Kevin Poli represents public and private companies in a variety of industries, including the upstream and midstream energy, clean tech, consumer products, and manufacturing industries in a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including equity and debt capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, SEC compliance, corporate governance, and general corporate matters. He also represents investment banking firms, investors, and issuers in capital market transactions.
Honors & Recognitions
Texas Rising Stars, Securities & Corporate Finance, 2013-2018
IFLR1000 United States, Rated "highly regarded," in Capital Markets: Debt/Equity, 2018-2019 & 2021
Practice Areas
- Corporate
- Business Planning and Entity Formation
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance, Compliance & Investigations
- Emerging Companies
- Executive Compensation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mezzanine Finance
- Private Equity
- Special Committees & Boards of Directors
- Venture Capital
- Energy
- Acquisitions, Divestitures and Joint Ventures
- Energy Transactions
- Midstream Oil and Gas
- Oilfield Services / Drilling
- Oilfield Water Supply and Offtake Infrastructure
- Upstream Oil and Gas
Credentials
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2003
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Admissions
Texas
Experience
Kevin’s representations include the following:
Recent Highlights
- Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. in a public offering of common stock and warrants
- Management Team in the launch of Laser Midstream Energy
- Elevate Midstream in the acquisitions of Woodland Midstream Partners, LP and the assets of Orion Pipeline, LLC
- U.S. Physical Therapy in its acquisition of a provider of industrial injury prevention services
- Bote, LLC in its acquisition by Prairie Capital
Representative Experience
Kevin has represented clients in the following types of transactions, among others:
- Mergers and acquisitions of and for publicly and privately held companies
- Ongoing representation of public companies, including work on their periodic SEC reports
- High-yield offerings of debt securities pursuant to Rule 144A for publicly held companies, including subsequent registration with the SEC
- The sell-side in transactions for privately-owned business on deals that range from $3 million to more than $100 million
- Representing companies and investors regarding formation and initial capitalization of corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies
- Public debt exchange offers and consent solicitations for publicly held companies
- Private equity and venture capital investments
- Public offerings of equity and debt securities for companies
- Representing underwriters in IPOs and follow-on public offerings of equity securities
- Private placements for publicly and privately held companies
- Formation and organization of joint ventures and co-investment transactions
Newsroom
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Media Mentions
Affiliations
Montgomery County Crime Stoppers, Director
State Bar of Texas, Member
Houston Bar Association, Member
National Italian American Bar Association, Member