Kevin J. Sullivan is a partner in the Private Equity practice of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Mr. Sullivan joined the firm in 2002 with the opening of the Boston office and has a diverse transactional and corporate counseling practice with emphasis on leveraged buyouts, mergers & acquisitions, and growth equity investments in the United States and internationally. He also has broad experience counseling corporate clients on a variety of strategic matters.
Mr. Sullivan has represented both private equity investors and management teams in leveraged buyouts and minority investments both in the United States and abroad. He regularly represents a number of leading private equity and venture capital firms, including Providence Equity Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Summit Partners, Monitor Clipper Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures and the Highland Consumer Funds. He has also represented a variety of corporate clients, such as Archipelago Learning, Jones & Bartlett Learning, Edline, Assessment Technologies Institute, World Endurance Holdings, MediMedia USA, United Industries Corporation (acquired by Rayovac Corporation) and Ulker Biskuvi.
Mr. Sullivan is the career development partner in the Boston office.
In 2009 and 2010, Mr. Sullivan was named a "Leading" Lawyer for Private Equity: Buyouts in Massachusetts by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 USA 2009 for Private Equity: Buyouts in the US.
Mr. Sullivan graduated summa cum laude from Boston College (1993) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1996) where he served as an associate editor of The Georgetown Law Journal.
Mr. Sullivan is also an accomplished athlete, having completed more than fifteen marathons and ultra marathons, including the Western States 100 miler, Vermont 100 Miler, Boston Marathon, an Ironman Triathlon, the Vermont 50 Miler and summiting both Mount Rainier (twice) and the Grand Teton.