Kevin S. Shmelzer

Kevin represents public and private clients in a number of fields, including the energy, technology, banking, life sciences, retail, utilities, healthcare, manufacturing, fintech, digital health, and sports industries. Kevin is a member of the firm’s SPAC Task Force.

In addition to serving as outside counsel for his clients, Kevin previously served as the acting general counsel of Taminco Global Chemical Corporation upon Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Taminco (at such time, the company had $1.1 billion in revenues and 750 employees in 18 countries).  Kevin managed all legal aspects of the company’s operations, including primary responsibility for corporate governance and board secretarial duties, strategic alliances, joint ventures, acquisitions, commercial matters, litigation and claims, financings, subsidiary management, intellectual property, purchasing, employment, sales, and marketing compliance matters. That experience allows him to bring a unique perspective to the business and financial aspects of the transactions he works on.

• Insurance Acquisition Corp. in its approximately $440 million “de-SPAC” business combination with Shift Technologies, Inc.
• Fanatics Inc. in its joint venture in China with Hillhouse Capital
• Fanatics in its joint venture with Lids and subsequent equity investment in Barnes & Noble, a solutions provider for the education industry
• Friendly’s, a restaurant chain, in its sale out of bankruptcy, to Brix Holdings LLC
• Fanatics, Inc. in its acquisition of Top of the World, a retail suppler of college headwear and apparel
• Johnny Rockets, a portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners and a restaurant that serves up freshly-made, classic burgers and indulgent, hand-spun real ice cream shakes, in its sale to FAT (Fresh. Authentic. Tasty) Brands Inc.
• Honeywell International Inc.'s pension fund, alongside GHK Capital Partners, in a co-investment vehicle that acquired Hasa Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of pool cleaning and industrial chemicals and supplies
• Attom Data Solutions in its acquisition of Home Junction, Inc., a provider of real estate data
• Fanatics Inc., an online and in-venue retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise, in its $350 million Series E investment round from Fidelity Management & Research Co., Thrive Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments and Neuberger Berman Group LLC
• Fanatics, Inc. in its acquisition of WinCraft, one of the largest hard goods licensee’s in the sports and entertainment industries
• Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. in its acquisition of Personica, LLC, a provider of pharmacy services, including 340B and Medicare Part D administration solutions to Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
• Rue Gilt Groupe (a privately held premier off-price e-commerce portfolio company) in the approximately $280 million investment from Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG)
• Lovell Minnick Partners in its acquisition of ATTOM Data Solutions, which delivers multisourced national property data including tax, deed, mortgage, and other information on more than 155 million US properties through its websites RealtyTrac.com, Homefacts.com, and HomeDisclosure.com
• Honeywell International Inc.'s pension fund in over 25 co-investments
• Lovell Minnick Partners in its significant minority investment in oneZero Financial Systems, a provider of software and technology solutions to the rapidly growing foreign exchange trading industry
• Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRHC) in the acquisition of PrescribeWellness, a cloud-based patient relationship management solutions company that facilitates collaboration between more than 10,000 pharmacies with patients, payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies
• ShopRunner in its acquisition of Spring NYC, a mobile shopping destination where customers can discover new fashion items and buy them directly from their favorite brands in a single-cart experience
• Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. in a $94.9 million public offering of its common stock
• Fanatics, Inc. in the acquisition of VF Corporation’s (NYSE: VFC) Licensed Sports Group business, including the Majestic® brand, supplies apparel and fan wear through licensing agreements with U.S. and international professional sports leagues and teams
• Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. in connection with its $60 million initial public offering
• eBay Inc. in connection with its $925 million divestiture of its enterprise business to private equity firms Sterling Partners and Permira
• Cerecor Inc. in connection with its $26 million initial public offering
• Exelon Corporation in the sale of its interests in the Conemaugh and Keystone power plants to Arclight Capital Partners LLC
• Fanatics, Inc. in the acquisition of SportsMemorabilia.com
• ShopRunner in the sale of a minority stake to Alibaba Group Holding
• Pearson plc in the formation of the Penguin Random House joint venture, resulting in the largest English language publisher in the world.
• Unisyn Medical Technologies, a portfolio company of Galen Partners, in its disposition of its transactional business to GE Healthcare, the healthcare division of General Electric
• Dahlman Rose & Company, a research-driven privately held New York investment bank, in its sale to Cowen Group Inc.
• NuPathe Inc. in connection with its equity line with Aspire Capital pursuant to which Aspire Capital agreed to purchase up to $30 million of common stock
• Sun Capital Partners in its acquisition of Friendly’s Ice Cream
• GSI Commerce, Inc. in connection with its $2.4 billion acquisition by eBay Inc.
• GSI Commerce, Inc. in connection with its $277 million acquisition of Fanatics, Inc.
• NuPathe Inc. in connection with its $50 million initial public offering
• K-Tron International, Inc. in connection with its $435 million acquisition by Hillenbrand, Inc.
• Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. in the sale of its ownership position in five partner companies to Saints Capital for approximately $128 million