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Consumer Horizons webinar - COVID-19, lessons learned and what's next while keeping your supply chain running
25 February 2021 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (EST)
PartnerWashington, D.C., Baltimore
Email kelly.hardy@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 202 637 5647 (Washington, D.C.) +1 410 659 2782 (Baltimore)
Fax +1 202 637 5910 (Washington, D.C.) +1 410 659 2701 (Baltimore)
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Noted for her "sophisticated and loyal client base."
Chambers Global
Kelly Hardy is skilled at recognizing and explaining differences between legal frameworks and helping clients manage their global legal needs. She has represented clients on matters throughout the world and in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, life sciences, education, government contracting, and energy. She also heads the firm's global Consumer industry sector group.
A fluent Spanish and English speaker, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions, Kelly regularly advises clients on expansion into new markets, as well as non-U.S. clients on foreign direct investments into the United States. She also assists multinational clients with respect to corporate compliance and foreign subsidiary management.
Kelly has over 20 years' experience advising U.S. and global clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, restructurings, post-merger integrations, corporate governance, and compliance in established and emerging markets throughout the world.
Kelly is extensively involved in civic and pro bono work, serving on the boards of Appleseed Mexico, the World Trade Center Institute, and SEED School of Maryland. She has been a visiting lecturer at several law schools in Mexico City.
Kelly has received the Leadership in Law award from The Daily Record, been named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women, honored as an Acritas Star, and ranked by Chambers USA and Legal 500.
Acritas Star
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers
Corporate/M&A (Maryland)
Chambers USA
M&A: Corporate and Commercial: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Legal 500 US
Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 Latin America
Leadership in Law
The Daily Record
Education
J.D., University of Maryland, with honors, Order of the Coif, 1996
M.B.A., University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, 1996
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, 1990
Memberships
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, SEED School of Maryland, Inc.
Board Member, Appleseed Mexico
Board Member, World Trade Center Institute, Inc.
Member, Maryland State Bar Association Business Law Council
Harvard Leadership Program, 2006
Bar admissions and qualifications
Maryland
District of Columbia
Represented GP Strategies Corporation in the acquisition of RWD Technologies, Inc., a global consulting business, in numerous domestic acquisitions.
Represented West Pharmaceuticals, Inc. with its US$173m tender offer to purchase Convertible Subordinated Debentures.
Led team representing S&P 500 company in management of global legal needs.
Represented UK-based manufacturing company in buyout of joint venture partner in Argentina.
Represented global chemical and plastics company in the structuring and negotiation of various joint venture and investment transactions.
Represented U.S. public company in multi-year post-merger integration project spanning the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East.
Represented Remedi Seniorcare in negotiation of a US$300m equity commitment from Centerbridge Partners L.P.
Represent HRH Charles Prince of Wales' Prince's Rainforest Project in assessment of legal and regulatory frameworks in six Latin American countries.
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