Atty. C. Mark " Mark" Kelly
Mark Kelly is a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities Group in the firm’s Charlotte office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of public offerings, private financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
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C. Mark " Mark" Kelly is a business and m&a attorney based in Charlotte, North Carolina, practicing at Alston & Bird LLP. Admitted to practice in North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association. Educated at Washington and Lee University (—, 1986) and Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1986). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026). Serands clients in Charlotte, NC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Mark Kelly is a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities Group in the firm’s Charlotte office
- He concentrates his practice in the areas of public offerings, private financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters
- Mr. Kelly leads the firm’s private equity practice and has worked with private equity firms and their portfolio companies since the late 1980s in equity and debt financings, leveraged buyouts and exit transactions, including mergers with public companies
- He has handled many private equity, LBO, venture capital and merger and acquisition transactions and has worked closely with many owners of private companies in the structuring and sale of their companies to equity sponsors, including through auctions run by investment banking firms
- Mr. Kelly received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University in 1986 and his B.A., cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College in 1983
- He is listed in Super Lawyers magazine and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and he has been named to Best Lawyers in America in the areas of leveraged buyouts and private equity
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Practicing law in North Carolina. Legal matters in North Carolina are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Charlotte are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate North Carolina state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in North Carolina brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in North Carolina courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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