and Maritime Law. Kent represents ICPC and companies in a variety of public international law and treaty matters, particularly those involving jurisdictional disputes among sovereign states and the law of the sea. He has long represented undersea cable operators regarding treaty protections, environmental regulation, and cable damage disputes, and mobile carriers regarding the provision of international roaming and cruise ship-based services. Kent is a member of the District of Columbia and New York Bars, the International Law Association (Member of the Committee on Submarine Cables and Pipelines), the American Society of International Law (Assistant Treasurer, 2003-2006), and the Federal Communications Bar Association (Co-Chair, International Communications Committee, 2017-2018, and Co-Chair, Global Telecommunications Development Committee, 2000-2003).

HWG

Kent Mayo

Partner

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Kent Wittrock

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kenton J. King

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Kenya Davis

Partner

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Keri Arnold

Wilkinson Stekloff

Keri Borders

Partner

King & Spalding

Keri Brown

Partner

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Kerri Ann Law

Partner, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Kerri Barsh

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Kerri Durso

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Kerrick Seay

Partner

White & Case LLP

Kerrin Slattery

With a diverse transaction practice focused on hospitals, health systems, investors and other healthcare industry participants throughout the country, Kerrin B. Slattery has earned a reputation for excellence. Her significant experience across a wide range of health industry transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures and system restructurings involving nonprofit hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, post-acute providers, large medical groups and their investors, makes her a valuable partner to healthcare leaders working to implement strategy, drive innovation and operate in a highly-regulated and rapidly evolving landscape. Kerrin manages large-scale transactions, frequently leading teams of experienced practitioners with unique health industry knowledge, such as antitrust, employee benefits, environmental, executive compensation, privacy and security, digital health, real estate, fraud and abuse, and white collar. In addition, Kerrin regularly instructs clients on corporate and regulatory compliance matters, including state and federal regulations uniquely applicable to healthcare entities. She also works with numerous Catholic healthcare organizations and non-Catholic organizations in the unique structuring and operation issues related to the intersection of corporate and Canon laws governing Catholic sponsored entities. Kerrin is also a respected member of the leadership team at McDermott. She currently serves on the management committee and previously held the role of partner-in-charge of the Firm’s Chicago Health Industry Advisory Group. Kerrin was also an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Kerrin is a practice area leader for the hospitals and health systems practice.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Kerry Berchem

Kerry Berchem, with more than three decades of M&A, securities and governance experience, is a trusted advisor to boards of directors and C-suites. She principally represents public and private companies, including pre- and post- reorganized companies, on transactional, special situations, business, operational and fiduciary matters. Ms. Berchem has particular expertise in complex, event driven transactions. Recent matters include representing Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. in its $3.4 billion merger with Cyxtera Technologies, Verso Corp. in connection with its $400 million asset sale and hostile proxy contest, a private company in connection with a $1.2 billion asset acquisition and related financing, and a public company in connection with its strategic alternatives review. Ms. Berchem also acts as outside general counsel to several companies. She is currently a member of Akin Gump’s Management Committee, co-chairs the firm’s ESG and Corporate Governance groups, and is the former chair of both the firm’s Corporate Practice and Audit and Finance Committee. To learn more about Kerry, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/kerry-e-berchem.html

Akin

Kerry Contini

Kerry Contini is a partner in the Firm's International Trade practice and Global Sanctions Investigations group, specializing in sanctions and export controls. She helps multinational companies navigate these ever-changing rules and guides them through investigations when compliance issues occur. Kerry provides strategic advice on related geopolitical risks, human rights, and supply chain issues. Kerry has been ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, with clients highlighting that "her advice and solutions are business-focused" and that she is "very practical and easy to work with." Legal 500 reported a client as stating that "Kerry is thoughtful, practical, efficient, and has really invested in getting to know our business and our team." Kerry has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Global Investigations Review, Bloomberg Law, the National Law Journal and Asian Legal Business. She is an editor of the Firm's Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog and is a regular contributor to the Firm's Global Sanctions & Export Controls Blog. Kerry is passionate about inclusion and diversity and is involved in the BakerWomen DC and regional leadership. She has maintained an active pro bono practice throughout her career at Baker McKenzie, primarily focusing on public international law, animal advocacy and election protection. Kerry has been with Baker McKenzie since she was a summer associate in 2005. She started as an associate in 2006.

Baker McKenzie