Kent A. Coit

Biography

Kent Coit is Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law where he had served as Professor of Law and director of the School of Law’s Transactional Law Program. Professor Coit joined the School of Law in 2012 after retiring as a partner in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he practiced in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Department for almost 30 years.

While at Skadden, Professor Coit directed the firm’s Summer Associate M&A training program in Boston, in which law students in the office’s summer program learned, through participation in a simulated transaction, how an acquisition is structured, negotiated and documented, and how contractual provisions operate in the context of a real business deal. He also served as Attorney Development Partner in Skadden’s Boston office, responsible for developing and implementing in the office the Firm’s associate mentoring program, and was an instructor in Skadden’s firm-wide associate training programs.

During his career at Skadden, Professor Coit advised companies and boards of directors in connection with a wide range of business transactions, including negotiated and hostile acquisitions, public and private financings, spin-offs, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings, joint ventures and licensing agreements. His representations also included venture capital firms, private equity firms and their portfolio companies in various transactions, including preferred and common equity financing rounds, leveraged recapitalizations, and acquisitions. While his practice was not limited to specific industry sectors, he developed particular expertise in transactions involving biotechnology companies and other health care industry participants, as well as companies in the communications and technology industries.