Attorneys

Attorneys

Filter by Practice Area:

Stuart, Kenneth J.

Kenneth Stuart_10981.jpg

Kenneth J. Stuart, Of Counsel to Becker Glynn, practices in the areas of securities, banking, corporate and commercial transactions, including public and private offerings; tender offers; hedge funds; private equity; venture capital; bank and other asset-based lending; securitizations; mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border); project and leveraged lease financing; joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies.

He is experienced in the principal areas involving the federal securities laws, including ’33 Act registrations and exempt offerings of equity and debt securities; ’34 Act reporting and issuer and broker-dealer matters; compliance; private investment companies and mutual funds under the Investment Company Act; and Investment Advisers Act matters, including available exemptions and registration of investment advisers. Mr. Stuart has worked on numerous mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, including leveraged and management buy-outs. He also has significant venture capital financing and secured and unsecured lending experience.

Mr. Stuart has represented hedge funds and partnership syndicators and worked on major leveraged lease and project financings and a unique securitization transaction. He has advised clients on corporate governance issues, matters relating to crypto currency, tax advantaged opportunity zone financing, and general commercial matters, and has spoken at numerous continuing legal education and client seminars.

RELATED PRACTICES

  • Hedge funds

  • Financing

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

NOTABLE INNOVATIONS

Mr. Stuart has handled several landmark “firsts” in corporate law, including:

  • First SEC registered public offering of limited liability company securities

  • First publicly-offered securitization of a future revenue stream

  • First formation of a master limited partnership with a tender offer/roll-up of multiple limited partnership interests

  • First leveraged lease/project financing of an electric generating facility, including transmission lines

CONTACT

kstuart@beckerglynn.com

EDUCATION

  • College of William and Mary, A.B. cum laude

  • Columbia Law School, J.D.

  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. with emphasis in International Transactions

ADMISSIONS

  • New York

  • Connecticut

  • Colorado

  • Nebraska

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ORIX USA Corporation, 2001 to 2004

  • Captain, U.S. Army Judiciary, Judge Advocate General’s Corps (1965-1968)

MEMBERSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Bar Association

    • Business Law Section

      • Federal Regulation of Securities Committee

      • Mergers and Acquisitions Committee

      • Corporate Governance Committee

      • Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee

  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association:

    • Council Representative from U.S.A. (2008-2014); Past Officer (Committee Coordinator)

    • Banking, Finance and Securities Committee: Chairman (1999-2001)

    • Cross-Border Investments Committee