Biography
Kelsie Ferris is an associate in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in Boston. Kelsie participates in the representation of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Kelsie has been part of the teams advising:
- Advent International in its acquisition of Maxar Technologies; as sponsor, in its $400 million acquisition of the aerospace and defense business of Coherent Corp.; along with Warburg Pincus and other minority shareholders, in its $2.35 billion sale of Encora Digital Inc.; and Cobham Ultra Group in its $1.55 billion sale of Ultra PCS to Eaton Corporation
- Astorg Partners in its approximately $282 million take-private acquisition of Hamilton Thorne and simultaneous acquisition of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) product portfolio of Cook Medical
- Cove Hill Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of Swiftly Parent, Inc.
- Providence Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Accelerate Learning Inc.
- TruArc Partners in its acquisitions of Trademark Cosmetics, Inc.; and New Directions Aromatic in its acquisition of 50.1% stake in Aromatic Fragrances International
Kelsie received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School, served as Comment Editor for the Suffolk University Law Review, and her B.S., summa cum laude, from University of Massachusetts Lowell.