Kendall leverages his background as a journalist to break down complex corporate matters and deliver clear, practical guidance aligned with clients’ goals.
Overview
Kendall advises business owners, established and emerging companies, and financial sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, and general corporate and commercial matters. Kendall has worked with clients in a range of industries, including technology, energy, construction services and quick-service restaurants, on transactions of varying size and complexity. His past experience includes extensive work representing early-stage, established and growing quick-service restaurant franchisee groups in the acquisition and disposition of multi-store portfolios. He regularly counsels new and growing businesses on entity formation and structuring, corporate and entity group reorganizations, and governance matters. He also reviews and negotiates the commercial agreements that support clients' day-to-day operations.
Experience
Assisted strategic buyers, sellers, financial sponsors, and established and emerging companies in mergers, acquisitions, sales, private financings, and business formation and governance matters, including the following representative matters:
- $100 million sale of more than 100 restaurant locations and associated fee-owned properties.
- $60 million private equity acquisition of a regional business concept.
- Representation of early-stage established and growing quick-service restaurant franchisee groups in the acquisition and disposition of multi-unit portfolios and associated real estate across local, regional and national markets.
- Negotiation and transfer of commercial real property lease portfolios in connection with M&A transactions.
- Sale of a financial data analytics software company to a strategic software buyer.
- Sale by an energy infrastructure company of its regional pipeline business.
- Acquisition of a mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractor by a publicly-traded construction services company.
- Seed-stage preferred stock financing for an emerging company.
- Formation and structuring of co-investment vehicles.
- Private placements under Regulation D.
Whether guiding a founder through an early-stage financing or a seller through a complex exit, Kendall focuses on getting deals done efficiently while keeping each client's long-term objectives in view.
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Minnesota
Education
University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with distinction
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., History
Boston University, M.S., Journalism, with distinction
