Overview
Kelsey Hendrickson Butler is a transactional lawyer whose practice focuses on corporate finance. She represents banks, business development companies, small business investment companies and other private funds in a variety of financing transactions, including leverage buyouts and acquisition financings, working capital financings, strategic or growth financings, recapitalizations and loan workouts, and restructurings. Kelsey’s experience includes a broad variety of capitalization structures, including investment-grade debt financings, senior secured credit facilities, unitranche credit facilities, second lien and mezzanine debt investments, and minority equity investments.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America, One to Watch, banking and finance, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, 2022-26
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star, securities and corporate finance, 2024-25
- Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, Young Guns, 2021
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Emerging Business Leaders, Class 6
News & Events
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Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., high honors, 2015, Order of the Coif; Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review, 2014-15
University of South Carolina, B.A., magna cum laude, 2012, Honors College
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina