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Kent is a partner in the business law department and partner-in-charge of the Raleigh and Research Triangle Park offices. He was formerly the chair of the firm's business and technology practice group. Kent focuses his practice on business law including corporate and partnership/LLC law, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, strategic alliances and finance. Kent has served as outside general counsel for numerous business clients, as well as tax exempt entities, and coordinated their operational and transactional legal service needs in such capacity. In addition to his responsibilities as a partner, Kent served as Interim General Counsel and Secretary of MCNC (formerly known as Microelectronics Corporation of North Carolina) during 2001-2002. He has managed, negotiated, and closed multiple transactional matters, including business entity formation and capitalization, mergers and acquisitions, private debt and equity investments, strategic alliances, credit facilities, and tech transfer. He has also worked with licensing transactions in a variety of industries, including banking, manufacturing, plastics, information technology, and other industries. Kent is a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.
Representative Matters
Represented real estate subsidiaries of a pension fund in all aspects of the reorganization of the subsidiaries and their affiliated entities and the subsequent disposition of their real estate portfolio comprised of shopping centers, office buildings, apartment buildings, and raw land and partnership interests therein valued in excess of $100,000,000.
Represented tax exempt research and development organization comprised of six divisions with aggregate assets of approximately $160 million in restructuring transactions to form two tax exempt organizations and a venture capital fund dedicated to economic development through follow-on and initial investments.
Represented multiple companies involving structured bid acquisitions as seller's counsel including companies engaged in metal fabrication, food distribution, and funeral services.
Publications, Presentations and Awards
North Carolina Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate Law, 2007-2008
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, Business Law, 2003-2005, 2008
Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007-2008
"Kennedy Covington connects Southeast with India," IndUS Business Journal, October 2006
Professional, Civic and Community Involvement
Professional: American Bar Association, Member, Business Law Section
Council for Entrepreneurial Development, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Secretary
North Carolina Bar Association, Member, Business Law Section, (former Business Law Section Council Member)
Civic/Community: Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Former Board of Advisors
Raleigh-Crabtree Rotary Club, Past President. | 