Kenneth M. Kams

Partner / Banking & Finance; Corporate; Real Estate

Boston Office

617-880-3415

617-692-3415 fax

kkams@riemerlaw.com

In Ken's corporate practice, he represents closely held businesses of all types and sizes through all facets of their business cycle. Ken has broad experience advising companies in matters ranging from initial entity formation and shareholder considerations to assisting companies with their ongoing business decisions such as hiring employees, negotiating leases, obtaining debt and equity financing, and entering into licensing and other commercial agreements. His counsel includes advising companies on certain fundamental matters such as succession planning, shareholder disputes, purchasing existing businesses, and the ultimate sale of their own businesses. In addition, Ken works extensively with real estate developers and equity investors to draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements and real estate joint venture agreements, along with counseling high-net worth individuals and investment funds in debt and equity investments in private companies and real estate ventures.

Ken is also active in the firm's finance practice, with a focus on representing both borrowers and lenders in middle-market asset-based loan transactions. In his finance practice, he advises financial institutions on tax and ERISA issues in the context of structuring financial transactions.

Representative Corporate and Real Estate Transactions

• Represented a real estate developer in connection with its $80 million joint venture arrangement to finance the proposed development of a business office park
• Represented a retail tire store in connection with the $35 million purchase of its business, including the sale of over 40 real estate properties owned by seller
• Represented a private equity group in connection with its $4 million investment in a privately held medical services company
• Represented several real estate developers and operating companies in connection with the acquisition and sale of real estate assets and as borrowers under working capital and term loan facilities
• Represented numerous venture capital funds, financial institutions, and angel investors in connection with their debt and equity investments in privately-held companies

Representative Financing Transactions

• Represented lender in a number of senior secured term facilities in connection with the acquisition by borrower of several national restaurant franchises
• Represented bank in connection with a senior secured syndicated revolving line of credit facility for a subordinated asset-based lending business
• Represented lender in the restructuring of working capital and term facilities to a national restaurant group
• Represented bank in connection with the financing and refinancing of a revolving line of credit and term loan facility sponsored by an equity fund for the purpose of purchasing and operating community newspapers throughout the United States
• Represented a borrower in connection with the financing of a term and revolving loan facility in order to finance an acquisition and provide additional working capital to the business

Affiliations

American Bar Association

Massachusetts Bar Association

Turnaround Management Association

Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

State of New York

Education

Boston College Law School, J.D., 1999

Tufts University, B.A., 1996