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 venture capital investments. He also has broad experience counseling corporate clients on a variety of general corporate and compliance matters, including corporate governance, securities, employment and 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 Thomas H. Lee Partners, Providence Equity 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 Airborne Health, Recycled Paper Greetings, MediMedia USA, United Industries Corporation (acquired by Rayovac Corporation), Study Island and German Media Partners, L.P.
Mr. Sullivan is the recruiting partner for lateral hiring in the Boston office.
In 2009, 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 Boston Marathon, an Ironman Triathlon, the Vermont 50 Miler and summiting both Mount Rainier (twice) and the Grand Teton.