Overview

Keith Trammell is a leading corporate lawyer who counsels public companies, private equity funds, other investors and privately held companies on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and capital markets related matters. Keith regularly represents acquirors, targets, buyout groups, boards of directors, special committees, founders, investors and shareholder groups in complex domestic and international negotiated and unsolicited merger and acquisition transactions.

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Experience

  • Nordstrom family in connection with its going private transaction with Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE) for $6.25 billion and related recapitalization and corporate governance matters

  • Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE) in its cross-border merger with Cineworld Group PLC (LSE) for $5.9 billion

  • Various public company independent directors and special committees in connection with various conflict of interest transactions, transactions involving controlling stockholders, including in connection with negotiated share repurchases, secondary share sales and other liquidity transactions

  • Vail Resorts (NYSE) in its acquisition of Peak Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKIS), the owner of 17 ski resorts in the Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern United States, including:

    • Mount Snow in Vermont
    • Hunter Mountain in New York
    • Attitash Mountain Resort, Wildcat Mountain and Crotched Mountain in New Hampshire
    • Liberty Mountain Resort, Roundtop Mountain Resort, Whitetail Resort, Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennsylvania
    • Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine and Mad River Mountain in Ohio
    • Hidden Valley and Snow Creek in Missouri
    • Paoli Peaks in Indiana
  • Vail Resorts (NYSE) in its acquisition of Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont

  • Vail Resorts (NYSE) in its acquisitions of Okemo Mountain Resort, Vermont, Mount Sunapee Resort, New Hampshire, and Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Colorado

  • Vail Resorts (NYSE) in its acquisition of Stevens Pass Resort, Washington

  • Casdin Capital in connection with corporate governance matters related to investments in various controlled and non-controlled public companies

  • Mountaingate Capital, a private equity firm specializing in partnering with founders and entrepreneurial companies, in its investment in UpSwell LLC

  • Mountaingate Capital in its acquisition of North & Warren

  • Mountaingate Capital in its acquisition of Interluxe Group

  • Mountaingate Capital and North & Warren, LLC in North & Warren, LLC’s acquisition of Quinn & Co.

  • Mountaingate Capital in its acquisition of WTWH Media

  • Mountaingate Capital and WTWH Media in WTWH Media’s acquisition of CFE Media LLC

  • Mountaingate Capital and WTWH Media in WTWH Media’s acquisition of Aging Media

  • Mountaingate Capital and WTWH Media in WTWH Media’s cross-border acquisition of Engineering.com

  • Mountaingate Capital and WTWH Media in WTWH Media’s acquisition of HealthLeaders from Simplify Compliance

  • Mountaingate Capital in its acquisition of Bounteous

  • Mountaingate Capital and Bounteous in Bounteous’ acquisition of Luna Metrics

  • Mountaingate Capital and Bounteous in Bounteous’ acquisition of Infield Digital

  • Mountaingate Capital and Bounteous in Bounteous’ acquisition of The Archer Group

  • Mountaingate Capital and Bounteous in Bounteous’ acquisition of FortyFour LLC

  • Mountaingate Capital and Bounteous in Bounteous’ cross-border acquisition of Demac Media

  • Mountaingate Capital and Bounteous in the sale of Bounteous to New Mountain Capital

  • Mountaingate Capital in its acquisition of Tinuiti

  • Mountaingate Capital and Tinuiti in Tinuiti’s acquisition of OrionCKB

  • Mountaingate Capital and Tinuiti in Tinuiti’s acquisition of Email Aptitude

  • Mountaingate Capital and Tinuiti in Tinuiti’s acquisition of CPC Strategy

  • Mountaingate Capital and Tinuiti in the sale of Tinuiti to New Mountain Capital

  • KRG Capital and Accellent, an SEC reporting medical device company, in Accellent’s $1.2 billion sale to KKR, related debt tender offer, and pre-exit add-on acquisitions

  • KRG Capital in its acquisition of Aspen Marketing Services, multiple add-on acquisitions and the sale of Aspen Marketing Services to DE Shaw

  • KRG Capital in its acquisition of Olson + Co., multiple add-on acquisitions and the sale of Olson + Co. to ICF International

  • KRG Capital in its cross-border acquisition of Varel International, multiple add-on acquisitions and the sale of Varel International to Arcapita

  • KRG Capital in its acquisition of Tecta America, multiple add-on acquisitions and the restructuring of Tecta America

  • KRG Capital in its acquisition of Liberty Dialysis, then the third largest dialysis clinic operator in the United States

  • KRG Capital and Liberty Dialysis in Liberty’s acquisition of Renal Advantage, Inc.

  • Turnbridge Capital and Brigade Energy Services in acquisitions of various oil field services businesses across the United States

  • Turnbridge Capital in the combination of Brigade Energy Services with Axis Energy Services LLC

  • Highland Capital in the recapitalization and restructuring of Carey International, Inc., a provider of chauffeured services in more than 1000 major business centers worldwide

  • Sierra Space Corporation in $290 million Series B funding round, co-led by MUFG Bank, Kanematsu, and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and other existing investors

  • UKG, Inc. in its acquisition of Great Place to Work Institute, Inc.

  • Xpress Natural Gas, one of the largest natural gas transportation and delivery business in the Northeastern United States, its sale to Basalt Infrastructure Partners

  • ARCA biopharma (NASDAQ) in acquisition by way of reverse merger with Nuvelo, Inc. and related proxy solicitation

  • Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ), in its acquisition of International Royalty Corporation (NYSE; TSX) valued at C$749 million

  • BHP Billiton (NYSE) in its sale of the Four Corners Navajo Mine to the Navajo Nation

  • Nantero, Inc., a pioneer in carbon nanotube NRAM® (non-volatile random access memory) technology in its recapitalization and sale

  • Local Insight Media, L.P., a platform company of Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, in various acquisitions and registered high yield debt offerings

  • TransMontaigne, Inc. (NYSE), in multiple cross-border transactions involving sales of terminal and pipeline assets

Credentials

Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2000 (Order of St. Ives; Technical Editor, Denver Journal of International Law and Policy)
  • University of Colorado, B.A., summa cum laude, 1995 (Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions

  • Colorado
  • New York

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Recognitions

  • Recognized in the 2025 Forbes Top Lawyers list
  • Named to the 2025 ColoradoBiz Power List
  • Law Week Colorado, “Lawyer of the Year,” 2018 and 2021
  • Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A (Colorado), 2018–2026; “Up and Coming” in Corporate/M&A (Colorado), 2017
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), (Denver): Corporate Law, 2020–2027; Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2021–2027; Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, 2024–2027
  • Named among the 2015–2024 Best Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers by 5280 magazine
  • Selected as a Barrister’s Best by Law Week Colorado, Best Private Equity Lawyer, 2016–2024; Best Securities Lawyer, 2017 and 2020; Best Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer, 2017
  • Recognized by Colorado Super Lawyers in the areas of Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024
  • Recognized as a Rising Star by Colorado Super Lawyers, 2009–2013
  • Recommended by The Legal 500 U.S. for Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2011; M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Middle-Market, 2018–2019
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