Chelsea efficiently and effectively delivers creative legal solutions for clients in corporate finance and private equity.

Overview

Chelsea focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, general business law and corporate governance.

She represents publicly and privately held companies, as well as private equity and venture capital funds in mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. Chelsea also has experience with offerings of debt securities and with structured finance and securitization transactions. She also counsels nonprofit organizations through formation and corporate governance matters.

Chelsea also helps her clients – from public companies to startups – strategically approach their commercial contracting needs, including purchase and sale agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, entity formation documents, joint venture agreements and executive employment documents.

Chelsea has experience in several industries, including animal health, energy, technology, waste management, financial services and consumer products.

Experience

Chelsea has significant experience representing clients in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including:

  • Numerous transactions for Koch Industries, Inc. and its affiliates
  • Acquisition of EnviroSolutions, Inc. by Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE) (terms not disclosed)
  • Association of Verified Beef by American Angus Association (terms not disclosed)
  • Sale of a $14 million investment bioscience portfolio held by a government entity to a private investment company
  • Sale of franchisee's 44 restaurant franchises located in 7 states to the restaurants' national franchisor for $208 million
  • Sale of an 80% limited liability company membership interest in a glass and glazing contractor for $16 million with a potential of an additional $2.6 million in earn-outs
  • Sale of telecommunication cabinet distributor for $23 million
  • Sale of warehouse operating company and its real estate holdings to real estate developer for $103 million

She has represented clients in venture capital transactions totaling more than $500 million.

Chelsea has represented a public utility company in issuances of over $345 million of first mortgage bonds and over $410 million of senior notes.

Admissions

  • Missouri, 2014
  • Kansas, 2015
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2014

  • University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Lead Comment Editor
  • The Order of the Barristers
  • The Urban Lawyer, Staff Member

University of Missouri-Kansas City, B.A., 2011

  • Chancellors Scholar, 2007-2011
  • Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete, 2007-2011
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