Meghan Kelly

Before entering private practice, Meghan served as an intern at the Office of the Attorney General in Augusta, Maine.

During law school, Meghan was a note development editor for the Boston University Law Review and president of the Student Government Association. Upon graduating, Meghan received the Sylvia Beinecke Robinson Award for her significant contribution to the life of the School of Law. Prior to law school, she worked as a legal intern for the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Meghan was a partner at another US law firm.

Business Services

• Represented an insurance agency in its $510 million sale to a global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting services firm
• Represented of a nonprofit health insurance company in its combination with a nonprofit health services company, creating New England’s largest nonprofit health services organization
• Represented a distributor of water infrastructure solutions in its sale to a private equity backed water treatment company
• Represented a branded hospitality platform in its acquisition of the outdoor IP portfolio of a sports retail company
• Represented a regional bank holding company and its subsidiary in its merger with a bank holding company in an all-stock transaction valued at $209 million
• Represented an IT service management company in its acquisition by a leading provider of information technology and business processing services through its wholly owned US subsidiary
• Represented of a transportation logistics company for the life sciences and government sectors in its acquisition by a supply chain management company
• Represented a private equity firm in its recapitalization and merger of two aerial inspection companies
• Represented a digital payments management provider of business services for SMEs, fintechs, and social impact entities across Africa in its acquisition by an African digital payment hub

Technology

• Represented a leading provider of eSource and other eClinical technologies in a significant investment from a global growth-oriented private equity firm
• Represented a bitcoin mining company in its sale to an AI infrastructure company
• Represented a digital advertising company in its acquisition of a news aggregator
• Represented a market research company in its disposition of a course evaluation software company and in its eventual sale to a market research firm
• Represented a developer of software for penetration testers and red teams in its acquisition by a cybersecurity company
• Represented an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider for the food services industry in its acquisition by merger by a food service manufacturing company
• Represented a software development company in its majority recapitalization by a private equity firm

Consumer Products and Manufacturing

• Represented a snack company in its sale to a beverage manufacturing company
• Represented a biltong snack company in its acquisition by a leading air-dried meat snack company
• Represented a cupcake bakery in its acquisition by a food gift retailer
• Represented a company that develops, produces, and markets yeast, bacteria, and specialty ingredients in its acquisition of yeast manufacturing operations in Minnesota, in its asset acquisition of a yeast manufacturing plant and business based in North Dakota and in its acquisition of a full-service contract manufacturer specializing in the formation and supply of probiotic solutions
• Represented a leading lighting manufacturer in its acquisition of a Boston-based company that specializes in industrial IoT solutions
• Represented a leading medical specialty manufacturer of infection prevention, wound care, clinical chemistry, patient monitoring, and medical and surgical consumable products in its acquisition by a leading North American healthcare specialty manufacturer focused on oral and dental care and medical end markets
• Represented a provider of valves and other highly engineered products for markets including oil and gas, power generation, and aerospace and defense in its acquisition of a developer and manufacturer of high-quality severe service valves for oil and gas refineries for $210 million
• Represented a manufacturer of engineered multilayer fabrics for automotive and other uses in its joint venture with the automotive headliner and specialty industrial fabrics business of a fabric manufacturer
• Represented a manufacturer of automotive, solar, safety, and security films in its acquisition of select assets of an established supplier of protection films

Life Sciences

• Represented a clinical-stage biotech company in its sale to a pharmaceutical company
• Represented a full-service CRO focused on providing early phase oncology clinical development services to the biotechnology industry in its acquisition by a clinical development organization providing highly customizable clinical research solutions to the global biopharmaceutical industry

Emerging Companies

• Represented a food packaging company in a Series A financing led by a venture capital company with participation from three other venture capital companies
• Represented a software company in a $21 million investment from a private equity firm
• Represented a developer and manufacturer of low-carb, gluten-free cauliflower products in a Series A financing round
• Represented a probiotic water kefir maker in a financing round
• Represented a food company in a round of financing led by a private equity firm
• Represented a cold brew coffee maker in its Series A equity round of financing