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Susan Keeler

Susan E. Keeler Counsel

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Susan Keeler concentrates her practice on domestic and international tax law, with an emphasis on transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, planning for pre-transaction structuring and post-acquisition integrations, and other reorganizations. Susan advises clients on tax structuring and implementation, including the international tax aspects of transactions in countries around the globe. She also counsels companies on tax reform issues, tax aspects of financial reporting, tax reporting, and tax-efficient strategies.

Susan has significant tax experience, including practicing at large international law firms in Chicago and California, and in-house as tax counsel and tax planning coordinator for a major multinational energy corporation. As both external and in-house counsel, Susan has coordinated multi-jurisdictional teams around the globe to plan and implement divestitures, acquisitions, and restructurings. As in-house counsel, Susan has worked closely with local country business and finance teams to manage a variety of tax and tax-related issues, including general tax planning, tax compliance, and financial reporting of tax matters.

“Relationships are the key to any business, even in transactional work. After a transaction has closed, there is still cooperative work to be done, especially on the tax side. Achieving the best results for a client not only means advocating strongly for your client, but also understanding their concerns and the concerns and drivers of other stakeholders in a deal. A cooperative approach enables the parties to find creative ways to reach win-win agreements, it just takes a sense of balance, a weather eye, and fierce grace.”

Experience

  • Represented an AI based legal and business risk start-up company for its formation and initial investment.
  • Represented a German medical device portfolio company in connection with its acquisition of a U.S.-based medical device company.
  • Advised a U.S. parented agribusiness and a specialty chemicals company on the restructuring of its Asia-Pacific specialty chemicals distribution business and the subsequent €3 billion revenue combination with a Netherlands parented group.
  • Represented a German online fashion retailer’s separation from a U.S. parented fashion retailer and subsequent IPO at a U.S.$2.2 billion valuation.
  • Represented the sale of an online platform for music and musicians to a video game and software developer.
  • Advised the de-SPAC of a casino resort in the Philippines at a U.S.$2.6 billion valuation.
  • Advised multiple U.S. parented technology companies on cross-border acquisitions.
  • Advised on the tax implications of and coordinated the implementation of business line restructurings and divestitures in South Africa, Pakistan, Egypt, and the United States.