Practice Expertise

  • Corporate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • International and Cross-Border Transactions
  • Latin America

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • International and Cross-Border Transactions
  • Latin America
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Profile

John (“J.J.”) focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings, and general corporate governance and commercial contract matters.

J.J.’s experience includes advising clients on a wide array of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate restructurings, seed and venture capital financings, public and private offerings of securities, equity line financings, and commercial contract negotiation and preparation as well as general corporate governance matters.

Relevant Experience

  • Represented financial services company in its sale to a private equity fund for over $400 million.
  • Regularly advised the market data team of a publicly traded financial services company in its negotiation of license agreements for market data and other technology services.
  • Prepared suites of standard form commercial contracts, terms and conditions and supply and services agreements on behalf of multinational technology and manufacturing companies.
  • Represented private equity fund in its $250 million acquisition of intellectual property assets and royalties located in the United States and Europe.
  • Advised private equity firm’s portfolio company in connection with a series of asset and stock acquisitions of domestic telecommunications companies.
  • Represented private equity fund in conducting diligence with respect to its acquisition of a telecommunications company valued at $800 million.
  • Represented a national franchise with an enterprise value of $550 million in its sale to a private equity fund.
  • Represented client in its minority investments in several regional registered investment advisory firms across the United States.

Education
BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • International and Cross-Border Transactions
  • Latin America
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

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