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Biography
Keith D. Kohlhepp is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice group and focuses principally on representation of individual and institutional clients in the securities, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance areas. He handles all aspects of corporate governance pertaining to compliance issues, and statutorily required filings and related notices, as well as counseling compliance with respect to Hart-Scott-Rodino filings. Mr. Kohlhepp also has considerable experience negotiating and drafting confidentiality agreements in connection with acquisitions for private equity clients and in preliminary due diligence inquiries between and among potential joint venture parties. He also assists clients in the negotiation and structuring of the sale and leasing of corporate aircraft, together with structuring entities used to purchase such aircraft.
Mr. Kohlhepp received his bachelor of science, cum laude, in 1972 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 1980 he graduated with a master of arts from Slippery Rock State College, where he was selected by the faculty as outstanding graduate student. He earned his juris doctor in 1984 from the University of Houston Law Center.
Mr. Kohlhepp enjoys restoring vintage automobiles, a process he takes pains to note is never complete. Among his projects are a 1962 Oldsmobile and a 1969 Lincoln. Keith also is very well traveled, having visited Europe numerous times, as well as Morocco and Cambodia, among many other locales.
Education & Honors
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.S., cum laude, 1972
Slippery Rock State College, M.A., 1980
Elected by faculty as outstanding graduate student
University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1984
Phi Delta Phi
Member, Order of the Barons
Admission & Affiliations
Texas, 1985
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1987
Significant Matters
Sale of American Savings Bank to Washington Mutual
Purchase of Neiman Marcus Group by a consortium including Texas Pacific Group
Purchase of Burger King Corporation by a consortium including Texas Pacific Group
Publications & Speeches
Co-Author, "Negotiating and Drafting Confidentiality Agreements for Purchasers," The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, September 1991
Co-Author, "Easy Street or Risky Business? Why Loan Participants Can’t Afford to be Passive Investors,” ALI-ABA Banking and Commercial Lending Law Course of Study (May1998) with Billie J. Ellis, Jr. | 