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Education
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University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1995
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University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, M.B.A., Finance and Accounting, with highest honors, 1995
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University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Computer Science, 1991
Bar Admissions
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Kevin Boardman represents private and public companies, private equity and other investment funds, financial institutions, and entrepreneurs in a broad range of corporate, financing, and securities matters, including private equity investment and leveraged buyouts, public and private mergers and acquisitions, consolidations, tender offers, and joint ventures. Mr. Boardman’s experience includes representing companies, funds, and financial institutions in connection with venture capital, mezzanine and other private equity and debt financings, public equity and debt offerings, commercial lending transactions, asset securitizations and other structured finance transactions, fund formation, and securities compliance and reporting matters.
Mr. Boardman also has significant experience advising hedge funds and other investment funds, investment and merchant banks, placement agents, and other financial intermediaries concerning registration and compliance matters under federal and state investment adviser and broker-dealer statutes and regulations.
Notably, Mr. Boardman also brings prior entrepreneurial and management experience to bear when advising clients, having previously founded and served as president of a start-up business with primary responsibility for all operations and management of eight employees. Mr. Boardman was named in 2005 by the Dallas Business Journal to its list of “40 Under 40” leading young entrepreneurs in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Representative Matters:
Recently represented Blue Wolf Capital Management in its $102 million acquisition of Montauk Energy Capital, LLC, a previously wholly-owned subsidiary of Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DQE), in a transaction that was selected as “Deal of the Year” for 2006 by Buyouts magazine for transactions under $200 million. Represented acquirer in negotiation of approximately $2 billion of financing commitments for proposed tender offer and buyout of Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: SWFT). Advised equity sponsor and management in pending management buyout of UK-based technology company with operations in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. Recently represented Covenant Transport, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVTI) in its $80 million acquisition of Star Transportation, Inc. Recently represented MindVision, Inc., a leading software company, and its stockholders, in connection with the company’s acquisition by Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV). Represented private company in connection with serial acquisitions of private, durable medical equipment suppliers throughout the southeast United States. Recently advised U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: XPRSA), a public transportation company, in connection with its acquisitions of two privately-held trucking companies. Represented private companies, entrepreneurs, and venture capital funds in connection with more than 40 venture capital financings led by top-tier venture capital funds, including Austin Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds, TL Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Triton Venture Partners, Hunt Ventures, JMI Equity Fund, and Fortress Investment Group. Represented two public transportation companies in the negotiation of $100 million+ revolving credit facilities and accounts receivable securitization facilities. Represented Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc. (and its predecessors) in connection with multiple acquisitions, including the $60 million leveraged buyout of El Chico Restaurants, Inc. (previously NASDAQ: ELCH) and $80 million leveraged buyout of Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc. (previously NYSE: SWH). Represented Onyx Acceptance Corporation (previously NASDAQ: ONYX; acquired by Capital One) in public offerings of more than $3 billion of asset-backed securities in connection with securitization of automobile loan receivables. Represented CS First Boston as managing underwriter in connection with two underwritten public offerings of an aggregate of $1 billion of senior notes of Federated Department Stores (NYSE: FD). Represented Onyx Acceptance Corporation (previously NASDAQ: ONYX; acquired by Capital One) in connection with $23 million underwritten public offering of high-yield notes. Represented acquirer in connection with acquisition of North Texas Healthcare Network, a large, Dallas-based managed care network. Represented Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: CMO) in connection with underwritten public offerings of more than $1 billion of collateralized mortgage obligations in connection with multiple securitizations of residential mortgage loans.\ Represented Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE:CMO) in connection with sale of Capstead, Inc., an affiliated mortgage loan originator and servicer, to GMAC Mortgage Corporation. Represented public companies and their boards of directors in connection with tender offers, stock repurchase programs, dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs), proxy solicitations, PIPE transactions, NYSE and NASDAQ listing applications and compliance, and various general corporate matters.
Community Involvement:
DFW Center for Autism (Board of Directors)
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association (Member, Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, Venture Capital and Private Equity Committee, and Federal Regulation of Securities Committee)
State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association
Association for Corporate Growth
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