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Akin Offices
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Mr Harry Keegan
Work Department
Partner; Cross-Border Transactions
Position
Harry Keegan’s practice focuses on international mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions, with a particular emphasis on emerging markets. He has considerable experience in equity offerings, stock exchange listings and UK Takeover Code governed transactions. The corporates in these transactions have operated in various industry sectors, including oil & gas, mining, telecommunications, technology, manufacturing, biotechnology/nanotechnology and financial services.
Harry has previously been seconded to two investment banks. He also advises issuers on continuing obligations and corporate governance issues.
He has considerable experience in international public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions, across a range of sectors, involving numerous countries including in Europe, Russia/CIS, Africa, the Middle-East, India and North America.
To learn more about Mr. Keegan, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/harry-keegan.html
Education
B.A., University of Oxford, with honors, 1994; City University (Diploma in Law); The College of Law, London (Diploma in Legal Practice); Bristol University (Diploma in European Human Rights Law)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
The ‘professional, responsive and business orientated’ team at Akin
has a client roster that features global corporates and financial institutions. Known for its presence in emerging markets, the team is well-versed in advising on investment portfolio matters for fund clients including complex and high-value multi-jurisdictional transactions. Leading the team are a trio of lawyers including Sebastian Rice, whose practice involves M&A, equity capital markets and private equity, the ‘very commercial’ Shaun Lascelles, also co-head of the firm’s project and energy transition practice, and the ‘excellent’ Gavin Weir, who has ‘deep knowledge of the market’ particularly in relation to financial services, technology and life sciences M&A. Focusing on both private equity and M&A transactions is Simon Rootsey, particularly across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, while public and private M&A practitioner Harry Keegan, who is an expert in takeovers, is highly knowledgeable about corporate transactions from a financial advisor’s perspective. Weyinmi Popo left the firm in March 2023 to join ASAFO & Co.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Acquisition finance