Kendrick Hardison is a senior law clerk who focuses his practice on general corporate matters, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets, and investment funds.
Kendrick is not admitted to practice law.
Professional Highlights
- Authored client-facing articles on equity dilution, convertible notes versus SAFEs, and SEC rule withdrawals affecting investment funds and corporate issuers.
- Prepared subscription documents, limited partnership agreements and side letters for venture capital funds, co-investment funds and a cryptoasset hedge fund.
- Drafted corporate, financing and governance documents for EC/VC, M&A, and capital markets transactions, including ancillary documents, board consents and closing deliverables.
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- Collaborated with an engineering team to develop an AI-driven LPA review tool for analyzing market provisions across private fund agreements.
- Named a William Louis-Dreyfus Scholar, Baker Botts Scholar, Carnegie IPSCON Junior Scholar and three-time recipient of the Duke Summer Research Fellowship.
Education
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J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2026
Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University, 2023
M.A., Political Science, Duke University, 2022
M.A., International Affairs, University of Georgia, 2019
M.A., Economics, University of Georgia, 2018
B.S./B.S., Mathematics and Economics, 2017