Kevin C. Smith

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. in the spin-offs to its shareholders of Meritor Automotive, Inc. and Rockwell Collins, Inc. and in its divestitures of its Power Systems business, FirstPoint Contact business and aerospace and defense businesses. 
• Represented Rockwell Collins, Inc. in its acquisitions of Anzus, Inc. and the simulation business of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation. 
• Represented GDF Suez North America in its acquisition of controlling interests in Astoria Project Partners LLC. 
• Represented Iberdrola in the sale of its natural gas utility businesses in Connecticut and Massachusetts to UIL Holdings Corporation. 
• Represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Funds III and IV and certain of their affiliates in connection with their investment of $220 million in Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited, a Nasdaq-listed industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in river, offshore supply and ocean markets.
• Represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Fund IV, L.P. in its CAD$25 million investment for a 55.7% ownership interest in Estrella International Energy Services Ltd., a TSXV-listed group of companies engaged in providing services to the petroleum, mining and geothermal industries in Latin America.
• Represented Apache Solar Energy, LLC (a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.), Energy Power Partners, LLC and Apex Energy Solutions LLC in the sale of Solar Gen 2 LLC, the developer of a 150-megawatt (AC) solar photovoltaic electric generating project in Imperial Valley, California, to First Solar.
• Represented CA Technologies in its acquisitions of Base Technologies, Inc. and 4Base Technology, Inc. 
• Represented DRS Technologies in connection with its acquisition of Consulting & Engineering for Next Generation Networks (CenGen). 
• Represented the shareholders of TIBA Satellite Services, S.A., a premier provider of outsourced channel origination and transmission services in Latin America, in the sale of the company to Encompass Digital Media, a global leader in digital media services.
• Represented Havas Worldwide in its joint venture with Alloy to form Alloy/ASL Marketing.
• Represented Meritor Automotive, Inc. in its "merger of equals” with Arvin Industries, Inc. to form ArvinMeritor, Inc. and in its acquisition of Lucas Varity plc’s Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems business. 
• Represented ArvinMeritor, Inc. in its divestiture of its Purolator filters business. 
• Represented Boeing in its joint venture with Lockheed Martin to form United Launch Alliance. 
• Represented Rockwell International in its joint venture with Lockheed Martin to form United Space Alliance. 
• Represented issuers (including ArvinMeritor, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc. and Rockwell Collins, Inc.) in connection with debt and equity security offerings. 
• Represented Harvard Industries in the sale of its automotive businesses in several transactions under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

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Publications

Mr. Smith is co-editor of Chadbourne’s Corporate Practice NewsWire.

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