Keegan T. Lopez

A Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department, Keegan Lopez regularly advises some of the world’s most prominent private equity sponsors, as well as public and private companies, on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dispositions, carve-outs, strategic investments, joint ventures and other corporate transactions.  His experience spans a wide range of industries, including industrials, healthcare, transportation and logistics, telecommunications, music and entertainment, technology, and services generally. Keegan’s clients have included Apax Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Ingersoll Rand, Investor AB and its portfolio companies, New Mountain Capital, Rosebank Industries, Sony Music, Stonepeak, Thompson Street Capital Partners, and The Wendy’s Company, among many others.  

Keegan’s recent representations include:

• Stonepeak in several transactions, including:
  • the combination of Astound Broadband with GFiber (formerly Google Fiber)
  • its $8.1 billion acquisition of Astound Broadband
  • its $3.1 billion acquisition of Air Transport Services Group
  • its acquisition of Dupre Logistics
• Brookfield Asset Management in a number of transactions, including:
  • its $1.7 billion acquisition of nVent Electric’s Thermal Management business
  • its $1.34 billion acquisition of Antylia Scientific
• Ingersoll Rand in several transactions, including:
  • its acquisition of SPX Flow’s Air Treatment Business
  • its acquisition of Roots from Chart Industries
  • the divestiture of its legacy asbestos liabilities to Delticus
• Apax Partners in a number of transactions, including:
  • its $500 million strategic investment in Openlane (f/k/a KAR Auctions) and its subsequent partial sale of its investment in Openlane
  • Altus Fire & Life Safety, an Apax portfolio company, in connection with its acquisition of Facility Compliance Services
• Rosebank Industries in a number of transactions, including:
  • its acquisition of Electrical Components International for approximately $1.9 billion
  • its acquisition of MW Components and CPM for approximately $3.25 billion (inclusive of a potential earn-out)
• New Mountain Capital in the sale of Qualus to Clearlake
• Johnson Controls in the sale of its Residential and Light Commercial HVAC business to the Bosch Group in an all-cash transaction valued at $8.1 billion
• Investor AB and its portfolio companies, Advanced Instruments, Sarnova and Laborie Medical Technologies, on a number of transactions, including:
  • Advanced Instrument’s acquisition of Nova Biomedical for $2.2 billion
  • Laborie Medical Technologies’ acquisition of the JADA® System for up to $465 million
  • Laborie Medical Technologies’ acquisition of GI Supply
  • Sarnova’s acquisition of One Beat Medical
  • Sarnova’s acquisition of RescueStat
  • Sarnova’s acquisition of Golden Hour Data Systems from Zoll Medical Corporation
• Sony Music on several acquisitions and joint venture transactions, including its acquisition of Alamo Records
• Blackstone Real Estate and BREIT in a number of transactions, including:
  • BREIT’s acquisition, together with Blackstone Property Partners, of American Campus Communities for $13 billion
  • BREIT’s acquisition, together with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and other long-term perpetual capital vehicles managed by Blackstone, of QTS Realty for $10 billion
  • Blackstone Real Estate’s $7.6 billion acquisition of PS Business Parks
  • BREIT’s $5.8 billion acquisition of Preferred Apartment Communities

• Thompson Street Capital Partners and its portfolio company, MediaRadar, on a number of acquisitions, including MediaRadar’s acquisition of Vivvix
• Blackstone Growth as lead investor in a $225 million investment in Clari, valuing Clari at more than $2.6 billion
• NextEra Energy Resources in the formation of Nitro Renewables Holdings, a $900 million joint venture with funds managed or advised by affiliates of Blackstone
• DigitalBridge in a number of transactions, including:
  • its acquisition, together with Crestview Partners, of WideOpenWest (WOW!) for $1.5 billion
  • the $3.3 billion tower transaction between DBRG’s portfolio company, Vertical Bridge, and Verizon Communications
• Macquarie Asset Management on its investment of up to $5.0 billion in Applied Digital’s HPC Data Centers

Keegan received his LL.B. (with Honors) from the University of Auckland, where he received the Senior Scholar Award from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Law Dean's Academic Excellence Award. Keegan received his B.A. from the University of Auckland.