Kevin Slaughter, a member of Quarles’ Corporate Services Group, focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, public finance and technology/e-commerce. He represents buyers and sellers of public and private companies and counsels boards of directors and financial advisors on acquisitions, take-over defense, and corporate governance matters. Kevin regularly works on a variety of commercial agreements involving technology and e-commerce matters, including supply agreements, distributor agreements, reseller agreements, software development and licensing, outsourcing arrangements, internet marketing, joint venture relationships and organization of industry consortia. In the area of public finance, he represents state and local issuers, including state agencies, cities, counties, school districts and other government issuers, and underwriters in a variety of municipal finance transactions. Kevin has also represented municipal issuers on a variety of derivative and investment transactions. His recent experience includes:

• Representation of privately held manufacturer in connection with the strategic acquisition of its largest domestic competitor.
  
  
• Representation of publicly held telecommunications company in connection with its divesture of its consumer network division.
  
  
• Representation of two utility cooperatives in connection with the simultaneous acquisition of public utility assets from a single seller.
  
  
• Representation of a privately held telecommunications company in connection with various strategic acquisitions.
  
  
• Representation of a state agency in connection with direct private equity investments.
  
  
• $10 million private placement for privately held marketing company.
  
  
• Representation of issuers and underwriters in connection with numerous public finance transactions.