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Marc Kenny

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Marc Kenny is a corporate partner with extensive experience counseling clients in a broad range of domestic and cross-border private equity, M&A, securities, and corporate finance transactions with a particular emphasis on the communications, media, technology, entertainment, health care, and energy industries.

Marc has worked in Los Angeles, London, and Silicon Valley as a corporate lawyer and has worked on numerous cross-border transactions in various foreign jurisdictions.

Representative Experience

KTAQ of Dallas (a Platinum Equity company)

Represented KTAQ of Dallas, an affiliate of Platinum Equity, in the sale of substantially all of its assets to certain affiliates of London Broadcasting Company.

Platinum Equity

Represented Platinum Equity in its sale of Altura Communication Solutions to an affiliate of Silver Oak Services Partners, LLC.

Platinum Equity

Represented Platinum Equity in its sale of PEAK Technologies to an affiliate of Keystone Capital, Inc.

RayTracker, Inc. (formerly an Idealab company)*

Represented RayTracker, an Idealab operating company engaged in the development of tracking technology and photovoltaic systems, in its sale to First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR).

Platinum Equity*

Represented Platinum Equity in the sale of Wireless Facilities, Inc., a company offering design, deployment, and optimization services to the telecommunications industry.

Altura Communication Solutions (a Platinum Equity company)*

Represented Altura Communication Solutions, an affiliate of Platinum Equity, in its acquisition of certain assets related to the Avaya reseller and services business of NetVersant Solutions.

PEAK Technologies (a Platinum Equity company)*

Represented PEAK Technologies, an affiliate of Platinum Equity, in its acquisition of Integrated Labeling Systems, Inc., a company providing automatic identification solutions.

Platinum Equity*

Represented Platinum Equity in its acquisition of the wireless deployment business of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS).

Credit Karma, Inc.*

Represented Credit Karma in its convertible note financing and subsequent Series A preferred stock financing.

TMC Financial*

Represented TMC Financial in its venture capital financing of Friendi Mobile (formerly Mobility Telecom), a mobile virtual network operator based in Dubai providing mobile telecommunications and professional services across the Middle East and Africa.

Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd.*

Represented an affiliate of Darby Overseas Investments and other shareholders in the proposed sale of a controlling interest in a telecommunications company with operations in the Republic of Colombia.

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.*

Represented The DIRECTV Group in its $1.4 billion high-yield debt offering and corresponding registered exchange offering.

TDA Capital*

Represented funds represented by TDA Capital Partners in an investment in secured convertible bonds of RDT Holdings SA, a British Virgin Islands company with mobile telephone operations in Romania conducted by its wholly owned subsidiary, Telemobil.

Petroplus International N.V.*

Represented Petroplus International, a Dutch oil company, in its €150 million high-yield debt offering.

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.*

Represented Carl Zeiss Meditec in its acquisition of Laser Diagnostic Technologies, Inc., an emerging growth medical device company.

Yellow Book USA*

Represented Yellow Book USA in its $185 million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Feist Publications, Inc.

Apax Partners and HM Capital Partners*

Represented Apax Partners and HM Capital Partners (formerly Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst) in the U.S. aspects of their £2.14 billion leveraged buyout of British Telecom's Yell yellow pages directory businesses in the U.S. and U.K.

SES Americom*

Represented SES Americom and its affiliates in a series of transactions relating to the purchase of Lockheed Martin's membership interest in Americom Asia-Pacific, LLC.

Knutsford*

Represented Knutsford, a public U.K. company, in its £55 million merger of WILink.com, Inc., a U.S. Internet company providing financial information services.

Metapath Software International, Inc.*

Represented Metapath Software International, a global provider of business and operational support systems and services for the wireless telecommunications industry, in its $900 million merger with Marconi, a U.K. public company.

Lehman Brothers*

Represented Lehman Brothers European Venture Capital and other investors in a venture capital financing of kVault Software, an international software company delivering innovative solutions for email and content archiving.

Kleinwort Benson Emerging Europe, LP*

Represented Kleinwort Benson in its venture capital investment in Kiwwi CEE Holding AG, an Austrian telecommunications company offering VoIP telephony services throughout Eastern Europe, and Iskon Internet, a Croatian Internet service provider.

Nomura International*

Represented Nomura International in its venture capital financings in eMation, Nogatech, Inc. (a U.S. company with Israeli operating subsidiaries), SecurityVillage.com Inc., and Versaware, Inc.

Netia Holdings SA*

Represented Netia Holdings, the largest alternative fixed-line telephone operator in Poland, in its formation of Netia 1 Sp., a consortium established to bid in the domestic long distance tender in Poland.

High-Point Rendel*

Represented High-Point Rendel, an international consultancy group providing integrated management, business, and engineering services, in its formation of Sure Power International LLC, a joint venture with Sure Power Corporation, Inc.

General Electric Capital Corp.*

Represented GE Capital in its venture capital investments in Centillium Communications, Inc., Alteon WebSystems, Inc. (formerly Alteon Networks), R2 Technology, Inc., and Wink Communications.

CalPERS*

Represented CalPERS in its limited partnership investments in (i) Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IV, a fund focusing on buyout and special situation investment opportunities, (ii) Alta California Partners, a fund targeting early stage investments in life sciences and information technology companies, and (iii) Alta Communications VII.

Myriad International Holdings*

Represented Myriad International Holdings in its initial investment in OpenTV and its subsequent acquisition of a controlling interest in OpenTV.

* Denotes experience completed at a prior firm

Additional Qualifications

Marc E. Kenny, A Professional Law Corporation, Pasadena, Calif., 2006-2011
(Founder)
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Glendale, Calif., 2005-2006
(Securities and Corporate Counsel)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, London and Silicon Valley, Calif., 1999-2006
(Senior Corporate Associate)
Paul Hastings LLP, Los Angeles, 1995-1999
(Corporate Associate)

Professional & Community Activities

Advisory Board, Bucknell University's Association for the Arts, 2010-present
Executive Committee, Business & Corporations Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2008-present
Executive Committee, International Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2008-present
Advocate for Organ Donation – Team Captain & Runner in a 199-mile nonstop running relay for organ donation, 2007-2009

Education

J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1995, cum laude
- Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar
- G. Joseph Tauro Scholar
B.A., Political Science, Bucknell University, 1991, cum laude
- Honors Degree in Political Science
- Study Abroad: University of London, King's College Faculty of Laws, Spring 1990