Representative Expertise and Experience:

• Entity structure and formation, including negotiating organizational documents and agreements defining the relationships between company owners
• Corporate governance and general business issues
• Implementation and negotiation of acquisition and divestiture transactions in a variety of industries including, but not limited to, public company, private equity, merchant banking, banking, industrial, healthcare, and business services
• Contract review and negotiation for standard business agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, master service agreements, sales agreements, consulting agreements, employment agreements, data protection agreements, and other business arrangement agreements
• Compliance matters including sensitive internal investigations, data privacy, artificial intelligence
• Financial institution regulatory, compliance, governance, public filings, data privacy, mergers & acquisitions and other related matters
• Data privacy, regulatory, compliance and governance policies
• Non-profit organization formation (including 501(c)(3) application) and operations issues
  
  

Community Involvement:

• Legal counsel and ex-officio board member with the Tulsa Opera
• Advisory board member for Reading Partners (Tulsa)
• Member of the Tulsa Area United Way Women United Steering Committee

Kelsey Neal joined Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers PLLC as an Associate in 2021 after interning with Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers, PLLC during law school. Before joining the Firm, Ms. Neal worked at Verit Advisors as an Investment Banking Associate where she was a part of the transaction execution team with an emphasis on M&A and ESOP advisory services. Ms. Neal also worked for Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Investment Banking division (Technology & Services Group) where she gained significant M&A transaction execution experience.

Ms. Neal received her law degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law where she graduated cum laude and is a member of the Order of the Coif. At Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Ms. Neal served as a board member and Co-President of the Donal Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center Student Board. Ms. Neal graduated from Washington University in St. Louis where she received a Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Finance, with honors in economics, summa cum laude, and was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Neal played four years of varsity softball at WashU where she served as team captain and was a three-time Capital One Academic All-American (second in school history).