Emily Kelly
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Emily Kelly

Associate

Email

emily.kelly@aoshearman.com

Phone

+214 271 5530

Offices

Dallas

V-CARD
Emily focuses her practice on U.S., international and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including private equity sponsor and portfolio company acquisitions and dispositions, minority investments and joint ventures.
Emily’s strategic and private equity clients operate and invest in various industries, including environmental and waste services, technology, software, industrials, aerospace/defense, consumer products, and financial services.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Teradyne, Inc. in its sale to Technoprobe of its Device Interface Solutions Business.
  • New Mountain Capital in multiple transactions by portfolio companies, including acquisitions for Cumming Group and 3E.
  • CSW Industrials in its proposed acquisition of Aspen Manufacturing.
  • Frontier Waste Solutions in multiple transactions, including its sale to Summer Street Capital Partners, LLC and Concentric Equity Partners II, L.P.
  • J.F. Lehman & Company in its acquisition of Intelligent RF Solutions, LLC.
  • Anglo American plc in connection with its business combination between its nuGenTM Zero Emissions Haulage Solution and First Mode Holdings, Inc.
  • Apexon in its business combination with Infostretch Corporation.
  • Alturus Capital in its acquisition of Physicians Rehab Solution, LLC.
  • Stryten Energy in a 50/50 joint venture with Largo Clean Energy Corp to form Storion Energy, a producer of domestically sourced high-quality vanadium electrolyte.
  • Kaseya US, LLC in its acquisition of Vonahi, LLC.
  • Evolute Capital, LLC in its acquisition of Signature Utility Services, LLC, a provider of helicopter services for railroad planning, vegetation and hazard mitigation, and construction.
  • ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, in its business combination with Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a leading microwave ablation medical device developer and provider in China.
  • Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I in its proposed business combination with OpSec Group, a UK-based global leader in brand protection solutions and intellectual property management.
  • Great Elm Group, Inc. in multiple transactions including the sale of a majority equity interest in Great Elm Healthcare, LLC to QHM Holdings Inc. and the sale of a majority interest of Forest Investments, Inc. to affiliates of JPMorgan Chase & Co

Qualifications

Admissions

Texas, 2021

Academic

J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2021

B.S., summa cum laude, Texas A&M University, 2018

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.