Kelsey focuses her practice on corporate transactions. She represents private equity funds, independent sponsors, and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, commercial transactions, and corporate governance matters. Her experience extends across diverse industries, including healthcare and food and beverage.
Kelsey graduated summa cum laude from Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Kelsey obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, where she was named to the dean’s list.
Experience
- Representation of NCK Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of Tricoci University of Beauty Culture, a leading provider of cosmetology, esthetics and barbering education in the Midwest.
- Representation of the leading network of providers serving children with autism and other special needs in its add-on acquisition of a leader in early comprehensive behavioral treatment.
- Representation of the leading network of providers serving children with autism and other special needs in its add-on acquisition of a provider of mental health services.
- Participated in representation of an investment firm in sale of equity.
- Participated in representation of buyer in leveraged buyout of an apparel company.
- Participated in representation of buyer in asset acquisition of health care software and data analysis business.
- Participated in representation of dental practice management company in asset acquisition of dental practice.
- Participated in representation of laboratory in sale of assets.
- Participated in representation of related multi-state home health agencies in an internal reorganization.
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Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne UniversityJD
summa cum laude, Staff Member, Duquesne Law Review
2013 -
University of Notre DameBA
Dean’s List
2010
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law 2021-2025; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2021, 2022, 2025; Corporate Law, 2023, 2024, 2025
Named to “Pennsylvania Rising Stars,” Mergers & Acquisitions, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2019-2023
- Author, Up-and-Coming Women in PE to Know: Mary Beth Brosnihan, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, June 28, 2023
- Author, Up-and-Coming Women in PE to Know: Jessica Hudson, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, July 6, 2022
- Author, Up-and-Coming Women in PE to Know: Caroline Stevens, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, April 26, 2022
- Author, Women in PE to Know: Ann Ferreira, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, April 21, 2020
- Author, Up-and-Coming Women in PE to Know: Rebecca Yu, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, January 25, 2019
- Author, Women in Private Equity to Know: Ya Tung, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 1, 2018
- Co-author, "R&W Insurance: An Effective Treatment In Health Care Deals," Law360, June 19, 2017
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Speaker, "Women in Finance Can Overcome Challenges at Work – Here’s How," Deal Us In Podcast Series, October 2, 2024
- Host, "Scaling Success: How SC Moatti and Mighty Capital Defy Traditional Venture Capital Norms," Deal Us In Podcast Series, July 9, 2024
- Host, "Balancing Work and Family and Lessons Learned, With Laura Redinger," Deal Us In Podcast Series, April 29, 2024
- Host, "Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of Women in Private Equity and Finance," Deal Us In Podcast Series, May 18, 2023
- Speaker, Independent Sponsors of Florida Networking Lunch, February 7, 2023
- Host, "Deal Resolutions for the New Year," Deal Us In Podcast Series, January 31, 2023
- Host, "A Pivot From Professional Pianist to Successful Acquisition Management with Boyne Capital’s Renny Sie," Deal Us In Podcast Series, October 28, 2022
- Speaker, Independent Sponsors of Florida Roundtable and Reception, July 21, 2022
- Host, "Learning the Importance of Adaptability and Building Relationships as Investment Bankers," Deal Us In Podcast Series, May 31, 2022
- Speaker, Independent Sponsors of Florida Networking Lunch, March 22, 2022
- Co-host, "What 2021 Tells Us About Finance and Private Equity Trends in 2022," Deal Us In Podcast Series, March 3, 2022
- Host, "Skeletons in the Closet: Arbitration and Conflict Dispute," Deal Us In Podcast Series, October 27, 2021
- Host, "Exploring Employment Law in the Age of COVID-19 (Part 2)," Deal Us In Podcast Series, July 30, 2021
- Host, "Exploring Employment Law in the Age of COVID-19 (Pt. 1)," Deal Us In Podcast Series, June 30, 2021
- Co-host, "Flying Over the Wall — Black Women in Law and Private Equity," Deal Us In: Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In, May 28, 2021
- Co-host, "Women in the Workplace — How Far We've Come (Part II)," Deal Us In: Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In, February 24, 2021
- Co-host, "Women in the Workplace Have Come a Long Way — But We’re Not Done Yet," Deal Us In: Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In, January 28, 2021
- Host, "Horror Stories - Keeping the Monsters Out of Your Deal," Deal Us In: Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In, October 29, 2020
- Host, "The Importance of Leadership Roles for Women," Deal Us In: Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In, July 15, 2020
- Co-host, "Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In," Deal Us In: Get to Know the Women of Deal Us In, April 28, 2020