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Practice Experience

Mr. Keogh’s practice involves securities transactions, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate counseling and strategic advice.

In the securities area, Mr. Keogh represents issuers, private investors and underwriters from several countries in global and domestic public offerings of debt and equity, 144A offerings, debt restructuring, exchange offers and private placements.

Mr. Keogh represents industrial companies, service businesses and securities dealers in negotiated acquisition and joint venture activities, and in spin-offs and dispositions of non-strategic businesses. Many of these transactions are multinational.

Mr. Keogh also provides corporate counseling and strategic advice to senior management and directors of public companies and regularly advises on SEC reporting, disclosure and corporate governance matters.

Mr. Keogh is listed as a leading individual in Capital Markets--Debt & Equity in Chambers USA 2008 and prior years and in US Capital Markets Global Offerings in Legal 500 USA 2007 and prior years.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 1969
Connecticut State Bar, 1977

Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 1966
AB, History and Philosophy, with Honors, College of the Holy Cross, 1963

Publications
"SEC Proposes Modernization of Oil & Gas Reserve Reporting," SNL Energy, August 2008
"SEC Adopts Sweeping Changes for Executive and Director Compensation Disclosure," Bloomberg, August 2006
"Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not to Be Investment Advisers," Banking & Financial Services Policy Report, June 2005
"Non-US Companies Get Reprieve on Sarbanes-Oxley," Bloomberg, March 2005
"Code of Ethics: Thanks to SOX, You Need COE for Your CEO and CFO," M World, Summer 2003
"A Lawyers Dilemma: The Impact of Up-the-Ladder Reporting Under Sarbanes-Oxley," In-House Briefing, June 2003
"Getting In Shape For Sarbanes-Oxley," Asialaw, May 2003
"Why Regulators Should Leave Bank Conflicts Alone," International Financial Law Review, December 2002
Co-author, "Serving Two Masters," Legal Week Global, June 18, 2002

Speaking Engagements
"Rights Offerings-An Alternative to Traditional Financing Options," New York and London Briefing, March 25, 2009
"Liability for Securities Law Violations," New York City Bar Center for CLE, October 24, 2008
"Risk Disclosure," Practising Law Institute, October 19, 2007
"Disclosure of Trends and Forward-Looking Information," Practising Law Institute, February 3, 2006

Other Experience
Peace Corps Volunteer, Costa Rica, 1966-1968

Languages
English
Spanish

Citizenship
United States