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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
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
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
A.B. Economics, Davidson College
Georgia
New York
December 15, 2025
Slate Asset Management Acquires a Majority Stake in Cold-Link Logistics
December 5, 2025
K&S advises Eagle Merchant Partners on its strategic investment in Atlantic Pipe Services
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
Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of SpectrumAI
Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of Outgo
Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of Virtual Pricing Director
Auxo Solutions in its sale to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Arkade AI in its acquisition of Loop Marketers
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy
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
See more
February 25, 2025
The Art of the Deal: Key Human Capital Considerations When Navigating M&A Transactions Under the Trump Administration
June 1, 2024
FTC non-compete ban: What businesses need to know
October 13, 2023
What boards of directors should understand about AI
December 15, 2025
Slate Asset Management Acquires a Majority Stake in Cold-Link Logistics
December 5, 2025
K&S advises Eagle Merchant Partners on its strategic investment in Atlantic Pipe Services
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
Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of SpectrumAI
Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of Outgo
Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of Virtual Pricing Director
Auxo Solutions in its sale to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Arkade AI in its acquisition of Loop Marketers
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy
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
See more
February 25, 2025
The Art of the Deal: Key Human Capital Considerations When Navigating M&A Transactions Under the Trump Administration
June 1, 2024
FTC non-compete ban: What businesses need to know
October 13, 2023
What boards of directors should understand about AI
December 15, 2025
Slate Asset Management Acquires a Majority Stake in Cold-Link Logistics
December 5, 2025
K&S advises Eagle Merchant Partners on its strategic investment in Atlantic Pipe Services
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
A.B. Economics, Davidson College
Georgia
New York