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Ciara Kennedy

Legal Project Manager
Baker & McKenzie Services Limited
Not admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction

Biography

Ciara is a Legal Project Manager in the Global Transactional practice group, based in London. With over six years of experience at Baker McKenzie, she specializes in cross-border M&A, restructuring, and carve-out projects. Ciara's focus is designing and implementing strategic project management frameworks to successfully deliver complex, cross-border transactions. She is also a certified PRINCE2 Practitioner and holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Practice Focus

Ciara brings a wealth of experience in designing and implementing project governance frameworks, communication plans, and reporting systems. Her expertise includes identifying efficiencies, dependency and interface management, in particular with central PMO / SMO functions, to ensure cross-functional alignment and transparency among all deal stakeholders. Ciara has a specialized focus on legal technology and data analysis to provide efficient, insightful reports that track and communicate project status effectively.

Ciara supports clients across a range of industries, with a particular focus on Industrials and Healthcare.

Representative Experience

  • Supporting Novonesis on the global carve-out and sale of its lactase business to Kerry Group PLC.

  • Supporting Thales on the carve-out and sale of its Global Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) activity to Hitachi Rail

  • Supporting Emerson Electric Co. on the USD 14 billion carve-out and sale of its Climate Technologies division to Blackstone.

  • Supporting Emerson Electric Co. on the USD 3 billion carve-out and sale of its InSinkErator division to Whirlpool.

  • Supporting GlaxoSmithKline Plc on the separation and listing of its Consumer Healthcare JV with Pfizer.

  • Supporting Olam on the USD 20 billion value internal re-organization and IPO project.

  • Supporting KKR on its acquisition of Coty's professional and retail hair business for USD 4.3 billion.

Corporate Responsibility

  • Mental Health First Aider - MHFA England

Education

  • PeopleCert (PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner)
  • BakerLearn (Lean Six Sigma Green Belt)
  • University of Bristol (Law LLB) (2018)
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.