Christopher Kelly
Partner at Jones Day
- Role
- Partner at Jones Day
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christopher Kelly
I have more than 30 years of experience as a corporate lawyer. I regularly advise SEC reporting companies on corporate governance, board of directors, securities laws, stock exchange rules, and related public company regulatory compliance matters. I also have represented corporations and financial institutions in diverse domestic and international corporate finance matters.Notable corporate clients include The J.M. Smucker Company, KeyCorp, National Fuel Gas, Olympic Steel, Owens Corning and TransDigm Group. My financial institution representations include Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Group, Jefferies and KeyBanc Capital Markets.I am committed to civic and charitable engagement. I was the co-chair of the Greater Cleveland United Way Campaign (2017-18). In 2016, I served as a co-chair of the Host Committee for the 2016 Republican National Convention. I also serve as a board member of The Cleveland Orchestra, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Catholic Community Foundation, and EDWINS Foundation; and as a trustee of the Kulas Foundation. I sit on the Board of Trustees for Canisius College. I previously served on the boards of Team NEO, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, the Canisius College Board of Regents, Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU), and Sisters of Charity Health System. I am also a graduate of Leadership Cleveland (Class of 2006).
Experience
Partner
Jun 1995 — Present · Cleveland/Akron, OH, US
Senior Partner of the Firm\'s global Capital Markets practice. The practice consists of approximately 30 partners and 100 lawyers worldwide, and focuses on public and private market capital raising transactions (IPOs, follow on equity offerings, high yield and other debt issuances, etc). We also act as day-to-day counselors to our clients, providing them corporate governance and public disclosure advice.
Education
Canisius University
Bachelor's Degree
1979 — 1983
Duke University
JD
1983 — 1986
Skills
- Cross-Border Transactions
- Corporate Law
- Joint Ventures
- Equities
- Securities Regulation
- Venture Capital
- Securities
- Legal Advice
- Ipo
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Restructuring
- Corporate Finance
- Capital Markets
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