Roth Kehoe
Roth Kehoe
404.817.8519

Overview

Roth Kehoe is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Atlanta office and a member of the firm's Corporate Services Team. Mr. Kehoe focuses his practice on international and domestic public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A), dispositions, investments, joint ventures, infrastructure transactions and public-private partnerships.

Mr. Kehoe represents companies engaged in a diverse range of industries, including transaction processing and merchant acquisition, infrastructure and energy, life sciences, specialty chemicals and biotechnology. He also advises boards of directors on corporate governance, M&A, joint ventures and strategic transactions.

Mr. Kehoe previously was a certified public accountant and auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co., an auditor and systems consultant with Marshall, Jones & Co. and a production control supervisor with Intralox, a manufacturer of plastic conveyor belts and related equipment. Mr. Kehoe is the co-founder of the American Transaction Processors Coalition, the leading advocacy group representing payment processors, transaction processors, payments brands and financial technology (FinTech) companies.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Intermountain Infrastructure Group LLC, a leading fiber infrastructure developer and owner and operator of long-haul, regional and metro fiber networks in the United States and Canada focused on providing high-quality bandwidth and route diversity to hyperscale, cloud, carrier and content customers, in its new partnership with investment firms Wafra Inc. and Post Road Group
  • Represented Astatine Investment Partners in its acquisition of the Kansas City assets of Consolidated Communications Enterprise Services Inc., forming EverFast Fiber Networks, a Kansas City-based provider of regulated telecommunications, internet and video services
  • Represented Alinda Capital Partners in its acquisition of Florida-based BTR, a utility-related investment that rents large waste collection trucks primarily to municipalities and operates a fleet of approximately 600 trucks in the U.S. and Canada, serving more than 350 customers
  • Represented Alinda Capital Partners in its acquisition of ACL Airshop, a leading global air cargo Unit Load Device (ULD) equipment and logistics services provider
  • Represented Alinda Capital Partners and United Kingdom-based higher education pension fund University Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) on their acquisition of PECO Pallet Inc., one of North America's largest providers of pooled rental pallets
  • Represented AECOM Infrastructure in the creation of a joint venture for the development of a LNG liquefaction facility in Puerto Libertad Mexico
  • Represented Carlyle Infrastructure Partners in its sale of ITS Conglobal
  • Represented Carlyle Infrastructure Partners in its sale of Project Service LLC, the operator of the service plazas throughout the state of Connecticut
  • Represented ITS Technologies & Logistics in its acquisition of Atlantic Container Service
  • Represented Carlyle Infrastructure Partners in its sale of Park Water Company, a regulated water utility, to Liberty Utilities
  • Represented ITS Technologies & Logistics in its acquisition of ConGlobal Industries
  • Represented Illinois Central School Bus in its acquisition of a contracted transportation services provider
  • Represented a consortium led by The Carlyle Group and Doctor's Associates Inc. in a public-private partnership with the Connecticut Department of Transportation for the redevelopment and long-term operation of the 23 on-highway service plazas located on state and federal highways in Connecticut

  • Represented MEAG, acting as the asset management arm for entities of Munich Re, in MEAG's role as a lead investor in an aggregate $500 million equity investment in Longroad Energy, a Boston-based renewable energy company
  • Represented a consortium of equity investors including APG, MEAG Power and Clal Insurance Co., along with other U.S. institutional investors, in its acquisition of 100 percent of Astoria Energy I and a 55 percent interest in Astoria Energy II
  • Represented Southern Company Services in its purchase of Power Secure, a provider of repair, maintenance and installation services for power generator systems, solar inverters, fuel cells and power control units
  • Represented a Fortune 50 company in its effort to purchase a large multistate electric distribution company
  • Represented a Fortune 50 company in an effort to acquire a noncontrolling interest in an electric generation and distribution company
  • Represented a private equity-sponsored electric generation company in its effort to purchase industrially based co-generation assets
  • Represented a regulated gas utility company in its effort to acquire a multistate gas distribution company

  • Advised FleetCor Technologies in its acquisition of the assets of Hotel Connections, a leading provider of lodging solutions for travel passengers and crews
  • Advised FleetCor Technologies in its acquisition of Travelliance, a leader in airline lodging programs
  • Represented FleetCor Technologies in its acquisition of SOLE Financial, a payroll card provider that enables instant, affordable wage access for workers
  • Represented FleetCor Technologies, a global leader in commercial payments focusing on simplified and secure payments for fuel, general payables, toll and lodging expenses, in its investment in P97 Networks, an innovator of "pay-at-the-pump" mobile payments and e-commerce
  • Represented Worldpay US Inc. in its acquisition of SecureNet Inc.
  • Represented a payment processor in its acquisition of a manufacturer and supplier of equipment and software for merchant payment processing
  • Represented Worldpay US Inc. in the creation of a sports-based payments and registration joint venture
  • Represented a publicly traded healthcare technology company in its acquisition by a Fortune Global 100 healthcare company
  • Represented a publicly traded healthcare technology company in its purchase of a processor of pharmacy benefits and related payments
  • Represented a publicly traded healthcare technology company in its disposition of a data analytics company and related assets
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company in creating a joint venture for the development of a "pay-no-more-than" program and related "noticing" and "instructing" technology and systems
  • Represented a leading hotel company in the creation of the program for the redemption of loyalty points through Visa® credits for purchases at participating Visa® merchants

  • Represented Zep Inc. in its sale to New Mountain Capital
  • Represented INVISTA S.á r.l., one of the world's largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, in its purchase of ADVANSA
  • Represented INVISTA S.à r.l. in the spin off and sale of the LYCRA Company
  • Represented a biomedical laboratory instruments company in its acquisition of a multinational genomics testing business
  • Represented a publicly traded global provider of biological research products and enabling technologies in its acquisition by an international biosciences company
  • Represented a publicly traded global provider of testing services and biological research products in its acquisition of a global distributor and manufacturer of immunoassays and other testing and research products
  • Represented Zep Inc. in its acquisition of certain brands and assets Waterbury Companies Inc., a leading provider of air care delivery systems and products for facility maintenance
  • Represented Zep Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of Ecolab Vehicle Care, a division of Ecolab Inc.

  • Represented a real estate investment trust (REIT) in a $2.2 billion sale to another REIT and the related "go shop" sale process
  • Represented a Fortune 50 company, one of the world's leading resources for commercial real estate capital, in its acquisition of a publicly traded REIT and one of the largest landlords in Southern California

  • Represented Hill Technical Solutions Inc., a leading provider of highly technical, full spectrum systems engineering and integration, advanced technology development, systems architecture design and analysis, and hypersonic design and testing solutions for the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, on its sale to DC Capital Partners
  • Represented Trident Technologies, a leading provider of advanced information technology (IT), engineering and programmatic solutions to the U.S. government, in its sale to OceanSound Partners
  • Represented The Service Companies, a provider of contracted staffing services serving hotels, resorts and casinos, in its sale to Gridiron Capital
  • Represented Rooms-to-Go in its acquisition of Carl’s Patio Outdoor Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based outdoor furniture company
  • Represented Rooms-to-Go in its acquisition of Kirschman's, a New Orleans-based furniture store chain

Credentials

Education
  • Tulane University, J.D., summa cum laude
  • Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, MBA
  • Washington and Lee University, B.S., magna cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Georgia
  • Louisiana
Memberships
  • Center for Global Health Innovation, Advisory Board Member, 2022-Present
  • Catholic Charities of Atlanta, Board Member, 2012-2018
  • The Howard School, Board Member, 2013-2016
Honors & Awards
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023, 2024
  • Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2020, 2021
  • Deal Maker of the Year, Finance Monthly, 2016, 2018, 2019
  • Rising Star, Georgia Super Lawyers magazine, 2005

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