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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
1251 6TH AVE,
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1104
NEW YORK
United States
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James Kelly
Work Department
Consumer Goods, Food and Retail; Corporate; Energy and Natural Resources; Healthcare; Industrials; Infrastructure, Construction and Transport; Insurance; Life Sciences; Media, Sport and Entertainment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Technology
Position
Partner; Chair of DLA Piper’s New York Private Equity
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
(Leading partners)DLA Piper LLP (US)’s private equity team provides comprehensive legal support on buyouts, exits, and portfolio company transactions, leveraging its extensive global platform to advise on complex, multijurisdictional deals. Team head Joseph Silver operates out of Atlanta and is a highly active mid-market advisor who assists clients with acquisitions, strategic investments, growth equity funding rounds, and disposals. New York’s James Kelly is experienced across all manner of private equity deals, handling initial investments through to restructurings and exits for a variety of major financial sponsor clients. Chicago’s Harris Eisenberg’s sector-specific experience includes professional services, tech and healthcare deals. Advising from Reston, Eric Grossman’s broad practice encompasses leveraged buyouts, growth equity and venture capital investments, restructurings and joint ventures. Atlanta’s Daniel Rollman, whose recent highlights includes substantial disposals, also comes recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation