Company: MKLY
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-059789
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Company: McKinley Acquisition Corp
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form: S-1
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abh Shah — Chief Operating OfficerMr. Shah has extensive hands -onSPAC experience and has served as our Chief Operating Officer since May 1, 2025. He has served as Managing Director and Senior Counsel to Belay Associates, a dedicated SPAC sponsor platform focused on sourcing, structuring, and executing business combinations with high -growthcompanies since 2021. He is a senior securities attorney with deep expertise in financial transactions, investment management, and federal securities laws and regulations. Prior to joining Belay Associates, Mr. Shah served as Chief Compliance Officer and Regulatory Counsel at Hines, a global real estate investment firm, where he was responsible for firm -wideregulatory strategy and compliance oversight beginning in 2016. Mr. Shah previously served as a senior official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he was Special Counsel to Commissioner Troy Paredes and later Special Counsel to the Director of the Division of Investment Management. At the SEC, Mr. Shah advised on a wide range of enforcement, accounting, examination, and policymaking activities. He was directly involved in writing new rules regulating investment advisers under the Dodd -FrankWall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and was the principal drafter of the SEC’s initial regulatory framework for robo -advisors. 5 Table of Contents Before government service, Mr. Shah held senior legal roles at Citigroup, where he advised on strategic acquisitions and the development and distribution of alternative investment products, and with Merrill Lynch, where he negotiated the structure, terms, documentation, and closing of numerous private capital investments in technology companies. Mr. Shah began his legal career in the corporate department of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York. His practice there focused on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and investment management transactions for both domestic and international clients. Mr. Shah earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School, a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Political Science from Rice University. Our Independent Directors Jonathan Rosenzweig — Director Jonathan Rosenzweig is a solutions -drivenand results -orientedleader with strong analytical acumen, talent development expertise, and communication skills. Throughout his career of more than 30 years, he has analyzed and interacted with management teams at both public and private companies of varying sizes. He has forged relationships with a wide range of institutional investors as well, from venture capital to the largest