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John M. Anderson represents strategic companies and financial sponsors in a variety of complex business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts and joint ventures, and has advised on well over $100 billion in transactions. His deal experience spans the range of M&A activity, including LBOs, strategic mergers, cross-border deals, activist investors and other special situations, SPAC transactions and REIT M&A. John began his career as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.
John counsels clients in a wide variety of industries, including in the infrastructure, real estate, chemicals, healthcare and technology sectors. John also advises private equity funds in growth capital investments and in the management of their portfolio companies, including debt and equity financings, follow-on acquisitions and liquidity events.
Selected transactions include representing:
Xerox in its $35 billion takeover bid for rival HP
Darwin Deason and Carl Icahn on their litigation to block Xerox's $6.1 Billion sale to FujiFilm, which resulted in a settlement and takeover of Xerox by stockholders
Post Properties in its $4 billion merger of equals with Mid-America Apartment Communities
Americold 20+ M&A transactions (all M&A activity since its IPO), with in excess of $4 billion in capital deployed
Roper Technologies in 20+ M&A transactions, including in $2.44 billion in divestitures of legacy business lines
Sharecare in its $3.9 billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital
Brookfield in its $1.1 billion acquisition of AT&T’s colocation business
comScore in its settlement with activist investor Starboard Value
Representative PE clients include:
ACON Investments
Brookfield
H.I.G. Capital
Northlane Capital
Thomas H. Lee
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
A.B. Economics, Davidson College
Georgia
New York
April 9, 2024
K&S advises Dude Perfect in connection with its strategic partnership with Highmount Capital
April 9, 2024
King & Spalding advises Dude Perfect in connection with Strategic Partnership with Highmount Capital
October 11, 2022
King & Spalding Advises Jamestown in its Strategic Partnership with Simon
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy
Jamestown, an investment firm with $13 billion in AUM, in its pending 50/50 strategic partnership with Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG)
Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS) in its $5.8 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
CatchMark Timber Trust (NYSE: CTT) in its $5 billion all-stock merger with PotlatchDetic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH)
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October 13, 2023
What boards of directors should understand about AI
October 11, 2022
How public REITs can best succeed in today's market
March 11, 2022
Russia Moves Closer to Nationalizing Businesses Intending to Exit Russia
April 9, 2024
K&S advises Dude Perfect in connection with its strategic partnership with Highmount Capital
April 9, 2024
King & Spalding advises Dude Perfect in connection with Strategic Partnership with Highmount Capital
October 11, 2022
King & Spalding Advises Jamestown in its Strategic Partnership with Simon
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy
Jamestown, an investment firm with $13 billion in AUM, in its pending 50/50 strategic partnership with Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG)
Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS) in its $5.8 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
CatchMark Timber Trust (NYSE: CTT) in its $5 billion all-stock merger with PotlatchDetic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH)
See more
October 13, 2023
What boards of directors should understand about AI
October 11, 2022
How public REITs can best succeed in today's market
March 11, 2022
Russia Moves Closer to Nationalizing Businesses Intending to Exit Russia
April 9, 2024
K&S advises Dude Perfect in connection with its strategic partnership with Highmount Capital
April 9, 2024
King & Spalding advises Dude Perfect in connection with Strategic Partnership with Highmount Capital
October 11, 2022
King & Spalding Advises Jamestown in its Strategic Partnership with Simon
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
A.B. Economics, Davidson College
Georgia
New York