Mr. Richard R. Kelly is a lawyer practicing corporate & securities, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions and 4 other areas of law. Richard received a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College, and has been licensed for 53 years. Richard practices at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. in Boston, MA.
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Firm InformationPositionMemberFirm NameMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Matters: M&A & Other Transactional Practice: Spyglass, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPYG) underwriters in the first Internet company IPO, as well as issuers in multiple other public offerings,
companies
venture capital investors in numerous venture capital investments
America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) in its acquisitions of CompuServe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMPU), Mirabilis Ltd. (ICQ), Mindspring
other matters
Xyplex, Inc. in its sale to the Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
Steinway Musical Properties, Inc. in its leveraged purchase from CBS
subsequent divestitures
Steinway Musical Properties, Inc. in its sale to the Selmer Company, renamed Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: LVB)
Ekco Group, Inc. (NYSE: EKO) in its management buyout (MBO)
multiple later M&A transactions
Advantage Health Corporation (NASDAQ: ADHC) in its sale to HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS)
Atex Media Solutions, Inc. in multiple acquisitions, including that of Unisys Media with assets
operations in 15 countries
Atex Media Solutions, Inc. in its reorganization into a UK holding company, Atex Group Limited,
a rights offering
equity placement
Cedara Software Corporation (TSX: CDE / NASDAQ: CDSW) in its acquisition of eMed Technologies, Inc.
Lavastorm Technologies, Inc. in its sale to Martin Dawes Systems Limited
Fastclick, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSTC) sale to ValueClick, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCLK)
Funk Software, Inc. in its sale to Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNR)
Visual Sciences, LLC in its sale to WebSideStory, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSSI)
The DeWolfe Companies, Inc. (AMEX: DWL) in its sale to Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD)
Collective Br
s, Inc. (NYSE: PSS) in its purchase of Stride Rite Corporation (NYSE: SRR) (Massachusetts counsel)
Hellman & Friedman in its purchase of Kronos Incorporated (NASDAQ: KRON) (Massachusetts counsel)
Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EGL) in its acquisition of Dynamics Research Corporation (NASDAQ: DRCO) (Massachusetts counsel)
Myrexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYRX) in its pursuit of strategic alternatives
extraordinary dividend to stockholders
Chyron Corporation (NASDAQ: CHYR) in its purchase of Hego AB
Datamarket ehf in its sale to Qlik Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: QLIK)
Lumira Holdings Ltd in its expatriation to the U.K.
in connection with its private placements
acquisitions of connected health companies
Special Committee & Independent Director Representation: Ticketmaster (NASDAQ: TKTM) special committee in the sale of the public shareholders' equity to IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI)
Terra Networks S.A., aka Terra Lycos (NASDAQ: TRLY), independent directors in a strategic agreement with its control shareholder, Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF)
The Princeton Review, Inc. (NASDAQ: REVU) special committee in a Bain Capital-led strategic financing
TRC Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRR) special committee in a related-party PIPE financing
Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) independent director in the sale of the public shareholders' equity to Novartis AG
deCODE genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCGN) special committee in its sale to Saga Investments LLC
Orchid Cellmark, Inc. (NASDAQ: ORCH) special committee in its sale to Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE: LH)
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: LVB) special committee in various related-party matters
Macquarie Infrastructure Company, LLC (NYSE: MIC) independent directors in various related-party matters
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1973, Massachusetts
1981, District of Columbia
1978, South Carolina
MembershipsProfessional & Community Involvement:
•Member, American Bar Association, International Law Committee
•Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
•Member, Boston Bar Association
•Member, International Bar Association, Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee
•2013 Annual Conference Panelist (Shareholder Agreements and Shareholder Disputes)
•2014 Annual Conference Panelist (Structuring Social Entrepreneurship Organisations)
•2014 Silicon Valley: Startup to Exit Conference, Panel Organizer
•2015 World Life Sciences Conference, Corporate Finance Panel Co-Chair and Support Committee Member
•2015 Annual Conference Panelist (Trends in Venture Capital and Corporate Finance for Privately-Held Companies) -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolHarvard University
J.D.
Other EducationDartmouth College
B.A.
Mr. Richard R. Kelly
One Financial CenterBoston, MA 02111U.S.A.