John M. Anderson

Real Estate and Infrastructure

• Cortland Partners in its $1.6 billion acquisition of certain assets of Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME)
• Slate Asset Management in its acquisition of Cold-Link Logistics
• Jamestown, an investment firm with $13 billion in AUM, in its 50/50 strategic partnership with Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG)
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of EnviroSmart
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Atlantic Pipe Services
• 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 PotlatchDeltic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH)
• Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) in its $1.1 billion acquisition of AT&T's (NYSE: T) colocation business
• Post Properties (NYSE: PPS) in its $4 billion all-stock merger with Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: MAA)
• Cortland Partners in its $1.2 billion take-private acquisition of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP (TSX: RUF.U)
• Americold (NYSE: COLD) in its $1.74 billion acquisition of Agro Merchants from Oaktree Capital (NYSE: OAK-A)
• Americold (NYSE: COLD) in its $1.24 billion acquisition of Cloverleaf from Cloverleaf management and an investor group led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX)
• Jernigan Capital (NYSE: JCAP) in its $900 million going-private sale to NexPoint Advisors

Financial Services and Insurance

• NCR Voyix (NYSE: VYX) in its $2.45 billion sale of its digital banking business to Vertias Capital
• Smith Ventures in its $690 million carveout acquisition of the non-bank fintech business of Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT)
• IQV Ventures in its $504 million take-private acquisition of The Aaron's Company
• PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG) in its $420 million acquisition of Purchasing Power from Flexpoint Ford
• PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG) in its sale of its Vive Financial business segment to Atlanticus Holdings (Nasdaq: ATLC)
• CCF Holdings in its acquisition of TitleMax
• Aqueduct in its acquisition by PNC Bank and Harris Williams
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in its sale of Prime Risk Partners

Software

• Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its $1.85 billion acquisition of Central Reach from Insight Partners
• Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its $800 million acquisition of Subsplash from K1
• Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its $175 million acquisition of Orchard Software from Francisco Partners
• Auxo Solutions in its sale to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
• Arkade AI in its acquisition of Loop Marketers

Industrials and Chemicals

• H.I.G. Capital in its sale of USALCO to TJC (formerly The Jordan Company)
• H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of USALCO, LLC
• H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of American Rental Company
• H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of a specialty chemicals business of Brenntag Southwest
• Modus Advanced in its sale to Fathom Point
• Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) in its acquisition of an 85% controlling interest in Cardone Industries
• HD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the $2.5 billion sale of its Waterworks business to CD&R
• HD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the $825 million sale of its Power Solutions business to Anixter International Inc. (NYSE: AXE)
• Zep Inc. (NYSE: ZEP) in its $692 million going-private sale to New Mountain Capital
• BlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) in its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek from Charlesbank
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Eskola Roofing

Retail and Consumer

• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI) in its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR)
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Guidewell Education
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Aligned Fitness Holdings
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Impact, a Neighborly franchisee of Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter and Precision Garage Door
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital

Healthcare

• Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its $550 million going-private sale to Altaris
• Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its $3.9 billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital
• Eagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of AYA Medical Spa
• Arbor Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company of KKR, in its $700 million sale to Azurity Pharmaceuticals
• Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $925 million sale of its Gatan business to Thermo Ametek (NYSE: AME)
• Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $365 million acquisition of the EPSi business from Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX)
• Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $350 million sale of ZETEC, its nondestructive testing (NDT) solutions business, to Eddyfi/NDT

Technology and Media

• Equifax (NYSE: EFX) in its $1.825 billion acquisition of Appriss Insights from Clearlake Capital
• Equifax (NYSE: EFX) in its $640 million of Kount from CVC Capital
• Dude Perfect in its strategic partnership with Highmount Capital and HL Investments
• Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ: CKEC) in its $1.1 billion cash-stock sale to AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), and in its acquisition of Sundance Cinemas
• Under Armour (NYSE: UAA) in its $475 million purchase of MyFitnessPal

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

Americold 20+ M&A transactions, 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

Blackstone

Brookfield

Cerberus

Eagle Merchant Partners

H.I.G. Capital

Platform Ventures