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- New York
- New York
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101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
Phone: 212.309.6843
Fax: 212.309.6001
Howard A. Kenny is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice. He is also a member of the firm's Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Equity Practices. Mr. Kenny's practice focuses primarily on public and private offerings, securities regulation, corporate governance, and various business transactions.
Mr. Kenny advises a wide variety of clients in numerous industries, including media, financial services, food, healthcare, and retail. He assists clients in capital raisings, IPOs, venture capital investments, and acquisitions and sales of businesses. He also acts as the regular securities disclosure and corporate governance counsel to a number of publicly traded companies. Mr. Kenny has represented a large number of public and private, U.S., and foreign companies in connection with offerings of all types of debt instruments, including high yield and convertible debt. He also frequently advises non-U.S. companies on securities regulation and stock exchange listings in the United States.
Mr. Kenny is admitted to practice in New York.Selected Representations
Capital Raisings
- The New York Times Company's 2010 offering of $225 million of senior notes.
- Pearson's offerings of approximately $2.8 billion of senior notes from 2001 through 2010.
- Jefferies Group's offerings of approximately $4.3 billion of senior notes, convertible notes and common stock from 2002 through 2011.
- 2011 private placement of $100 million of senior notes by client in the food industry.
- 2011 offerings of $450 million of senior secured second lien notes and $200 million of senior notes by portfolio companies of a private equity client.
- 2010 offering of $600 million senior secured second lien notes in connection with a private equity client's acquisition of a public company.
- Offerings of convertible notes and senior notes by various clients in the financial services industry.
Other Matters
- The New York Times Company's purchases and sales of various newspaper, broadcast, Internet and other properties; financings; investments in Internet businesses and the purchase and sale of interests in Fenway Sports Group.
- InfuSystem's 2006 initial public offering, and various acquisitions and related financings from 2006.
- Leading European food company's establishment of its manufacturing and distribution operations in the United States.
education
- University of Virginia School of Law, 1984, J.D.
- Yale University, 1981, B.A.