Kevin Schunk is a corporate associate in the Bay Area offices of Latham & Watkins. 

Mr. Schunk advises private and public companies and private equity firms on strategic transactions including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures, controlling and minority investments, growth equity, as well as general corporate matters. He has experience advising clients across a range of industries, including software and technology, internet and digital media, healthcare and life sciences, telecommunications, video games, consumer products, and utilities.

Mr. Schunk also serves on the Bay Area Recruiting Committee.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Schunk received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he attended as a Karsh-Dillard Scholar. While attending law school, Mr. Schunk was an editor on the Virginia Law & Business Review and served as a peer advisor as part of UVA Law's mentoring program. Before law school, Mr. Schunk worked as a consultant at Deloitte.

Mr. Schunk’s experience includes representing: 

  • New Relic in its US$6.5 billion acquisition by Francisco Partners and TPG 
  • Revolution Medicines in its acquisition of EQRx 
  • Silver Lake in its acquisition of ProService 
  • George Industries in its acquisition of Alexander Machine & Tool Company 
  • Purigen Biosystems in acquisition by Bionano Genomics 
  • Behrman Capital in its acquisition of George Industries 
  • Fandom in its acquisition of digital assets from Red Ventures LLC 
  • Fandom in its sale of D&D Beyond to Hasbro 
  • Plaid in its acquisition of Cognito 

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law
  • BS in Finance, Santa Clara University