Caroline Ismay Keegan

Caroline Keegan is a Senior Associate Attorney in Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever’s Corporate and Art Law  practices groups.

Ms. Keegan has holistic commercial transactions expertise. She regularly advises clients on a full range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, general corporate compliance, and employment law matters. With a diverse client base spanning from startups to large public corporations, Ms. Keegan has extensive experience structuring and negotiating complex transactions to support clients' strategic growth and operational objectives. Her work in mergers and acquisitions includes representation of both acquirers and sellers in asset, stock and merger transactions. Ms. Keegan specializes in guiding companies through critical corporate events, including business and non-profit entity formation, maintenance, conversion, dissolution, financings, and strategic joint ventures and regularly prepares operating agreements, shareholders agreements and other related organizational documents. Ms. Keegan helps clients address corporate governance challenges and navigate evolving regulatory frameworks.

With extensive experience in commercial, residential, and mixed-use property deals, Ms. Keegan provides strategic counsel to developers, investors, property owners, landlords, tenants, and financial institutions. As a member of the Real Estate group she assists clients in navigating complex real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, leasing, and development projects.

Ms. Keegan has significant experience in the arts industry, developed through legal and business positions. Her experience in Art Law includes counseling dealers, individual and institutional collectors, galleries, museums, non-profits and artists across a broad spectrum of creative fields including musicians, actors, filmmakers, photographers and fine artists. As a member of the Art Law Group, Ms. Keegan advises clients on complex matters related to art purchase and sales transactions, intellectual property rights, exhibitions, publication, licensing, lending and consigning. Ms. Keegan frequently negotiates purchase and sale agreements, guaranteed bids and consignment agreements with all of the primary auction houses and offers strategic legal guidance on sales and licenses of intellectual property. She has negotiated settlement agreements concerning intellectual property infringement and title and authenticity disputes.

Ms. Keegan is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York non-profit Apropos Housing Opportunities & Management Enterprises, Inc. (A-HOME) and a member of the Art Lawyers Association. 

Prior to joining Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, Ms. Keegan’s work experience includes the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Calder Foundation, and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.