Kelsey focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters, including complex corporate reorganizations, governance and commercial agreements. She has particular experience in stock acquisition transactions involving employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). She regularly advises corporations being sold to ESOPs, the trustees buying company stock in ESOP transactions, corporations that are owned by ESOPs and desire to sell to third parties, trustees of ESOPs being sold to third parties, and third-party buyers of existing ESOPs.


Focus Areas
- “CTA Enforcement Suspended for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Companies, Further Guidance Expected,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, March 2025
- “CTA Filing Requirements Reinstated; More Changes Expected,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, February 2025
- “FinCEN: Corporate Transparency Act Filings Still Voluntary and Enforcement on Hold,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, January 2025
- “Supreme Court Says Corporate Transparency Act Reporting & Enforcement Back On,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, January 2025
- “BOI Filing Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act Paused Again, but the Ping Pong Match is Not Over,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, January 2025
- “CTA Nationwide Injunction Lifted; December 31 Deadline Reinstated,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, December 2024
- “CTA Saga Continues – Expected Fifth Circuit Filings Could Foretell Year-End Filing Rush,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, December 2024
- “FinCEN Complying with CTA Preliminary Injunction, Says Filing Requirement Paused,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, December 2024
- “Nationwide CTS Preliminary Injunction Comes with Uncertainty,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, December 2024
- “Corporate Transparency Act: Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadline Approaching,” Thompson Hine Corporate Law Update, November 2024
- “Thinking About Buying an ESOP? Initial Considerations When Acquiring an ESOP-Owned Corporation,” Employee Relations Law Journal, March 2024
- “CTA Compliance for Employee Stock Ownership Plans,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, March 2024
- “So, You’re Thinking About Buying an ESOP? Initial Considerations When Acquiring an ESOP-owned Corporation,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, October 2023
- “Five Ways to Prepare to Sell to an ESOP,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Spring 2018
- “Customer Considerations for Negotiating Force Majeure Provisions,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Summer 2017
- “ESOP Annual Checklist Webinar,” Thompson Hine, February 2023
- “The Fundamentals of Corporate Board Governance and Fiduciary Duties,” presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Southwest Ohio, May 2022
- Included in the 2021 to 2025 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2023, 2024
- CALI Award for Excellence in Securities Regulation
- CALI Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance
- CALI Award for Excellence in Pretrial Litigation
Professional Associations
- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
Community Activities
- UpSpring, Board of Trustees, Governance Committee Chair
- Advisor, Chi Omega Chapter at University of Cincinnati
- Chi Omega Greater Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter
Education
- The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2014, magna cum laude,
Order of the Coif; managing editor, Ohio State Law Journal
- University of Cincinnati, B.A., 2011, summa cum laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- CTA Enforcement Suspended for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Companies, Further Guidance Expected,
Corporate Law Update
, March 3, 2025 - CTA Filing Requirements Reinstated; More Changes Expected,
Corporate Law Update
, February 20, 2025 - FinCEN: Corporate Transparency Act Filings Still Voluntary and Enforcement on Hold,
Corporate Law Update
, January 24, 2025 - Supreme Court Says Corporate Transparency Act Reporting & Enforcement Back On,
Corporate Law Update
, January 23, 2025 - BOI Filing Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act Paused Again, but the Ping Pong Match is Not Over,
Corporate Law Update
, January 3, 2025 - Following Reinstatement of CTA Filing Requirement, FinCEN Extends Deadline for Many (But Not All) Entities,
Corporate Law Update
, December 26, 2024 - CTA Nationwide Injunction Lifted; December 31 Deadline Reinstated,
Corporate Law Update
, December 23, 2024 - CTA Saga Continues – Expected Fifth Circuit Filings Could Foretell Year-End Filing Rush,
Corporate Law Update
, December 17, 2024 - FinCEN Complying with CTA Preliminary Injunction, Says Filing Requirement Paused,
Corporate Law Update
, December 9, 2024 - Nationwide CTA Preliminary Injunction Comes with Uncertainty,
Corporate Law Update
, December 5, 2024

