Keith S. Crow, P.C.

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Chicago +1 312 862 2181

Keith S. Crow, P.C.

Overview

Keith S. Crow P.C. is a partner based in the Firm's Chicago office. He represents clients in a wide range of U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, joint ventures and spin-offs. In addition to transactional matters, he counsels public companies on corporate governance, public disclosure and other issues. He has significant experience with companies in distress situations and bankruptcy. 

Keith was seconded to a London law firm, where he was involved in a number of U.K. transactional and counseling matters.

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Counsel to Amsted Industries in a variety of acquisitions and divestitures
  • Counsel to MWH Global in its $800 million sale to Stantec
  • Counsel to Aon in its $475 million acquisition of The Townsend Group and its acquisition of CoverWallet
  • Counsel to Kellogg Company in a variety of U.S. and international bids and acquisitions in the food industry, including its $600 million acquisition of RXBAR
  • Counsel to GKN plc in a variety of bids and acquisitions in the automotive and aerospace industries, including its €700 million acquisition of Fokker Technologies
  • Counsel to Navistar, Inc. in a number of bids and acquisitions in the transportation equipment industry
  • Counsel to Sara Lee Corporation in a variety of bids, acquisitions and divestitures in the consumer products industry

Joint Ventures

  • Counsel to Discovery Limited, a South African life and health insurance company, in U.S. joint ventures for health and life insurance
  • Counsel to Navistar, Inc. in a joint venture to produce electric vehicles
  • Counsel to Kellogg Company in a strategic alliance with Walt Disney Company
  • Counsel to GKN plc in a strategic alliance with Dana Corporation in automotive products

Securities Offerings and Spin-offs

  • Counsel to Sara Lee Corporation in the $4.5 billion spin-off of its branded apparel business
  • Counsel to Kellogg Company in public offerings of more than $12 billion in debt securities
  • Counsel to General Motors in its sale of $3.75 billion of convertible debt securities
  • Counsel to high yield issuers in various secured and unsecured note offerings
  • Counsel to Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the initial public offering of Coach, Inc.

Private Equity and Strategic Investments

  • Counsel to Marquette Venture Partners and other clients in more than 30 venture capital investments in the internet, medical device, pharmaceutical, software, information technology and specialty retail fields
  • Counsel to Sara Lee Corporation, a major insurance company and other clients in strategic investments in various fields

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Recognition

Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S.

Lecturer at The University of Chicago Law School since 1998, teaching a seminar on business planning

Chair of the Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute (2008)

Panel chair at the Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute (Mergers & Acquisitions Panel; Selling to Private Equity Panel; Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on M&A Transactions Panel)

Speaker at other seminars and conferences, including the Audit Committee Institute (sponsored by KPMG and the National Association of Corporate Directors), the Practising Law Institute (Basics of Accounting and Finance: What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know; Drafting Corporate Agreements) and The SEC Institute (Staying Out of Trouble)

Participated in Kirkland & Ellis exchange program with Herbert Smith, a London-based law firm

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 1986Illinois

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.1986
  • Yale UniversityB.S.1983