Brandon R. Keel

• Representing SCANA Corporation in various litigation matters arising out of the abandonment of SCANA’s new nuclear power development at the V.C. Summer nuclear station in South Carolina, including the defense of ratepayer class actions, securities class action litigation, shareholder derivative lawsuits, and a regulatory proceeding in which SCANA achieved approval for a proposed $14.6 billion merger with Dominion Energy.
• Representing Equifax, Inc. in securities class action litigation and related government investigations arising out of the data breach announced in September 2017.
• Representing Quorum Health Corporation, an owner and operator of acute care hospitals, and its former officers in defense of securities class action and derivative litigation relating to Quorum’s spin-off from its former parent company.
• Representing U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., a large truckload carrier, and its directors and officers in securities class action litigation relating to the company’s 2018 initial public offering.
• Representing Tivity Health, Inc., a provider of health and fitness improvement programs, and its directors and officers in securities class action and derivative litigation.
• Representing Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., an owner and operater of behavioral healthcare facilities, and its directors and officers in securities class action litigation.
• Representing Aeterna Zentaris, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and certain of its former officers in securities class action litigation arising out of the FDA’s rejection of the company’s New Drug Application.
• Representing a leading company in the payment processing industry in connection with class action litigation brought on behalf of merchants.
• Represented an international airline in defense of a commercial dispute for alleged breach of contract.
• Represented one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies in defense of various consumer class action litigation.

Brandon Keel represents companies and their executives in high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration, focusing primarily on class actions, securities litigation, and other shareholder disputes. Brandon is a trial lawyer with first-chair experience and the Deputy Chair of the Firm's Securities and Shareholder Litigation practice. He has helped successfully represent clients through all stages of litigation in a variety of complex matters, including securities and consumer class actions, shareholder derivative lawsuits, contract disputes, post-closing M&A disputes, and business torts. 

During his career, Brandon has counseled numerous Fortune 500 companies through complex litigation, including industry leaders in energy, financial services, and consumer products. Before joining King & Spalding, Brandon was a litigation associate at another leading firm in Chicago, where he helped secure dismissals of various putative consumer class actions against one of the world's leading food and beverage companies. 

Brandon is admitted to practice before the state courts of Georgia and Illinois, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia and the Northern District of Illinois. He is a member of the Georgia and Illinois bars, as well as the Atlanta Bar Association.