Overview

Keleigh’s practice focuses on the U.S. federal income tax aspects of domestic and international transactions and tax planning matters. She advises partnerships, corporations, REITs, and individuals on the U.S. federal income tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, reorganizations, and private equity.

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Experience

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of a 50% interest in the multi-billion dollar South Fork and Revolution Offshore Wind Projects from Eversource Energy, including the negotiation of the joint venture arrangements with Orsted for the construction and operation of the projects and all financing arrangements (IJInvestor Joint Venture of the Year, 2024)

  • Ellington Financial Inc. in its $154 million acquisition of Arlington Asset Investment Corp. for a combination of stock and cash consideration

  • Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. in its $324 million initial public offering of Class A common stock utilizing an Up-C structure

  • Earthstone Energy, a growth-oriented, independent energy company, in the $4.5 billion Up-C combination of the company with Permian Resources Corporation

  • Talos Energy in its $1.1 billion acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, a private operator in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico

  • Bluerock Residential Growth REIT as special tax counsel in its $3.6 billion acquisition by affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate and the spin-off its single-family rental business into Bluerock Homes Trust, a newly formed REIT

  • Denbury Inc. in its $4.9 billion sale to ExxonMobil

  • CENAQ Energy Corp., a SPAC, in a business combination with Bluescape Clean Fuels, a private company specializing in the supply of gasoline derived from renewable feedstocks

  • CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in its $12 billion sale to Occidental

  • Quantum Energy Partners and its portfolio company, Woodford Express Partners, in the $485 million sale of Woodford Express, a Mid-Continent gas gathering and processing system, to Energy Transfer

  • Energy Transfer LP in the $1.3 billion sale of its 51% interest in Energy Transfer Canada to a joint venture that includes participation by Pembina Pipeline Corporation and funds managed by KKR

Credentials

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2021 (Marvin Key Collie Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Tax Law)
  • Baylor University, B.B.A. Accounting, 2017

Admissions

  • Texas

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Events

Vinson & Elkins Sponsoring and Speaking at the 42nd Annual TexFed Institute

Vinson & Elkins is sponsoring the 42nd Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute (TexFed) taking place June 3 – 5 in San Antonio, TX. …

June 3, 2026

June 3, 2026 • 1-minute read

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Vinson & Elkins Sponsoring and Speaking at the 23rd Annual EIC Conference

Vinson & Elkins is a platinum sponsor of the Energy Infrastructure Council’s (EIC) 23rd Annual Energy Infrastructure CEO & Investor …

May 18, 2026

May 18, 2026 • 1-minute read

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