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Keith Townsend specializes in representing public and private companies with respect to mergers & acquisitions, capital markets transactions and governance matters. Keith co-leads King & Spalding’s Public Companies Practice Group. In addition, Keith has served on our Managing Policy Committee.
Keith has substantial experience working on a broad range of public company M&A transactions, including stock-for-stock strategic mergers, tender offers, spin-offs, cross-border transactions, statutory cash mergers and divestitures, and SPAC mergers.
Keith also has significant experience representing issuers in IPOs and offerings of debt, preferred stock and hybrid securities. Specifically, Keith’s capital markets experience includes initial public offerings, secondary offerings, “shelf” offerings, “at-the-market” offerings and Rule 144A offerings, as well as private placement transactions, tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and other corporate reorganization and liability management transactions.
Keith has extensive experience in advising boards and the C-suite for public company clients on governance issues, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and disclosure requirements, activism and other corporate and securities matters.
Keith has been recognized by Chambers USA, M&A Advisor and Georgia Super Lawyers.
J.D., University of Virginia, Order of the Coif
B.A., The University of Tennessee, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Georgia
State Bar of Georgia
March 21, 2023
U.S. Xpress to be Acquired by Knight-Swift Transportation
March 3, 2023
King & Spalding Advises Trane Technologies on $700 Million Senior Notes Offering
Advised Total System Services, Inc. in its $54 billion merger of equals with Global Payments
Advised Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. in pending $3 billion merger of equals with Neenah Inc.
Advised Exterran Corp. in pending $1.5 billion merger with Enerflex Ltd.
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September 2, 2022
Five Q&A’s Regarding the SEC’s Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules
May 5, 2022
The Rise of Crypto SPACs
March 20, 2022
Delaware Chancery Court Issues Highly Anticipated SPAC-Related Decision
March 21, 2023
U.S. Xpress to be Acquired by Knight-Swift Transportation
March 3, 2023
King & Spalding Advises Trane Technologies on $700 Million Senior Notes Offering
Advised Total System Services, Inc. in its $54 billion merger of equals with Global Payments
Advised Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. in pending $3 billion merger of equals with Neenah Inc.
Advised Exterran Corp. in pending $1.5 billion merger with Enerflex Ltd.
See more
September 2, 2022
Five Q&A’s Regarding the SEC’s Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules
May 5, 2022
The Rise of Crypto SPACs
March 20, 2022
Delaware Chancery Court Issues Highly Anticipated SPAC-Related Decision
March 21, 2023
U.S. Xpress to be Acquired by Knight-Swift Transportation
March 3, 2023
King & Spalding Advises Trane Technologies on $700 Million Senior Notes Offering
J.D., University of Virginia, Order of the Coif
B.A., The University of Tennessee, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Georgia
State Bar of Georgia