Kelsie Knight
Partner

Overview
Kelsie Knight is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office. Ms. Knight advises public and private clients on a range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund formations and general corporate governance.
In addition, Ms. Knight has experience representing clients in financing transactions, including large commercial banks in connection with syndicated lending, acquisition financing, note purchase and sale transactions, and the workout and restructuring of credit facilities.
Representative Experience
- Advised The Apollo Group, a leading provider of full-service hospitality management services to the cruise industry, on a significant growth investment from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P.
- Advised Azora in $3 billion partnership with Advenir to address U.S. housing shortage
- Represented QuarterNorth Energy Inc., a privately held offshore Gulf of Mexico exploration and production operator with working interests in several prolific deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets, in its $1.29 billion acquisition by Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO), a leading energy company focused on offshore oil and gas exploration and production as well as the development of future carbon capture and storage opportunities in the United States Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico and offshore Mexico
- Represented Sunshine Life & Health Advisors, a Florida-based field marketing organization focused on healthcare insurance, and its majority shareholders, in its partnership with Alliant Insurance Services Inc., one of the nation's leading distributors of diversified insurance products and services
Credentials
- South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D., magna cum laude
- Texas A&M University, B.A., cum laude
- Texas
- SIRE, Board of Directors
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- 12th Man Foundation
- South Texas College of Law (SCTL) Alumni Association
- South Texas Law Review, Editor in Chief
- Houston A&M Club
- American Bar Association
- Law360 Editorial Board Member, Mergers & Acquisitions, 2025
- One to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America guide, Houston Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2021, 2023-2025; Houston Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2025