Kevin A. Chumney

Partner

Kevin A. Chumney

Partner

Corporate and M&A lawyer Kevin Chumney has over 20 years experience helping companies and individuals in a wide range of sophisticated corporate and M&A transactions, particularly transactions involving middle-market mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate governance and securities regulation. Kevin has also negotiated complex commercial contracts and licensing arrangements. His clients, consisting of national, regional and Texas-based entities, comprise a variety of industries, including:

  • Construction and Construction Materials
  • Private equity
  • Aviation technology
  • Healthcare
  • Logistics and transportation
  • Manufacturing and distribution
  • Oil and gas services
  • Payment processing
  • Telecommunications
  • Toll avoidance solutions
  • Wind energy

Kevin offers growing companies, their founders and investors practical, strategic counsel in key areas of business law. His representation as a business lawyer has included closing private equity, venture capital and debt financings; building or selling businesses through M&A and recapitalization transactions; organizing and structuring business entities; implementing equity compensation and management succession strategies; and developing, licensing and reselling technology and other valuable intellectual property rights. As a trusted, business-minded advisor, he has helped his clients accomplish their objectives and close deals as cost-effectively as possible.

Awards and Recognition

  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Corporate Law (2021-2024)

Affiliations

  • Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Member, Dallas Bar Association
  • Member, Association for Corporate Growth
  • Member, Commercial Finance Association
  • Member, Texas Venture Capital Association
17 August 2023 Honors and Awards

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced today that 236 of the firm’s attorneys across 20 U.S. offices have received recognition in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
18 August 2022 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced that 250 of our attorneys across 20 offices have received recognition in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
19 August 2021 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 236 of the firm’s attorneys from 18 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 46 lawyers from 13 offices were included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. Additionally, 14 of the firm’s attorneys received the special designation of “Lawyer of the Year,” an honor earned by only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan region.
01 April 2021 Press Releases

Foley Represents INW | Innovations in Nutrition + Wellness in Two Transactions

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today it served as the legal advisor for its Dallas-based client, INW | Innovations in Nutrition + Wellness, a portfolio company of Foley client Rosewood Private Investments, in two separate legal transactions.
20 August 2020 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 List

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 20 of its attorneys earned Best Lawyers 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” recognition in their respective practice areas. In addition, 243 of the firm’s attorneys from 18 offices have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2021. Another 51 of the firm’s attorneys from 14 offices have been named to the new category of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.
08 May 2019

Foley Represents 1st Global in its Sale to Blucora

On May 6, 2019, Blucora, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:BCOR) strategic acquisition of 1st Global, Inc. successfully closed.