Kevin Donovan

kevin.donovan@lw.com

+1.713.546.7576

Profile

Kevin Donovan is a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices and currently serves on the firm’s Recruiting Committee.

Kevin advises public and private companies, including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, on a variety of complex transactional matters in the energy, infrastructure, and technology industries. His experience includes representing clients on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and public and private financing transactions, as well as on general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Latham full time, Kevin was a summer associate and legal intern in Latham’s Houston office.

While attending law school, he served as the podcast editor for the Houston Law Review, was a teaching assistant for contracts, torts, and constitutional law, and won the Lorance Thompson Negotiation Competition. Before attending law school, Kevin served as an Intelligence Officer for the US Army and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission.

Experience

Kevin’s experience includes advising:

CPP Investments and Encino Energy in the US$5.6 billion sale of Encino Acquisition Partners to EOG Resources
EnCap Energy Transition and PowerTransitions in the sale of PowerTransitions to Partners Group
McClatchy Media Company on its merger with accelerate360
Post Oak Energy Capital on its equity commitment to Tiburon
An industrial distribution supply company on its sale to a strategic private equity backed buyer
A solar development company on the sale of its solar-powered electric generating facility with an expected nameplate capacity of 600 MWac to a strategic buyer
Post Oak Energy Capital on its equity commitment to Ichthys Energy
Priority Power in its acquisition by I Squared Capital
An asset management firm in connection with its acquisition and securitization of approximately US$2 billion of proved developed producing natural gas assets
Ceiba Energy and Denham Capital on the sale of a 1.6 GW capacity reserve contract to New Fortress Energy
Vencer Energy on its sale of assets to Civitas for US$2.15 billion
Blaize on its business combination with BurTech Acquisition Corp. with a pro forma enterprise value of US$894 million
EnCap Energy Transition in its investment in Parliament Solar, a joint venture with Mercuria Energy, to construct and operate a 480 MWac solar project in Waller County, Texas
Energy Transfer in multiple notes offerings totaling over US$10 billion in aggregate
A polyethylene company on its US$1.4 billion private placement of senior notes
ExxonMobil on its Carbon Capture and Storage Agreement with Linde

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

Texas

Education

JD, University of Houston Law Center
summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
BA in Political Science & Music, Providence College
magna cum laude, Distinguished Military Graduate

Practices

Industries

June 5, 2025 Our Work

Latham Advises EnCap Energy Transition (EnCap) and PowerTransitions in the Sale of PowerTransitions to Partners Group

Multidisciplinary team represents PowerTransitions, a utility-scale power developer in the transaction, and EnCap, the majority owner of PowerTransitions.

May 30, 2025 Our Work

Latham & Watkins Advises CPP Investments and Encino Energy in US$5.6 Billion Sale of Encino Acquisition Partners to EOG Resources

Multidisciplinary team led by members of the firm’s M&A Practice and Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group advise on sale of one of the largest oil and gas producers in Ohio.

February 28, 2025 Our Work