Kennedy, Jeffrey W.

Jeffrey W. Kennedy

Associate
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Jeffrey Kennedy focuses his practice on assisting private equity firms and their portfolio companies in connection with a variety of transactional needs, including leveraged buyouts, debt and equity offerings, minority investments and general corporate counseling. Jeff also assists governmental and non-governmental entities with various tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances.

Jeffrey Kennedy focuses his practice on assisting private equity firms and their portfolio companies in connection with a variety of transactional needs, including leveraged buyouts, debt and equity offerings, minority investments and general corporate counseling. Jeff also assists governmental and non-governmental entities with various tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances.

Jeff’s experience includes assisting in the representation of:

  • Millstone Medical Outsourcing and its majority owner Schooner Capital in the sale of Millstone, a comprehensive solutions provider of quality-critical services to the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, to Arlington Capital Partners
  • Softworld, Inc., a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions firm, in its sale to Kelly Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB)
  • HES Facilities Services, LLC, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, in its acquisition of WFF Facility Services and Clean-Tech Company
  • Bright Horizons Family Solutions in connection with the acquisition of Choice Sitter LLC, a subsidiary of SitterCity Incorporated
  • ABRY Partners LLC in connection with a growth equity investment in Cayman Islands-based Asignet Holdings, Ltd., in exchange for equity interest therein
  • ABRY Partners LLC in connection with a growth equity investment in Sweden-based Boiling Water AB in exchange for equity interest therein
  • The State of Rhode Island in connection with COVID-19-related cash flow financings
  • Brown University in connection with a $300 million taxable bonds issuance
  • New England Innocence Project in connection with cases of wrongful conviction
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Education
  • J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 2019
    Staff Member, Northeastern University Law Review 
  • B.A., Political Science, University of Rhode Island, 2014
  • B.S., Sociology, University of Rhode Island, 2014
    University of Rhode Island Football Team
Bar Admissions
  • Rhode Island
Professional Affiliations
    • Board Member, Foster Forward
Awards & Recognitions
    • Honoree, Rhode Island Monthly Professional Excellence in the Law (2024)
Professional History
    • Police Officer, Pawtucket Police Department, Pawtucket, R.I. (2015-2017)
    • Correctional Officer, Bristol County Sheriff's Office, North Dartmouth, MA (2014)