Co-Head of Investment Management Regulatory and Enforcement. Advises private funds on regulatory and compliance matters, particularly the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Kelly supports clients undergoing SEC examinations, including by handling deficiency letters and enforcement referrals and uses that experience to assist clients with exam preparedness.

She practices in the intersection of regulation and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, alternative data, web scraping and electronic communications.

Kelly also advises clients on data privacy and cybersecurity.

She regularly conducts client training sessions and is a sought-after presenter at leading industry conferences.

• A former Equifax CIO in a widely publicized insider trading case brought by the DOJ and the SEC in the Northern District of Georgia. The executive was charged with trading on material non-public information ahead of the company’s public announcement of its 2017 data breach.
• A private fund in connection with the SEC’s investigation of the 2014 Yahoo data breach.
• A broker-dealer portfolio company in parallel SEC and DOJ investigations of securities fraud, which resulted in a corporate criminal plea in the District of New Jersey and SEC settlement, as well as the related distribution of a $110 million SEC Fair Fund.
• A private equity fund in cross-border disputes relating to a failed investment in Brazil and various litigations attempting to hold the private equity sponsor responsible for its portfolio company’s liabilities; resolved related insurance coverage disputes with five insurers.

• New York Super Lawyers – Rising Star

Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, Georgetown University Law Center Advocacy Award
Rutgers University, BA

Admissions
New York

Courts/Agencies
US Supreme Court
US District Court, District of New Jersey
US District Court, Eastern District of New York
US District Court, Southern District of New York