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 across a wide range of industries. Keegan’s clients have included Ingersoll Rand, Brookfield Asset Management, Stonepeak, Blackstone, Sony Music Entertainment, Investor AB and its portfolio companies, Sarnova and Laborie Medical Technologies, Thompson Street Capital Partners, DigitalBridge, Apax Partners, NextEra Energy Resources and Thompson Street Capital Partners, among many others. Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Keegan worked at another international law firm where he also advised private equity firms and public and private companies, including KKR in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Arnott’s and certain of Campbell’s International Operations from Campbell Soup Company.

Keegan’s recent representations include: 

• Stonepeak in its $8.1 billion acquisition of Astound Broadband and its $3.1 billion acquisition of Air Transport Services Group
• Brookfield Asset Management in its $1.7 billion acquisition of nVent Electric’s Thermal Management business
• Ingersoll Rand in several transactions, including its acquisition of SPX Flow’s Air Treatment Business, as well as its acquisition of Roots from Chart Industries

• BREIT, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and other long-term perpetual capital vehicles managed by Blackstone in their $10 billion acquisition of QTS Realty

• 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

• Blackstone Real Estate in its $7.6 billion acquisition of PS Business Parks

• BREIT in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Preferred Apartment Communities
• DigitalBridge in connection with a $3.3 billion tower transaction between DBRG’s portfolio company, Vertical Bridge, and Verizon Communications Inc.
• BREIT and Blackstone Property Partners in their $13 billion acquisition of American Campus Communities
• Sony Music Entertainment on several transactions, including its acquisition of Alamo Records
• MediaRadar, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Vivvix
• Laborie Medical Technologies, a portfolio company of Investor AB, in its acquisition of GI Supply
• Sarnova, a portfolio company of Investor AB, on several transactions, including the acquisition of One Beat Medical and the acquisition and simultaneous combination of Digitech and the R1 RCM Inc. EMS Business 
• NextEra Energy Resources in the formation of Nitro Renewables Holdings, LLC, a $900 million joint venture with funds managed or advised by affiliates of Blackstone Inc.
• Blackstone Growth as lead investor in a $225 million investment in Clari, valuing Clari at more than $2.6 billion 
• Apax Partners on its $500 million strategic investment in KAR Auctions
• Altus Fire & Life Safety, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners, in connection with its acquisition of Facility Compliance Services 

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.