(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on August 29.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern announced today that David C. Reeves has been appointed associate general counsel. Mr. Reeves joins KCS from Baker & Miller PLLC of Washington, D.C., a firm specializing in antitrust and the transportation industry. Mr. Reeves represented KCS as regulatory counsel in the acquisition of TFM, S.A. de C.V. and the Meridian Speedway LLC, a Joint Venture with Norfolk Southern. As in-house counsel, Mr. Reeves will continue to represent KCS on matters before the Surface Transportation Board and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
“We are pleased to bring David’s legal expertise in-house,” said Robert B. Terry, KCS’ senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. “His advice will be especially important as we expand capacity and grow traffic in the Meridian Speedway corridor from Shreveport, La., to Meridian, Miss., and as we rebuild the Victoria to Rosenberg line in Texas.”
Mr. Reeves holds a juris doctorate from Duke University School of Law, where he graduated with honors, and a bachelor of arts from the University of North Carolina.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lazaro Cardenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’ North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.