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.
Mr. Johnson has represented a variety of private equity firms such as One Rock Capital Partners, WindRose Health Investors, 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, 21st Century Fox, 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. Mr. Johnson 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.
Mr. Johnson has represented clients in a range of corporate matters, including:
*Certain of the above matters handled prior to joining Latham
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