C. Mark " Mark" Kelly

C. Mark " Mark" Kelly

Charlotte, NC recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007
Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Biography

Mark Kelly is a member of the Corporate Transactions & Securities Group in the firm’s Charlotte office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of public offerings, private financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

Mr. Kelly leads the firm’s private equity practice and has worked with private equity firms and their portfolio companies since the late 1980s in equity and debt financings, leveraged buyouts and exit transactions, including mergers with public companies. He has handled many private equity, LBO, venture capital and merger and acquisition transactions and has worked closely with many owners of private companies in the structuring and sale of their companies to equity sponsors, including through auctions run by investment banking firms.

Mr. Kelly received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University in 1986 and his B.A., cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College in 1983. He is listed in Super Lawyers magazine and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and he has been named to Best Lawyers in America in the areas of leveraged buyouts and private equity.
Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

Alston & Bird LLP logo

Overview

  • Washington and Lee University, graduated 1986
  • Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Hampden-Sydney College, BA, graduated 1983

  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Washington and Lee University, graduated 1986
  • Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Hampden-Sydney College, BA, graduated 1983

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Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Special Focus:
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

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