Kelly represents national and community banks, insurance companies and other lending institutions in sophisticated commercial finance and real estate transactions ranging in size from $2.5MM to $1B. Clients favor her pragmatic approach to structuring, drafting, negotiating and closing their transactions. They have an appreciation for her expertise, responsiveness and ability to close deals efficiently and quickly while always safeguarding their interests. Kelly has extensive knowledge of the New York Lien Law and is often her clients go-to person for assistance in structuring construction loans in New York.
Kelly’s experience in commercial real estate transactions includes:
- multi-family
- office
- retail
- industrial
- assisted living/health/senior care facilities
- mixed-use properties
She also advises clients on asset-based transactions including equipment loans, accounts receivable loans, warehouse loans and viatical life settlement policies and loans with other specialty collateral under Article 9 of the UCC. Some of the types of transactions Kelly works on regularly include construction, term, revolving and syndicated loans secured by business and/or real estate assets. She also has experience in, and provides assistance to lenders in connection with, financings for projects involving affordable housing, tax credits, renewable energy and U.S. and international investments in natural resources, including, timber.
In addition, Kelly advises on the workout and restructuring of various types of loans secured by a wide range of collateral. She has a firm understanding of the dynamics of workouts and loan restructures and has successfully completed many such transactions for her lender clients.
For owners and developers of commercial real estate, Kelly assists clients in structuring drafting, negotiating and closing complex acquisitions and dispositions, sale-leasebacks, and leasing transactions.
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers: Real Estate (2018)
- Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer Rising Star®: Real Estate (2018-2020)
- Listed as New England Super Lawyers® Rising Star: Real Estate (2013-2017)
- New Leader in the Law, Connecticut Law Tribune (2017)
- 40 Under 40, Fairfield County Business Journal (2016)
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Fairfield County Bar Association
- Real Estate Finance Association, Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Vice President