ProfessionalsJohn C. Godfrey

Tel: +1-212-373-3088
Fax: +1-212-492-0088
emailjgodfrey@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0088
John Godfrey is counsel in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He regularly advises in the negotiation and structuring of mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures on behalf of a diverse range of clients, including public and private companies, private equity funds, financial institutions and other entities.
EXPERIENCE
John’s recent transactions include representing:
- ADT Inc. in its investment from Google in connection with the companies’ establishment of a long-term commercial partnership
- Air Methods Corporation in its sale to affiliates of American Securities LLC
- ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its sale to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
- Chesapeake Lodging Trust in its sale to Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
- Crescent Communities in its sale to Sumitomo Forestry America, Inc.
- Encana Corporation (now known as Ovintiv) in its acquisition of Newfield Exploration Company
- Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in their acquisition of Diamond Resorts International
- 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.
- North Mountain Merger Corp. (SPAC) in its pending combination with Corcentric
- Oakwood Homes in its sale to Clayton Properties Group, a division of Clayton Homes
- Ply Gem Holdings in its sale to affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Qualcomm Incorporated in connection with its successful defense against the unsolicited offer and proxy fight from Broadcom
- Reservoir Holdings, Inc. in its combination with Roth CH Acquisition II Co. (SPAC)
- Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. in its sale of its Global Auto Care business to Energizer Holdings, Inc.
- South Mountain Merger Corp. (SPAC) in its combination with Billtrust
- The Medicines Company in its sale to Novartis
- Trine Acquisition Corp. (SPAC) in its combination with Desktop Metal
- Virtu Financial in its acquisition of KCG Holdings and its sale of its fixed income trading venue BondPoint to Intercontinental Exchange