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Kevin Manz is a partner in the Finance and Restructuring practice group resident in the firm’s New York office.
Kevin 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.
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, magna cum laude & Order of the Coif
B.S. Business Administration, Georgetown University
New York
February 18, 2026
Kevin Manz, Sean Kelly, Nicholas Mattone and Matthew Shang advise HCM IV Acquisition Corp. on its $250 million IPO
February 11, 2026
K&S advises HCM IV Acquisition Corp. on its $250 million IPO
October 30, 2025
K&S advises HCM II Acquisition Corp. on its business combination with Terrestrial Energy
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.
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February 18, 2026
Kevin Manz, Sean Kelly, Nicholas Mattone and Matthew Shang advise HCM IV Acquisition Corp. on its $250 million IPO
February 11, 2026
K&S advises HCM IV Acquisition Corp. on its $250 million IPO
October 30, 2025
K&S advises HCM II Acquisition Corp. on its business combination with Terrestrial Energy
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.
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February 18, 2026
Kevin Manz, Sean Kelly, Nicholas Mattone and Matthew Shang advise HCM IV Acquisition Corp. on its $250 million IPO
February 11, 2026
K&S advises HCM IV Acquisition Corp. on its $250 million IPO
October 30, 2025
K&S advises HCM II Acquisition Corp. on its business combination with Terrestrial Energy
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, magna cum laude & Order of the Coif
B.S. Business Administration, Georgetown University
New York