Kevin Manz

• Mitsui & Co., Ltd., MODEC, Inc., and other project sponsors in connection with an offering of US$1.1 billion aggregate principle amount of secured project bonds, arranged by Citibank, N.A. for the refinancing of the CERNAMBI SUL MV24 FPSO project offshore Brazil, constituting a first offering in a new asset class for FPSO notes. Recognized as the Offshore Innovation Deal of the Year by Marine Money, 2020.
• Americold Realty Trust in connection with its $900 million public offering and forward sale.
• Representing initial purchasers in whole business securitizations of franchise royalties of brands such as Taco Bell, Arby’s, TGI Friday’s, Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon, McAlister’s Deli, Moe’s Southwest Grill and Schlotzky’s.
• New Enterprise Stone and Lime in connection with a $200 million high yield notes offering and concurrent tender offer
• Brandywine Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust, in connection with a $300.0 million investment grade notes offering and concurrent tender offer.
• Unisys Corporation in connection with a $440.0 million high yield notes offering and concurrent tender offer.
• Certain shareholders of SITO Mobile, Ltd. in connection with a shareholder activist campaign resulting the in replacement of the entire board of directors of SITO Mobile, Ltd.
• SITO Mobile, Ltd., in connection with a direct registered offering of common stock.
• Special Committee of Independent Directors of Hostess Bakeries, Inc., in connection with a registered offering of common stock.
• Securities counsel to NYSE companies, including Gamestop, Brandywine Realty Trust, Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, Verso Paper Corp., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Intelsat S.A. and to NASDAQ companies, including, Collegium Pharmaceuticals and SITO Mobile, Ltd.
• Intelsat S.A. in its initial public offering
• Large agribusiness, in connection with a proposed initial public offering
• Canadian Pacific Railway Limited in its $1.4 billion common stock offering on behalf of selling stockholder, Pershing Square LP
• Virtu Financial, in its “synthetic” secondary offering of common stock
• Intelsat S.A. in its offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes; its offering of $3.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes; and various tender offers or and consent solicitations with respect to senior notes.
• Verso Paper Corp., in connection with its distressed refinancing of secured notes.
• JW Aluminum in its $200.0 million offering of senior secured notes
• Taylor Morrison, in its “synthetic” secondary offering of common stock
• Exchange Act filings and selling stockholder representation of various private equity funds including General Atlantic, Oaktree Capital, Aisling Capital, Oak Hill Capital Partners, Marcato Capital Management, and Tencent Limited.
• Walter Energy, in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• Guggenheim Partners, in connection with its role as underwriters for securitized noted.
• Apollo Capital Management, in connection with offerings of securitized notes.
• Foresight Energy, in connection with its out-of-court debt restructuring.
• Major satellite manufacturer in connection with an internal tax restructuring.
• JW Aluminum Company, in connection with its refinancing and out-of-court restructuring
• Preferred Sands Corporation, in connection with its secured debt refinancing.
• Guggenheim Partners, in its role as underwriters for Dunkin Donuts whole-business securitization.
• Dana Automotive, in connection with offering of senior secured notes
• Jupiter Resources, Inc., in connection with an offering of secured notes to finance its separation from Encana.
• Barclays Capital, in its role as underwriters for Miramax portfolio securitization.
• Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev
• Pentair, Inc. in connection with its combination with Tyco’s Flow Control business
• Delphi Financial Group, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
• International Business Machines in connection with several strategic acquisitions.
• Johnson & Johnson in connection with their disposition of DePuy Orthapedics.
• J. Crew Group, Inc. in connection with their leveraged buy-out.
• Ashland Inc., in connection with their acquisition of International Specialty Products Inc.
• Ashland Inc., in connection with their disposition of their chemical distribution business.
• Ecolab, Inc. in connection with its merger with Nalco Holding Company.
• Terra Industries Inc. in connection with their merger with CF Industries.

Kevin Manz represents public and private companies in a variety of capital markets and corporate matters spanning a broad range of industries. He has extensive experience advising clients on public and private offerings of both equity and debt securities, including IPOs, secondary offerings, liability management transactions and securities issued in connection with mergers and acquisitions.  In particular, Kevin is an industry leader with respect to special purpose acquisition companies and related financing and business combination (deSPAC) transactions.

In addition, Kevin regularly advises clients on Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure requirements, governance issues and other corporate and securities matters, including investments in and divestitures of public company securities. He has also represented public companies in various acquisitions and divestitures from both the seller and buyer perspective.

Kevin represents financial institutions, initial purchasers, underwriters, investors, lenders, funds, sponsors issuers and borrowers on a wide range of complex and innovative asset-backed securitization and structured lending transactions and a variety of complex securitization transactions, especially in the whole business, media royalty and digital infrastructure spaces. 

Kevin also regularly advises clients on executive compensation matters, including compensation regime design, disclosure, tax and governance issues. Select clients Kevin has previously advised includes Barclays, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Hondius Capital. Kevin’s expertise has earned him recognition in Legal 500’s 2025 USA guide as a key lawyer.