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Kevin Johnson - Partner

Denver Office
555 Seventeenth Street,
Suite 3200
Denver, CO 80202-3979
Phone: 303-295-8486
Fax: 303-713-6203
kjohnson@hollandhart.com

Practice Areas
International
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business
Corporate
Financial Transactions
Life Science Industry
Customs Law/Import Control
Export Control/Trade Sanctions
Construction and Design Representation

EXPERTISE

Mr. Johnson represents clients in international and domestic business transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, financial transactions and corporate law. Having lived and worked in Spain and Switzerland for five years, Mr. Johnson has substantial transactional experience within the European Union and its Member States. In addition, Mr. Johnson has experienced representing clients in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim.

Mr. Johnson’s recent experience includes advising clients in transactions for the purchase of internet companies throughout Europe and Latin America; structuring international operations for clients in Europe and the Pacific Rim; advising an investment fund on the purchase of joint venture companies in China; and structuring a fund to invest in energy efficient projects in Latin America. Mr. Johnson also has advised clients in structuring manufacturing and technology licensing joint ventures throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, including developing strategies for governmental filing requirements both in Europe and the United States. Mr. Johnson has experience in structuring and advising start-up companies, particularly in the electronics and other high technologies industries, and in financing transactions for start-up companies. In addition, Mr. Johnson has experience in privatizing state-owned enterprises.

Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Mr. Johnson was in-house counsel to a major U.S. multinational company. This experience provided Mr. Johnson with a better understanding of the objectives of businesses when entering into transactions, and an appreciation of the workings of business that come from continual contact with the business represented.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, American Bar Association
Member, Colorado Bar Association
Member, State Bar of Michigan

EDUCATION

J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, J.D. 1984
Member, Board of Advocates
Winner, John S. Welch Award for Excellence in Legal Writing

London School of Economics and Political Science, M.S. 1983

Harvard College, B.A. 1980
Cum laude

OTHER LANGUAGES

Spanish