About Christopher M. Kelly
Practice Areas
- Financial
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Science & Technology Law
Education
- Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1986J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- Law Review: Law & Contemporary Problems, Senior Editor
- Canisius College, 1983B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Representative Cases
- Albertson's completes public offering of $1.15 billion of HITS Units
- Allen Telecom completes a public offering of $50 million of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
- Athersys completes $65 million private offering of Common Stock and Warrants in connection with reverse merger (2009)
- Athersys completes registered direct offering of Common Stock
- Athersys issues $10 million of Common Stock in a private placement (2009)
- Athersys issues $16.2 million of Common Stock in a private placement (2009)
- Athersys issues $47.5 million of Class F Convertible Preferred stock in a private placement (2009)
- Athersys issues $5 million of Common Stock in a private placement (2009)
- Athersys merges with MCL and acquires stem cell technology (2009)
- Axsys Technologies completes public offering of $62.1 million of Common Stock
- Axsys Technologies is acquired by General Dynamics (2009)
- BRAVO! Development sells business (2009)
- Carreras, Kestner & Co. acquire Hilite Industries (2009)
- Citigroup Global Markets and Morgan Stanley underwrite $277 million public offering by Apartment Investment and Management Company and $55 million secondary offering of AIMCO Common Stock by certain selling stockholders (2012)
- Citigroup Global Markets completes registered offering of Senior Notes and concurrent tender offer for existing Senior Notes by KB Home (2009)
- Citigroup Global Markets underwrites $318 million public offering by Apartment Investment and Management Company (2012)
- Cliffs Natural Resources completes $362 million public offering of Common Stock (2009)
- Cliffs Natural Resources issues $400 million of Senior Notes in public offering (2010)
- Cliffs Natural Resources issues $700 million of 4.875% Senior Notes and additional $300 million aggregate principal amount of their outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes in public offering (2011)
- Cliffs Natural Resources issues $886.3 million of Common Stock in public offering
- Cliffs Natural Resources proposes to acquire Alpha Natural Resources for $10 billion (2009)
- Community Choice Financial completes private placement of Senior Secured Notes and its related acquisition of CheckSmart Financial, CCCS Corporate Holdings and its subsidiaries (2011)
- ConAgra Foods issues $500 million in Notes in an exchange offer
- Credit Suisse First Boston underwrites £55.2 million IPO in the U.K. and Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings by Ark Therapeutics Group plc (2009)
- DDR issues Common Shares in Controlled Equity Program (2009)
- Dendreon completes $229.9 million public offering of Common Stock (2009)
- Dendreon completes $426.9 million public offering of Common Stock (2010)
- Dendreon completes $45 million public offering of common stock (2009)
- Dendreon completes $47.36 million of Common Stocks and Warrants in registered direct offering (2009)
- Dendreon completes $620 million public offering of Convertible Senior Notes
- Dendreon completes registered direct offering of $45 million of Common Stock (2009)
- Dendreon issues $75 million of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes in a Rule 144A offering (2009)
- Federated completes a public offering of $500 million of Senior Notes
- Francisco Partners acquires GE Global eXchange Services for $800 million (2009)
- FTI Consulting issues $400 million of 6 3/4% Senior Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and concurrent tender offer and obtains $250 million credit facility (2010)
- GenCorp completes a Rule 144A offering for $150 million of Senior Subordinated Notes
- GenCorp completes a Rule 144A offering of $100 million of Contingent Convertible Subordinated Notes
- GenCorp completes spin-off of public polymer products businesses (2009)
- GenCorp issues $125 million of Convertible Subordinated Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- GXS issues $105 million of Senior Secured Floating Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- GXS issues 235 million of Senior Subordinated Reset Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- Harsco completes $250 million public offering of Senior Notes
- Harsco completes $450 million public offering of Senior Notes (2009)
- iBiquity Digital acquires worldwide IP license for satellite radio broadcasting application
- iBiquity issues 45 million of Series C Convertible Preferred stock in a private placement
- iBiquity places shares with investor group (2009)
- Imperial Capital and Canaccord Genuity act as initial purchasers in CAD$132.5 million Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by The Cash Store Financial Services
- Instron issues $60 million of 13-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- International Steel completes a private placement of $156.7 million of Class B Common Stock to finance the acquisition of the steelmaking assets of Bethlehem Steel Corporation (2009)
- International Steel Group completes IPO of $531 million of Common Stock
- International Steel Group issues $600 million of Senior Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- International Steel Group purchases assets of Weirton Steel and Georgetown Steel in their respective chapter 11 cases (2009)
- Jefferies acts as initial purchaser and placement agent in $750 million of 10% Senior Notes in Rule 144A, Regulation D and Regulation S offerings by Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (2009)
- Jefferies acts as initial purchaser and underwriter in $1 billion Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and concurrent $50 million public offering by Offshore Group Investment Limited and Vantage Drilling Company (2010)
- Jefferies acts as initial purchaser in $225 million Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and concurrent consent solicitation by Offshore Group Investment Limited (2011)
- Jefferies acts as initial purchaser in offering by MCBC Holdings and related bank financing
- Jefferies and BCP Securities act as joint bookrunners in $300 million Regulation S offering of Senior Notes by TV Azteca (2011)
- Jefferies and UBS Bank underwrite $273.5 million of Common Stock in a public offering by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (2009)
- Jefferies and UBS Bank underwrite $848.6 million public offering of Common Stock by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (2009)
- Jefferies closes Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Elyria Foundry Holdings and related bank financing
- Jefferies completes $50 million public offering of Common Stock by Penford Corporation (2009)
- Jefferies underwrites $40 million public offering of Common Stock by Kulicke and Soffa Industries (2009)
- Jefferies underwrites $59.8 million public offering of Common Stock by Fushi Copperweld (2010)
- Jefferies underwrites a public offering of $100 million of Common Stock by Warren Resources, Inc. (2009)
- Jefferies underwrites a public offering of $55.9 million of Common Stock by Hardinge Inc. (2009)
- Jefferies underwrites IPO for $42 million of Common Stock by Power Medical Interventions (2009)
- Jefferies underwrites public offering of $56.6 million of Common Stock by Northwest Pipe Company (2009)
- Jefferies, Janney Montgomery Scott, and KeyBanc underwrite $51.2 million public offering of Common Stock by Quaker Chemical Company
- KeyBanc and others underwrite IPO for $73 million of Common Stock by Superior Well Services (2009)
- KeyBanc and others underwrite public offering by Cedar Fair for $77 million of Limited Partner Interests (2009)
- KeyBanc completes $134.9 million public offering of Common Stock by Superior Well Services (2009)
- KeyBanc completes a public offering by Cintas Corporation No. 2 for $250 million of 6.125% Senior Notes
- KeyBanc completes a public offering of $250 million of 6.15% Senior Notes by Cintas Corporation No. 2
- KeyBanc completes IPO for $71 million of Common Stock by Warren Resources, Inc.
- KeyBanc issues $100 million of 6-1/4% Senior Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by State Auto Financial Corporation
- Merrill Lynch completes $1 billion public offering of 5.15% Notes by PepsiCo (2009)
- Molycorp acquires Neo Material Technologies for CDN$1.3 billion (US$1.26 billion) (2012)
- Molycorp completes IPO of $407.9 million of Common Stock on NYSE (2010)
- Molycorp completes public offering of Convertible Senior Notes, along with concurrent secondary public offering of Common Stock
- Molycorp completes public offering of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, along with concurrent secondary public offering of Common Stock (2011)
- Molycorp issues $650 million of Senior Secured Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering (2012)
- MTC Technologies completed $97.75 million IPO of 5.75 million shares of Common Stock
- MTC Technologies completes IPO for $104 million of Common Stock
- MTC Technologies completes IPO of $85 million of Common Stock (2009)
- National City completes a public offering by National City Capital Trust II for $750 million of Trust Preferred Securities (2009)
- National City completes a public offering for $300 million of Subordinated Notes
- National City completes a public offering of $700 million of Subordinated Notes
- National City completes a shelf-takedown public offering for $300 million of Floating Rate Senior Notes
- National City issues $125 million of 4.90% Senior Notes in a shelf-takedown offering
- NetGenics acquired by LION Bioscience AG
- NetGenics issues $21.3 million of Convertible Preferred Stock in a private placement (2009)
- Olympic Steel acquires Chicago Tube and Iron for $156 million (2011)
- Omnicom issues $600 million of Zero Coupon Convertible Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering (2009)
- Omnicom issues $850 million of Liquid Yield Option Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- OMNOVA completes tender offer of $162 million of Senior Notes (2009)
- OMNOVA issues $165 million of Senior Secured Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering (2009)
- Park-Ohio issues $210 million of Senior Subordinated Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- Penton Media acquires Duke Communications International
- Penton Media acquires New Hope Communications
- Penton Media acquires Streaming Media
- Penton Media completes a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $157 million of Senior Secured Notes
- Penton Media completes a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $185 million of Senior Subordinated Notes
- Penton Media issues $200 million of stock in a public offering (2009)
- Penton Media issues $50 million of Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants to purchase common stock in a private placement
- PolyOne issues $200 million of 8.875% Senior Notes in Rule 144A & Regulation S offering (2009)
- PolyOne issues $300 million of 10-5/8% Senior Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- Precision Partners completes a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $100 million of Senior Subordinated Notes
- Roadway issues $225 million of Senior Notes in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering
- Roadway purchases equity shares in a private placement by Integres Global Logistics, Inc.
- Sandler O'Neill & Partners, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Janney Montgomery Scott, and Raymond James complete $90 million of Common Shares in public offering by First Financial Bancorp (2009)
- Scripps Networks Interactive enters joint venture with Chello Zone to launch Food Network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
- Timken Company acquires Torrington Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company (2009)
- TransDigm Group issues $1.55 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes in private offering and additional $50 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes in follow-on private offering (2011)
- USA Digital Radio merges with Lucent Digital Radio (2009)
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- Ohio
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