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Andrew R. Keller
Partner

425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Phone:  (212) 455-3577
Fax:  (212) 455-2502
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Andrew R. Keller is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department. He has broad experience in corporate finance transactions representing both underwriters and corporate issuers in public and private sales of high-yield debt securities, initial public offerings, equity-linked offerings and new financial products. Mr. Keller also advises public companies on ongoing securities law matters and corporate governance issues.

Mr. Keller has advised on numerous debt and equity offerings for underwriters and issuers alike, and has recently represented the underwriters or the issuer on several hybrid transactions for financial institutions, including General Electric Capital Corporation, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Zurich Financial Services and Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. Mr. Keller has also advised the underwriters in several debt and equity offerings in the utility industry, including in offerings for Xcel Energy, Inc. and PNM Resources, Inc.

Mr. Keller has previously practiced in the firm’s Hong Kong office where he represented underwriters and issuers in a number of public offerings and private placements, joint ventures and the formation of private equity funds.

Mr. Keller has been a partner at Simpson Thacher since January 1994. He received his B.S. (Chem. Engrg.), summa cum laude, from Lafayette College in 1980 and his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1983 where he was an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Mr. Keller is a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations.

Honors/Associations
•  New York State Bar Association
•  American Bar Association
Publications
•  U.S. Congress Nears Completion of Landmark Financial Services Reform Legislation
•  Restructuring Public Debt – An Overview of the Legal Framework
•  Supreme Court Considers FERC’s Ability To Void Wholesale Energy Contracts
•  Majority Voting in Director Elections: A Look Back and A Look Ahead
•  SEC Amends Rule 10b-18 Regarding Issuer Equity Buy Backs Following a Market Trading Suspension
•  SEC Launches “Aircraft Carrier” Release: Proposed Major Changes in Regulation of Securities Offerings in the United States
•  Amendments to Regulation S: New Restrictions on Offshore Equity Offerings by U.S. Issuers
Admissions
•  New York 1985
Education
•  Columbia Law School, 1983 J.D.
Columbia Law Review
•  Lafayette College, 1980 B.S.
Phi Beta Kappa



•  Capital Markets and Securities
•  Corporate
•  Corporate Governance
•  Financial Institutions Practice
•  Energy and Infrastructure
•  Investment Management
 
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