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 co-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 U.S. She also assists multinational clients with respect to corporate compliance and foreign subsidiary management.

Kelly has 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, SEED School of Maryland (where she chairs the Board of Trustees), and the SEED Foundation. She is a visiting lecturer at several law schools in Mexico City. She has received the "Leadership in Law" award by The Daily Record and been named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women.

Kelly has been honored as an "Acritas Star" (2018), a "Recognised Practitioner" by Chambers USA (Corporate/M&A, Maryland, 2017-2018) and Legal 500 Latin America (Region-wide, 2014-2015), and was named a 2011 Leading Advisor by Finance Monthly magazine in its Leading Advisor 100 list of leading transaction advisors across the globe.