Ken W. Bart
Senior Counsel
kbart@darroweverett.com
(704) 672-0605
Bio
Ken Bart is a member of DarrowEverett’s Private Equity, Capital Markets & Securities, Corporate & Business Transactions, and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups. Ken has significant experience representing both private and public entities in many corporate– and securities–related transactional matters, including equity and debt offerings, joint ventures, fund formation, stock exchange listings, initial and secondary public offerings, corporate restructures, and domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, among other matters. Ken has served in key leadership roles in multiple organizations and represents a wide range of clients, including venture capital investors, small– and medium-sized businesses, and private equity funds.
Prior Experience
Before joining DarrowEverett, Ken served as Co-Chair of a Capital Markets Practice Group at an East Coast boutique securities law firm, worked at highly regarded regional and national law firms, and began his career as founder of a corporate and securities law firm based in Denver.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- North Carolina
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D.
- Hope College, B.A., Political Science
Involvement
- Colorado Bar Association – Member
- North Carolina Bar Association – Member
Representative Matters
- Represented a joint venture entity and associated real estate investment fund in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of international luxury resorts. This involved structuring the joint venture entity, as well as the governance documents setting forth the rights of fund investors and the relationship between the joint venture and the fund. We also took into consideration specialized distribution features and timelines necessary to accommodate multiple ongoing projects in several countries.
- Assisted with an equity and debt financing transaction for a hotel and hospitality group related to a mixed-use facility located in the Southeast. This included preparation of relevant transaction documents accommodating previous partners, new investors and lenders.
- Assisted a renewable energy company with a private equity and debt offering related to the construction and operation of a waste-to-energy facility located in the Southeast. This required extensive due diligence, bank loan financing approval, preparation of offering documents, and coordination of multiple class equity funding layers with staggered closings.
- Represented a national healthy beverages company with multiple acquisition transactions, as well as a firm commitment underwritten offering and simultaneous stock exchange uplist. We prepared complex acquisition documents, as well as a registration statement and ancillary regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq stock market.
- Assisted a pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company with a joint venture arrangement with a large international company. We assisted in the preparation and negotiation of the joint venture agreement, as well as complex development, manufacturing, and branding agreements. We also drafted offering documents and facilitated a simultaneous equity purchase and debt financing transaction.
- Represented a healthcare staffing and technology company with an intellectual property and software asset sale, which required coordinating due diligence, preparation of acquisition documents, and the transfer of various intellectual property rights.