Kathryn A. Kelly

Kathryn A. Kelly is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Kathryn represents clients in a broad range of tax matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, restructurings, and financing transactions.

Before joining the firm, Kathryn served as a law clerk to Judge William B. Traxler, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Kathryn earned her Juris Doctor in 2010 from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Tax Law. In 2002, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Southwestern University, where she was a Presidential Scholar and Fleming Fellow. She graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors in Economics.

Kathryn serves on the advisory board of the Columbia Journal of Tax Law.

Kathryn is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Capabilities

• Tax
• Aerospace and Defense
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Infrastructure
• Investment Funds
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Projects
• Sports Law

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 2010 Juris Doctor
• Southwestern University - 2002 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar

Clerkships:

• US Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, Hon. William B. Traxler Jr., 2010 - 2011