Kimberly S. Bunting

Kimberly S. Bunting

Kimberly S. Bunting practices in the areas of commercial and corporate law, specifically mergers, acquisitions (both asset and stock) and divestitures with deal values typically from $5 million to $100 million; complex commercial contracts; real estate transactions; large capital expansion contracts with values ranging up to $550 million; and global services and products agreements, including logistics services agreements, software licensing and implementation agreements, and distribution agreements.

Ms. Bunting has served as both in-house counsel and primary outside counsel for major global corporations, including several Fortune 500 corporations for acquisitions, real estate, construction, leasing and commercial contract matters. She formerly served as corporate risk manager for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, in which capacity she was responsible for the placement of billions of dollars of insurance coverage and successful negotiation of numerous coverage matters, particularly in the products liability area.

A member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American and Atlanta bar associations, Ms. Bunting is a 1986 graduate of Emory University School of Law and a graduate of Emory University (M.B.A.) and Oglethorpe University (B.A.).

Areas Of Practice

· Commercial Law

· Mergers and Acquisitions

· Real Estate

· Construction

Representative Matters

· Counsel to a $350 million cement plant for BlueCircle North America including complete quarry package

· Counsel to a $250 million cement plant for Titan America

· Counsel to a $650 million cement plant for Lafarge North America

· Counsel to a $12 million dock improvement project for Titan America

· Counsel to a $40 million cement import terminal for BlueCircle North America

· Counsel to a private investment company in a series of mining business acquisitions in excess of $90 million aggregate deal value.

· Counsel to a publicly traded company for a series of acquisitions of building products distribution businesses in various states in excess of $50 million deal value.

· Real estate counsel to a large privately held international company for a series of acquisitions of ready-mix concrete businesses in Florida in excess of $100 million deal value.

· Primary counsel to several private international companies for several heavy industry construction projects with a combined value of $1.2 billion.

· Risk Management Consultant advising several large multibillion-dollar privately held and Fortune 500 businesses regarding insurance program placements and coverage issues.

· Managing counsel for the sale of stock of an international commercial-grade building materials company in excess of $1.5 billion deal value.

· Managing counsel for the joint venture of a regional chemical business in excess of $50 million deal value.

Professional Activities

· State Bar of Georgia

· Atlanta Bar Association

· American Bar Association

· International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Real Estate

· German American Chamber of Commerce

Experience

· Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present

· Bunting Legal Group LLC
(Bunting Sanchez Hayes LLP, predecessor firm)
- Managing Partner, 2002-2007

· Lafarge North America (formerly Blue Circle Industries, PLC)
- Corporate Counsel, 1997-2002

· Georgia-Pacific Corporation
- Corporate Risk Manager and Counsel, 1992-1997

· Racetrac Petroleum, Inc.
- Corporate Counsel, 1990-1992

· Carter & Ansley
- Counsel, 1987-1990

· The Honorable Don Langham, Atlanta, GA
- Law Clerk, 1986-1987

Selected Speaking Engagements

· Panelist, AT&T 2009 Legal Conference, Dallas, January 21, 2009

· Panelist, Southeastern M&A Forum, Atlanta, September 26, 2008

· Panelist, Attorney Client Privilege, Atlanta, September 9, 2008

· Panelist, Southeast M&A Forum, Atlanta, September 26, 2007

· Roundtable Discussion Panelist, Counsel to Counsel, Chicago, June 5, 2007