Patrick J. Johnson

Patrick Johnson is a business and transaction lawyer. For more than twenty years, including eight years with large New York and international law firms, he has counseled clients on M&A, securities, financing and commercial matters.

Patrick has extensive experience representing clients in the sale or purchase of a business. He negotiates and advises on deal terms, representations and warranties, covenants, indemnification and survival provisions, exclusivity arrangements, and other key terms in M&A transactions.

Patrick has a diverse corporate practice, counseling large corporations and small businesses on a variety of complex issues. He negotiates and advises on commercial contracts, such as ongoing supply and procurement agreements. He also advises clients on governance issues, organizational documents and choice of entity. He has significant experience advising on formation of private equity and real estate funds, and investment in private equity funds.

Current clients include:

• A global materials manufacturing company with significant operations on four continents.
• Several large real estate funds.
• An S&P 500 publicly-traded company

Patrick advises issuers in connection with the private placement of securities, including private equity and real estate funds. He also advises clients in connection with transactions on broker-dealer issues and matters related to the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act.

Additionally, Patrick represents borrowers in secured debt facilities and negotiating credit and security agreements. Patrick has also advised on numerous ISDA derivatives agreements for hedging commodities and foreign currency.

Patrick represents clients in international business transactions, including cross-border transactions and other arrangements involving foreign entities. He counsels a global manufacturing business and advises it on commercial arrangements.