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 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.

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
    • 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
    • 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

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law, 2008
    cum laude
  • MA, University of Chicago, 2005
    with honors
  • BA, Binghamton University, 2004
    summa cum laude
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February 20, 2025 Recognition

Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.