Atty. Rachel Owsley
Rachel is an experienced transactional attorney focusing on employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters, and other strategic commercial transactions. Rachel represents domestic and international businesses operating across the United States.
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Rachel Owsley is a business attorney based in Louisville, Kentucky, practicing at Stites & Harbison PLLC. Educated at University of Louisville (J.D., 2007). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026). Serands clients in Louisville, KY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
Rachel is an experienced transactional attorney focusing on employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters, and other strategic commercial transactions. Rachel represents domestic and international businesses operating across the United States.
Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements- Corporation Law: Kentucky Practical Law Corporate & Securities State Q&A
- UPDATE: FinCEN and Treasury Department Announce They Will Not Enforce CTA Despite March Deadline, with Edward H. Burrell III, William M. Joseph (Bill), Walter S. Robertson and Alison M. Zeitlin, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, March 6, 2025
- UPDATE: Corporate Transparency Act Back on as Potential Changes Loom, with Edward H. Burrell III, William M. Joseph (Bill), Walter S. Robertson and Alison M. Zeitlin, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, February 20, 2025
- Future of the Corporate Transparency Act is Uncertain, with Edward H. Burrell III, William M. Joseph (Bill), Walter S. Robertson and Alison M. Zeitlin, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, December 5, 2024
- Serves as outside general, ESOP, and corporate counsel to clients in the aerospace, telecommunications, engineering, manufacturing, and construction industries (including government contractors in these industries).
- Represents businesses, fiduciaries, and shareholders in transactions involving the establishment, maintenance, administration, and termination of ESOPs, including Department of Labor investigations.
- Advises businesses entering into a wide variety of significant commercial transactions, including supply agreements, manufacturing agreements, distribution agreements, teaming agreements, joint ventures, confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements, and services agreements (including related government funding requirements).
- Leads teams through M&A transactions and other strategic corporate transactions, including coordinating or advising on investment bank engagements, deal structuring, due diligence, and post-closing integration.
- Hispanic National Bar Association Latina Executive Leadership Program, Class of 2021
- Leadership Louisville, Class of 2021
- Maryhurst, Inc., Board of Directors and Corporate Secretary (2012-18)
Before Stites & Harbison
Rachel joined Stites & Harbison in September 2007 after participating in the firm’s summer associate program in 2005 and 2006.
More Than Stites & Harbison
In her spare time, Rachel loves to travel and explore new places with her husband and sons.
Languages
- Spanish
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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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Why local counsel matters in Kentucky
Practicing law in Kentucky. Legal matters in Kentucky are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Louisville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Kentucky state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Kentucky 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 Kentucky courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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