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C. Kent May: Lawyer with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

C. Kent May

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Practice Areas

  • Corporate and Business Counseling
  • International
  • Latin America
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
 
University Dickinson College, B.A., 1961
 
Law SchoolUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law, LL.B., 1964
 
Admitted1965, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Pennsylvania Superior Court; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
 
Biography

C. Kent May is a senior corporate lawyer who has directed legal services in corporate transactions for a wide range of domestic and international clients. These include companies in manufacturing, chemicals, information technology, health care and engineering. He also has longstanding engagements in the technology, services, mining, sports and entertainment, and retailing industries. An experienced manager, Kent was a member of Eckert Seaman's executive committee for more than a decade and served as the firm's managing partner, administrative partner and corporate department chairman, among other roles. In four years as managing partner, he led the firm's expansion into multiple cities.

Representative Matters

Corporate Law:

· Led legal teams in scores of acquisitions, mergers and leveraged buyouts and represented both lenders and borrowers in financing transactions involving billions of dollars;

· Represented court-appointed receivers in many federal and state court receiverships;

· Represented numerous foreign companies in connection with their investments in the U.S.;

· Spoke to professional and corporate audiences on loan transactions, lender liability, officers' and directors' liability, letters of intent, confidentiality agreements and other corporate topics;

Related Activities:

· Served as senior vice president, general counsel and a director of Anchor Glass Container Corporation and as a director of Fabrica de Envases de Vidrio S.A. de C.V., a Mexican glass container manufacturer;

· Served as a director and a member of the audit committee of Universal Compression Holdings Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed company;

· Previously served as a director of Consumers Packaging Inc. of Canada, Glenshaw Glass Company, Wultex USA, Inc. and Winster USA, Inc., subsidiaries of U.K. mining-equipment manufacturers, and Kerametal USA Inc., a subsidiary of Kerametal Foreign Trading Ltd., of the Slovak Republic;

Sports and Entertainment:

· Appointed by Pennsylvania Governor to chair a 15-member Pennsylvania Sports and Exposition Facilities Task Force, charged with recommending legislation to structure the Commonwealth's participation in stadium, arena and other public-facility projects;

· Played an instrumental part in forming a coalition of professionals that helped keep the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball franchise in Pittsburgh.

Community Involvement

Former chairman of the board of The Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania

Director, Children's Home of Pittsburgh

Director, Pittsburgh Public Theater

Director, Mendelssohn Choir

Director, Mario Lemieux Foundation

Director, John Ghaznavi Foundation

 
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C. Kent May
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
600 Grant Street, 44th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219




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