Alex Johnson advises companies, private equity firms, and other clients on a broad range of M&A and private equity transactions, as well as a variety of other corporate and restructuring matters. His work includes US and cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, take-private transactions, carve-outs, joint ventures, co-investments, recapitalizations, restructurings, and public and private investments.

Alex has represented a variety of private equity firms such as One Rock Capital Partners, WindRose Health Investors, Court Square Capital Partners, Easterly Capital Partners, Assured Healthcare Partners and Actis, as well as a wide range of public and private companies such as Google, HarperCollins, Hearst, Hulu, Office Depot, NBC Universal, UnitedHealthcare, On2 Technologies, and Viacom.

He has been recognized for his work by Chambers USA, New York Super Lawyers, and The Legal 500 US. In 2021, he was named a M&A Client Service All-Star by BTI Consulting Group based on a survey of US corporate counsel and executives. Alex was also a recipient of The M&A Advisor’s 40 Under 40 award, and has been included on the Global M&A Network’s list of Top 50 M&A Dealmakers in the Americas. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law, where he taught a class on Mergers & Acquisitions.

Alex has represented clients in a range of corporate matters, including:

  • Court Square Capital Partners and WindRose Health Investors in their jointly controlled investment in Soleo Health
  • One Rock Capital Partners in a number of transactions, including:
    • Its US$4.3 billion acquisition of Nestlé Waters North America
    • Its acquisition of the Therm-O-Disc business of Emerson
    • Its US$932 million take-private acquisition of Innophos (NYSE: IPHS)
    • Its acquisitions and subsequent dispositions of Island Energy, Airxcel, ArchKey, Compass Chemicals, Orion Food Systems, and Summit Research Labs
  • WindRose Health Investors in a number of transactions, including:
    • Its acquisition of Altruix
    • Its acquisitions and subsequent dispositions of MyNexus, Basys, Avadyne and Woodbury Health
  • Easterly Acquisition Corp. (a SPAC) in its US$2.2 billion merger with Sirius International Insurance Group
  • BlueTriton Brands in its acquisition of Saratoga and its business combination transaction with publicly-traded Primo Water (NYSE: PRMW) to create Primo Brands Corporation (NYSE: PRMB)
  • The Anschutz Corporation in the US$5.9 billion take-private acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) by Cineworld Group plc
  • Google in a number of transactions, including:
    • Its US$550 million "PIPEs" investment in JD.com (Nasdaq: JD; HKEX: 9618) and its acquisition of LogMeIn's Xively business
  • Actis in its sale of its portfolio company Anthelio Healthcare Solutions to Atos SE
  • Shazam Entertainment in its sale to Apple
  • Various private equity portfolio companies and other businesses on debt and capital structure restructurings, dividend recapitalizations, distressed acquisitions and sales, and similar transactions

*Certain of the above matters handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Fordham University, 1996
    cum laude
  • BA, Boston College, 1993
    cum laude