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Kevin Hendricks, Member

Kevin advises clients with their corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and legal strategy needs. Prior to joining the Wyche Law Firm, Kevin served as General Counsel of NewSouth Communications, a Greenville-based competitive local exchange carrier, where his primary responsibilities included debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and managing the company’s overall legal strategy. Kevin began his career at Jones Day, one of the world’s largest law firms, where he concentrated his practice in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

Representative Matters

Kevin assists early stage and middle-market companies with their growth strategies, including raising capital, acquiring companies and planning for liquidity. Some of the notable transactions he has worked on include the following:

  • Represented industrial services business in merger of equals resulting in a business with combined revenues exceeding $500 million.
  • Represented early stage technology company in connection with $4.7 million Series A financing by institutional venture capital funds.
  • Represented financial services business in connection with control investment and recapitalization by institutional private equity funds.
  • Represented industrial services business in connection with purchase of significant equity interest by strategic investor.
  • Represented The South Financial Group, Inc. in connection with the shelf registration of $750 million of securities.
  • Represented The South Financial Group, Inc. in connection with the public offering of $171 million of common stock.
  • As General Counsel of NewSouth Communications, managed NewSouth’s raising of over $400 million of debt and equity capital, with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. as lead investor.
  • While at Jones Day, represented publicly held clients in connection with their capital raising efforts and their acquisitions of publicly and privately held companies. Also represented Southeastern-based venture capital and private equity funds, including a private equity fund that acquired the remnants of Drexel Burnham & Lambert, the former investment bank associated with developing the “junk bond” market in the late 1980’s.

Professional Background

2003– Present Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.
1998–2003 General Counsel, NewSouth Communications, Greenville, South Carolina
1992–98 Associate, Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia, and a regional law firm in Greenville, South Carolina

Educational Background

1991, M.B.A., J.D. The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, with honors
1988, B.A. Furman University, magna cum laude

Publications and Appearances

  • Panelist, CEO-CFO Corporate Growth Summit, “Leading Your Company to the Next Level,” Spring 2007
  • Guest Speaker, South Carolina Business Review, SCETV Radio, “Raising Venture Capital”, Winter 2005
  • Co-Author with Bruce Durkee, Head of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Equity Capital Origination Group, “Bulls, Bears and You: Are You Ready to Go Public?” Greenville Business Magazine, Spring 2004

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Georgia Bar (inactive), 1992
  • South Carolina Bar, 2000

Representative Community Activities

  • Member of Ad Hoc Steering Committees organized by Clemson’s Renaissance Center and Greenville Chamber of Commerce to address needs of high-growth, high-impact companies
  • Member, Presenting Companies Committee, InnoVenture 2005 and 2006; Chairman, Presenting Company Coaching Committee, InnoVenture 2005 and 2006; Chairman, Presenting Companies Selection Committee, InnoVenture 2008
  • Member, Negotiated Acquisitions Committee and Venture Capital and Private Equity Committee of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association

Publications and Appearances

  • Panelist, CEO-CFO Corporate Growth Summit, “Leading Your Company to the Next Level,” Spring 2007
  • Guest Speaker, South Carolina Business Review, SCETV Radio, “Raising Venture Capital,” Winter 2005
  • Co-author with Bruce Durkee, Head of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Equity Capital Origination Group, “Bulls, Bears and You: Are You Ready to Go Public?” Greenville Business Magazine, Spring 2004