Austin D. Keyes, Partner - Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP Attorney

Practice Areas

Corporate, Antitrust, Tax-Exempt Organizations

Practice Description

Corporate practice, including work on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances, Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, employment and consulting contracts, shareholder agreements, venture capital investments, formation documentation for corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, general commercial contracts and corporate advice.

Corporate and governance advice for New York based tax-exempt organizations, including museums and historical societies.

Education

B.A., 1987 Trinity College (with honors)
J.D., 1997 Fordham University School of Law

Admissions

1997 Connecticut
1998 New York

Affiliations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
New York County Lawyers' Association

Publications Available on this website...

"Antitrust and the Horizontal Merger Guidelines of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission," Client Advisory, January 2009

Experience

Secondment to the legal department of the United States headquarters of United Business Media plc from July 1999 through January 2000; work included assisting with corporate transactions, group reorganizations and commercial contracts.

Illustrative Matters

Client	Description
Business media company	Represented U.K. public company with the stock acquisition of an automotive market research company, the acquisition of a software conference business and the acquisition of a music directory business. Represented the company in the formation of a joint venture with a private equity firm to manage a pulp and paper information business. Assisted the company’s market research division with the corporate restructuring of multiple subsidiaries.
Medical device company	Represented U.S. company in the purchase and subsequent sale of a vision medical device business and the purchase of all of the stock of a women’s medical device manufacturer. Assisted U.S. parent company with a corporate restructuring, including the roll-up of multiple subsidiaries.
Electric motor company	Represented U.S. company in the acquisition of a U.S. and U.K. electric motor business.
Retail apparel company	Assisted U.S. company in the expansion of its own-brand retail stores in the Northeast.
Diversified mining company	Represented U.K. public company and affiliated companies in several acquisitions of U.S. mining properties and related assets.
Private equity company	Represented U.S. company in the formation of joint ventures with financial partners for the purchase of aircraft ownership interests.
Filtration company	Represented U.S. public company in the sale of its airline filter distribution business and obtaining a related distribution agreement.
Business-to-business information provider	Represented U.K. public company in the acquisition of a search engine business.
Investment manager	Assisted U.S. private investment manager with agreements governing the ownership and redemption of its equity interests.
Stock exchange	Represented U.S. stock exchange in agreements with European stock exchange to mutually cross-list certain exchange traded funds.
Museums/Historical Societies	Provided advice on corporate governance and compliance issues and drafted governance and policy documents.
SPDR^® Gold Trust	Represented this U.S. trust, the first exchange traded fund to track a commodity, with its development and initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Recent work includes assisting the trust with the transfer of its principal listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the NYSE Arca electronic trading platform and with the cross-listing of its shares on the Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo stock exchanges.
Hart-Scott-Rodino	Provided compliance advice on U.S. antitrust law requiring pre-clearance of certain mergers and acquisitions to U.S. and foreign clients in numerous business sectors, including market research, public relations, industrial filters, satellite communications, interactive collaborative tools, branded consumer products, electronic trading, food ingredients, business media and children’s entertainment.