Kendeil A. Dorvilier | McCarter & English, LLP

Kendeil Dorvilier is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. She advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, complex financings, commercial law, and governance issues. Kendeil is also a member of the firm’s Delaware Corporate, LLC & Partnership Law Group, routinely working on sophisticated matters for Delaware corporations and alternative entities. Kendeil also has experience handling mass-tort insolvencies, most of which involve divisive merger and other complex spinoff strategies.

Kendeil is a graduate of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where she served as president of the Black Law Students Association. While in law school, Kendeil also interned for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, as well as the Office of Governor John Carney. In addition to her law degree, Kendeil holds an MBA from Villanova University and a BS in Accounting from Berkeley College. She is fluent in Haitian-Creole.

Represented Iron Mountain, a leader in IT Asset Lifecycle Management (“ALM”) with an extensive portfolio of the world’s most efficient, secure, and sustainable ALM solutions and services, in its acquisition of Premier Surplus, Inc. This transaction was a strategic acquisition for Iron Mountain that will enable it to positively impact and expand its customers’ ability to protect their data with a secure chain of custody, minimize the environmental impact of its IT program, and maximize value recovery, while complementing its existing ALM services.

Represented Banyan, the industry-leading platform for item-level receipt data on its acquisition by Bilt Rewards, the leading payments and commerce platform transforming the $2.1 trillion housing payments market. This transaction was a strategic acquisition for Bilt as Banyan’s technology will significantly expand its ability to create innovative, frictionless experiences that drive neighborhood commerce and deliver unprecedented value to both residents and local merchants, and accelerate the development of groundbreaking commerce experiences that make everyday neighborhood spending more rewarding.

Represented a machine manufacturer, offering designed and manufactured precision machinery for the tire, rubber, plastic and recycling industries for over 100 years, in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a private buyer.

Represented FMC Corporation in signing a definitive agreement for the sale of its Global Specialty Solutions business to Envu for $350 million.

Represented Transfix, a digital freight management and logistics company, in the sale of its freight brokerage business to strategic buyer NFI Industries. Transfix will now operate as a technology developer and supplier offering its proprietary transportation management system and other logistics software.

Represented a logistics company in the spinout of a portion of its business in Georgia. The transaction was structured as an equity purchase and an asset sale. The company is focused on providing third-party logistics services in the retail, food distribution, and transportation industries.

Represented the interests of a group of directors of a non-profit corporation in connection with thwarting a potential takeover attempt of the corporation’s board by a significant donor/board member. This matter underscores our deep experience in corporate governance, which in turn yielded a favorable outcome for our client.

Represented a national company offering healthcare solutions and tech-enabled services in its continued investment into, and purchase of preferred stock of an early stage technology platform for healthcare providers to access medical data, research, and studies in a digestible format. Our corporate investor client previously invested in the company through a number of simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs) that also converted into preferred stock.

Represented Eurofins Discovery on its acquisition of DiscoveryBioMed.

Represented GE Appliances on a transaction with Midwest Sales and Service.

Represented an IT services and consulting company, in connection with an extension of their series seed financing round.

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