Kenneth Ashton

Practice Details

• Languages
  Portuguese
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Transactions

  Representative Transactions: Significant Experience: Representing private equity funds, and public and private companies in merger and acquisition transactions and joint ventures, including transactions involving industrial manufacturing, telecommunications, energy, and commercial retail; Advising various companies in private placement transactions and in federal and state securities laws; Assisting start-up and mature companies in entity formation and corporate/organizational governance, including limited liability companies and partnerships; Representing various clients in the negotiation and preparation of various types of commercial contracts, including agreements for supply/distribution, technology license, outsourcing service contracts, and other general commercial agreements; Advising various commercial banks and private lenders in secured lending transactions and corporate financings; Assisting in preparing and negotiating buy-sell agreements, structuring management or equity buy-outs, and resolving shareholder/management disputes; Advising in the formation, organization, and governance of non-profit organizations and related matters; Selected Recent Transactions: Counsel to seller and purchasers in the transfer of ski resorts (outside and inside Utah); Counsel to private investment company in the restructuring, reorganization, and sale of certain portfolio investments (commercial and real estate); Counsel to a minority equity holder in its purchase of a controlling interest in a golf course enterprise; Counsel to a minority equity holder in its purchase of a controlling interest in a private vocational school; Counsel to private fund in various acquisition of equipment leasing companies; Counsel to national ski resort operator in recent bank lending and operational matters; Counsel to purchaser in recent $90 million asset acquisition of an industry competitor; Counsel to a Utah-based agriculture company in the sale of its business to an industry competitor; Counsel to local CBD-based company in the sale by its stockholders to a new equity buyer; Counsel to grocery store operator in various strategic acquisitions; Counsel to leading manufacturer and supplier of wheel component parts in a variety of joint venture, development agreements, and other commercial transactions, including in the acquisition of an industry competitor and divesture of non-core business; Counsel to management group in compensation/equity roll-over in the sale of a Utah-based manufacturing company to private equity buyer; Counsel to a public company in the sale of its farm equipment division to a strategic buyer; Counsel to commercial retailer in the partial divesture of its business to an industry competitor; Counsel to a private equity investor of its acquisition of a specialty metals company; Counsel to stockholders in their sale of equity interest in a colocation business to an industry competitor; Counsel to first aid supply company in the sale of its business to an international conglomerate