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Kelley Murphy is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s corporate department. Kelley’s practice is focused on representing public and private companies and investors in a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactional matters, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, private equity investments, and other strategic transactions and corporate governance matters. Kelley additionally advises public and private companies on ESG, corporate social responsibility, business and human rights and supply chain compliance matters.
Experience
- Represented Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. in its divestiture of the biosecurity business to a consortium of investors, resulting in Ginkgo’s minority equity position in the newly established standalone private entity focused on developing a scalable biosecurity infrastructure platform for the United States and global partners.
- Represented HP Inc. in its acquisition of key AI capabilities from Humane, including the AI-powered platform Cosmos.
- Represented LPL Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer network, in various strategic transactions with investment advisory and financial planning firms.
- Represented Stride Consumer Partners in its:
- investment in Crown Affair, a luxury haircare and tools company
- investment in Odele, a Minnesota-based hair care company
- investment in Patrick Ta Beauty, a luxury beauty brand
- investment in SkinFix, a clean skincare brand
- Represented Becton, Dickinson and Company in its acquisition of Parata Systems and sale of its Surgical Instrumentation platform to STERIS.
- Represented TriArtisan Capital Advisors in its:
- investment in EnergySolutions and entry into a definitive sale agreement with Energy Capital Partners, an investor across energy transition infrastructure, for the sale of EnergySolutions
- investment in P.F. Chang's
- investment in Denny’s Corp.
- Represented Galderma in connection with its sale of Alchemee (formerly The Proactiv Company) to Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- Represented Exeter Capital in partnering with NOBULL, a high-growth athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand.
- Represented EMCOR Group, Inc. in connection with various acquisitions, including Quebe Holdings, Inc., ECM Corp., Midwest Sprinkler Corporation and MechOne, Inc.
- Represented Attentive Behavior Care in its sale to Proud Moments, a behavioral health care provider.
- Advised large global asset managers on ESG and CSR aspects of various investments across technology, hospitality and life science industries.