EXPERIENCE

John’s recent transactions include representing:

• ADT Inc. in its $450 million investment from Google in connection with the companies’ establishment of a long-term commercial partnership
• Air Methods Corporation in its $2.5 billion sale to affiliates of American Securities LLC
• Apollo Global Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
  • its $8.1 billion take-private acquisition of Univar Solutions
  • Intrado Corporation, a portfolio company of Apollo, in the $2.4 billion sale of Intrado’s safety business to Stonepeak
  • an $1.2 billion equity investment by State Farm in ADT, a portfolio company of Apollo
  • its $338 million take-private acquisition of The New Home Company
  • Shutterfly, a portfolio company of Apollo, in its $225 million acquisition of Spoonflower
  • its $2.2 billion take-private acquisition of Diamond Resorts International
• ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $5.2 billion sale to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
• Chesapeake Lodging Trust in its $2.7 billion sale to Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
• Crescent Communities in its sale to Sumitomo Forestry America, Inc.
• Encana Corporation (now known as Ovintiv) in its $7.7 billion acquisition of Newfield Exploration Company
• Hemisphere Media Group in its take-private sale to a subsidiary of Gato Investments, a portfolio investment of Searchlight Capital Partners, including the company’s sale of Pantaya to TelevisaUnivision
• The Medicines Company in its $9.7 billion sale to Novartis
• Mortgage Assets Management, LLC and its affiliate in connection with the acquisition of Ditech’s reverse mortgage business, Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.
• Mosaic Acquisition Corp. (SPAC) in its combination with Vivint Smart Home, Inc. to form a publicly listed company with an enterprise value of approximately $4.2 billion
• North Mountain Merger Corp. (SPAC) in its proposed combination with Corcentric to form a publicly traded company with a pro-forma enterprise value of $1.2 billion
• Oakwood Homes in its sale to Clayton Properties Group, a division of Clayton Homes
• Ply Gem Holdings in its $2.4 billion sale to affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
• Qualcomm Incorporated in its successful defense against a $142 billion hostile takeover offer from Broadcom
• Reservoir Holdings, Inc. in its $788 million combination with Roth CH Acquisition II Co. (SPAC)
• Searchlight Capital Partners in its $1 billion acquisition, in partnership with fintech company Rêv Worldwide, Inc., of Netspend’s consumer business from Global Payments
• South Mountain Merger Corp. (SPAC) in its $1.3 billion combination with Billtrust
• Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. in its $1.25 billion sale of its Global Auto Care business to Energizer Holdings, Inc.
• Trine Acquisition Corp. (SPAC) in its combination with Desktop Metal to form a publicly listed company with an estimated post-transaction equity value of up to $2.5 billion

In law school, John served as editor-in-chief of the Review of Banking & Financial Law.