JOCELYNE KELLY is an associate in Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity group in the Dallas, Texas office, where she handles complex corporate and transactional matters for clients across a variety of industries. Jocelyne has experience advising both domestic and international private and pension fund sponsors as well as corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and other corporate matters. She also represents issuers and investment banking firms in public and private equity and debt offerings and advises clients on Exchange Act reporting obligations and corporate governance matters.
Prior to joining Sidley, Jocelyne worked as a corporate associate in the London office of an international law firm, where she represented both issuer and underwriter-side clients on a variety of equity and debt capital markets transactions, including IPOs, rights issues, high yield debt, and EMTN programs.
Associate
Jocelyne E. Kelly
- M&A
- Capital Markets
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Memberships and Activities
- Vistra Corp. Represented Vistra Corp. in numerous 144A private offerings of senior notes and senior secured notes totaling more than $5 billion in aggregate proceeds to fund the tender, redemption, and retirement of outstanding debt in overall liability management program.
- Eagle Materials Inc. Represented Eagle Materials Inc. in its US$350 million senior notes offering.
- Tepha Inc. Represented Tepha, a leading developer and manufacturer of a proprietary resorbable polymer technology (Poly 4-hydroxybutyric acid, P4HB), in its sale to Becton, Dickinson and Company.
- Underwriters. Represented the underwriters in multiple depositary share and preferred offerings of Textainer.
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (investment in BeyondTrust). Represented Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in a significant strategic investment in BeyondTrust, a leading provider of Privileged Access Management software solutions.
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (acquisition of InvestCloud). Represented Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its joint partnership with Motive Partners in acquiring InvestCloud and simultaneously combining InvestCloud with existing Motive portfolio companies, Finantix and Tegra118, to create a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) wealth solutions financial technology provider.
- Rexel USA Inc. Represented Rexel USA Inc. in the divestiture of its Gexpro Services business unit to LKCM Headwater Investments.
- OMERS Private Equity (acquisition of Community Vet Partners). Represented OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of Community Vet Partners, an owner and operator of veterinary hospitals in the U.S., from Cortec Group.
- HMS Holdings Corp. (acquisition of the Accent payment accuracy business). Represented HMS Holdings Corp. in its acquisition of the Accent payment accuracy and cost containment business from Intrado Corporation.
- General Electric Company. Represented GE in a global joint venture with Baker Hughes for aero-derivative gas turbine engines and related transactions for GE’s separation from Baker Hughes.
- OMERS Private Equity (disposition of investment in National Veterinary Associates). Represented OMERS Private Equity in the disposition of its investment in National Veterinary Associates, a portfolio company of Ares Management, to an affiliate of JAB Holdings.
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board (investment in United Talent Agency). Represented PSP Investments in its investment in United Talent Agency.
- Alberta Investment Management Corporation (additional investment in Puget Sound Energy). Represented AIMCo in its acquisition of an additional stake in the holding company of Puget Sound Energy from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board (investment in Learning Care Group). Represented PSP Investments in its investment in Learning Care Group, a portfolio company of American Securities.
- ERM Group, Inc. (acquisition of BrownFlynn, Ltd.). Represented ERM Group in its acquisition of BrownFlynn, Ltd.
- PRA Group, Inc. (disposition of Government Services business). Represented PRA Group in the sale of its Government Services fee-for-service business to Millstein & Co.
- ERM Group, Inc. (acquisition of Michael Pisani & Associates). Represented ERM Group in its acquisition of Michael Pisani & Associates, Inc.
- OMERS Private Equity Inc. (investment in National Veterinary Associates). Represented OMERS Private Equity in its investment in National Veterinary Associates, a portfolio company of Ares Management.
- Vistra Corp. (initial public offering). Represented Vistra Corp. in its initial registration with the SEC on Form S 1 and listing on the NYSE following its spinoff from EFH Corp.
- OMERS Private Equity Inc. (acquisition of Great Expressions Dental Company). Represented OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of GEDC Super Holdings (Great Expressions Dental Company), provider of dental care services in the United States with 151 locations in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio, from Audax Private Equity.
Jocelyne is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Texas State Bar Association.
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Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- New York
- Texas
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2014
- Pepperdine University, B.A., B.A., 2011 (magna cum laude)