Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Kenneth Wright is a 25+ year practitioner in securities, finance and transactional matters. His practice encompasses transaction structuring, acquisitions, dispositions, public and private offerings of securities, structured finance and international financings and transactions. Mr. Wright has served as lead counsel in many complex and substantial acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and financings.

Mr. Wright's practice includes public and private entities in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions (including China). He has represented clients in the areas of financial services, investment fund formation and management, communications, technology, energy, real estate, vehicle dealerships, agriculture, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare (including large medical practices), tax-exempt organizations and resort and timeshare development.

Mr. Wright is Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Florida Opportunity Fund, established and funded by the Florida legislature to invest in seed capital and early stage venture capital funds that agree to invest in Florida.

Mr. Wright is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (limited to 1/3 of 1% of all ABA members) and Chair of the American Bar Association's Special Investors and Investment Structures Group (which includes substantive committees on Pension Plan Investments, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Life Insurance Company Investments, Real Estate Investment Funds, International Investments in Real Estate and Federal Taxation of Real Estate). Mr. Wright is also a Red Book listed Bond Lawyer.

Mr. Wright holds a Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating of “AV” (highest possible for professional competence and ethics).

Mr. Wright has served on numerous Community and Charitable Boards and their Executive Committees, including The Rollins College China Center, The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross of Central Florida, The Southeast Resource Council of the American Red Cross, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, World Trade Center Orlando, The Harmony Institute, The Harmony Charter School and The Winter Park Racquet Club. Mr. Wright is also a Trustee of the Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, Florida.

Mr. Wright is a frequent speaker and international business traveler.

Areas of Practice

• Business: International Transactions
• Business: Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business: Securities Offerings & Reporting
• Business: Debt Finance
• Business: Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Business: Corporate Governance

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma, 1982
• Florida, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Oklahoma Bar Association (Member, Securities, Liaison Standing Committee)
• American Bar Association (Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Securitization of Mortgages)
• American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Regulation of Banks and Savings Institutions)

Honors and Awards

• Pi Mu Epsilon
• 2003-2004 Leadership Florida, 2003 - 2004
• Book of Honor Award for Stability Through Trade—International World Trade Centers Associations
• Leadership Orlando, 1992 - 1993

Classes and Seminars

• “Hot Topics in the World of Special Investors/Current Issues in Cross Border Transactions,”, ABA Annual Spring Symposia, Washington, D.C.
• “China—Commercial Legal Climate 2008 Forward,”, Rollins College China Center/World Trade Center, Orlando, FL
• “Is the 21st Century the Chinese Century?”, Rollins College China Center, Orlando, FL
• "Investing in Real Estate in China" and "Alternative Vehicles for Investing in U.S. Real Property,", ABA Fall Meeting, Denver, CO
• "International Investing in Real Estate—Outbound (including case studies for Mexico and Italy) and Inbound Structures,", ABA Spring Symposium, Washington, DC
• "Model Patriot Act Provisions,", ABA Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• "The IPO and Nasdaq Listing Process for Non-U.S. Issuers,", PKF Worldwide Summit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• "Debt Financing—Underwriting Structures, Sources and Trends,", Pan Asian Summit for Hotel & Resort Development, Manila, Philippines
• "Latest Developments in Hospitality Products and Structures,", Pacific Asia Travel Association, Hong Kong Convention Center
• "Latest Developments in Structured Finance,", ABA Annual Meeting, New York, New York
• "Securitization Today in the United Kingdom,", ABA Spring Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
• "Report on Timeshare and Securitizations,", ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1982
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1979
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Minor: Computer Science
  Minor: Chemistry

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Published Works

• "The USA Patriot Act and Executive Order 13224,", ABA Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Magazine, February, 2006
• "Return of the REIT,", Developments Magazine, June, 1993
• "The Securitization Alternative,", Developments Magazine, February, 1993
• "Investments in China via the Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise,", Baker Hostetler International Newsletter, November, 2003

Address

SunTrust Center, Suite 2300
200 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801-3432

Phones

(407) 649-4001

Faxes

(407) 841-0168

Emails

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Websites

http://www.bakerlaw.com