Stephen Kelly
Canada Guide 2025
Band 2 : Corporate/Commercial
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About
Provided by Stephen Kelly
Practice Areas
Stephen Kelly practises corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He regularly acts for large public companies, underwriters and investors in public offerings, including initial public offerings, bought-deal transactions and cross-border offerings as well as private placement transactions.
Mr. Kelly frequently advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions both nationally and internationally and has advised numerous boards of directors and independent committees in the context of M&A, compliance, corporate investigations and governance matters generally. He also advises clients on corporate reorganizations, continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance matters, preparing shareholders’ meetings and other ongoing securities law questions.
Chambers Review
Canada
Montréal-based Stephen Kelly is the national practice head for the firm's Canadian business group. He operates a broad corporate practice that features strength in both M&A and corporate finance.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stephen Kelly is calm, rational, and able to rally a board easily in tough times. He is our go-to guy for bet-the-company situations."
"Stephen is a very strong advisor and has great business judgement."
"Stephen is excellent at highlighting potential risks for our business and taking a reasonable commercial approach."
"Stephen Kelly is calm, rational, and able to rally a board easily in tough times. He is our go-to guy for bet-the-company situations."
"Stephen is a very strong advisor and has great business judgement."
"Stephen is excellent at highlighting potential risks for our business and taking a reasonable commercial approach."