Stephen Keogh

Managing Partner

Stephen Keogh is the Managing Partner of William Fry. Stephen was previously Head of William Fry’s Corporate/M&A department specialising in transactional corporate work with a particular emphasis on private equity transactions, acting for sponsors, target companies and management teams.

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Stephen served on William Fry’s management committee for 3 years and was head of William Fry’s London office for 5 years.

Recent significant deals include advising:

  • Echelon Data Centres on its 50% stake sale to Starwood Capital
  • Kilsaran Concrete on its acquisition of Kilmurray Pre-Cast Concrete
  • Acrotec Group on its acquisition of Dawnlough (Ireland’s largest supplier of custom tooling)
  • Ferntree on the sale of its stake in Enva to I Squared Capital
  • Kilsaran Concrete on its acquisition of Limestone Industries
  • Melior Equity Partners on its sale of BHP Insurance to PIB Group
  • Melior Equity Partners on its acquisition of Salmon Software
  • Carlyle Cardinal on its sale of The City Bin Company to Thorntons Recycling

Pro Bono / Community Work:

Stephen assists St. Andrew’s Resource Centre, Pearse Street on a variety of legal matters

2025 Chambers Global
2025 Chambers Europe
2024 Legal 500 EMEA
2025 IFLR 1000

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