"Highly commercial and really focused on what is important. She has great strategic sense."
Chambers USA 2025
"Distinguished by her strong command of private equity transactions, both domestically and internationally."
Chambers USA 2025
Leading Lawyer ‒ Private Equity Buyouts
Legal 500 US 2024-2025
Ranked – Private Equity: Buyouts
Chambers USA 2025
Notable Women in Law
Crain’s New York Business 2026
Notable M&A Dealmaker
Crain’s New York Business 2025
"Absolutely first rate. She has an uncanny feel for our business and what we are trying to achieve on a deal. She really feels like a member of our team."
Legal 500 US 2024
Honoree – They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40
Bloomberg Law 2021
Top Women in Dealmaking
The Deal 2020
Profile
Alex Kelly is Global Co-Chair of the M&A and Private Equity Practice Group.
She is a Chambers USA-ranked attorney that has recently been named in "Notable Women in Law" and a “Notable M&A Dealmaker” by Crain’s New York Business, a “Leading Lawyer for Private Equity Buyouts” by Legal 500, and a “Leading Dealmaker in America” by Lawdragon.
Alex represents market-leading strategic and private equity clients in complex corporate transactions, particularly within the asset management, financial services, technology, and infrastructure sectors.
Experience
Select Recent Asset Management Transactions
Multiple buy-side transactions in the asset management sector, including:
Ares in its investments into GCP International, Walton Street Mexico, and Black Creek Group, each real estate investment advisory firms, and Blue Cove, a fixed income manager
Hunter Point Capital in its investments into Nuveen Private Capital, Equitix and Pretium Partners, each alternative asset management firms
Sixth Street Partners in its investment into L+M Companies, a real estate investment, development, and property management firm
Patria in its investment into WP Global Partners, a private equity firm
PIMCO in its investments into Allianz Real Estate, a real estate asset manager and Gurtin Municipal Bond Management, a fixed-income asset manager
Azimut in its investments into Sanctuary Wealth, a wealth advisory firm, and Kennedy Capital, a private equity firm, and its investment into, and exit from, Roundshield Partners, a real estate asset manager
Onex in its investment into and subsequent sale of a majority interest in Falcon Investment Advisors, a private credit asset manager
Multiple sell-side transactions in the asset management sector, including:
Special Committee of the Board of Sculptor Capital Management, a private equity, CLO and hedge fund manager in its sale to Rithm Capital
Argo Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure private equity firm, in its sale to Apollo
L Catterton, a private equity firm, in its sale of a minority interest to Hunter Point Capital
VMG Partners, a private equity firm, in its sale of a minority interest to Bonaccord Capital Partners
Bastion Asset Management, a private credit investment manager, in its sale to Mesirow Capital
Content Partners, an entertainment-focused private equity manager, in multiple sale transactions
A variety of transactions in the wealth management space, including representing FL Putnam in its investment into AOG Wealth Management, Corient in its investment into Gellar & Company, and Lunate in its investment into Cambridge Associates
Select Recent Private Equity Representations
Hg Capital in a variety of transactions in the technology and software sector, including its investments into Payworks, Teamworks, A-LIGN, NContracts, and Venminder.
Warburg Pincus in a variety of transactions, including its investment into Everise, a global healthcare services company, and its sale of Eco Material Technologies and Scale Microgrid Solutions, each renewables companies
Antin Infrastructure Partners in a variety of transactions in the infrastructure sector, including its investment into Origis Energy, a renewable energy platform, and Brookfield’s investment into Origis Energy
Entrepreneurial Equity Partners in a variety of transactions in the food contract manufacturing sector, including its investments in Roskam Baking Company, Organic Milling, and Marsan Foods
Carlyle, in its investment into Sedgwick, a claims management company and the sale of a minority interest to Altas Partners
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
New York
Education
JD, New York University School of Law, 2008 cum laude
Alex Kelly, Global Co-Chair of Latham’s M&A and Private Equity Practice, recognized as a Distinguished Adviser in Financier Worldwide’s 2026 Mergers & Acquisitions Power Players report for her innovative work in the space.
Nicole Fanjul, Alex Kelly, and Katherine Rocco selected for outstanding leadership, commitment to community, and impactful contributions to the legal profession.
Robert Emerson will bring deep knowledge and experience in the private equity secondaries market to Latham’s top investment funds platform, further strengthening Latham’s position as a full-service leader across the private capital lifecycle.
Addition of highly regarded and accomplished partners, Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano, further enhances the firm’s premier, fully integrated corporate and finance practice.
With an outstanding track record of advising on the most sophisticated and transformative transactions, partners bring many complementary strands to our corporate ambitions in New York and globally.
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