Corporate lawyers

Joe Fernandez

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

Joel Shen

Partner and Head of Indonesia

Withers KhattarWong LLP

Joel Telpner

Joel is a highly-regarded trailblazer in the fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency space. Joel's clients’ size and nature vary from governments, top cryptocurrencies, and large enterprises to smaller startups, who describe him as a "very sharp and very experienced partner" who is "super pragmatic" and can "sort through the chaff and get to the nub of things impressively quickly." His representative client work includes advising the Marshall Islands in creating digital sovereign currencies; helping to launch ndau, a buoyant stablecoin virtual currency; structuring for Gita Holdings/GreatX a structured, principal-protected tokenized investment product allowing investors to obtain upside exposure to hotel room blocks in various hotel properties; as well as providing regulatory advice to prominent blockchain projects including Aeternity, IOTA, NEM, and Celsius. Being recognized worldwide as an authority on blockchain and digital asset issues, Joel currently sits on several of the industry’s leading research groups and has spoken extensively worldwide. He works on global regulatory policy initiatives for the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Blockchain Research Institute, the Global Blockchain Business Council, Wharton Reg@Tech, and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance’s Legal Working Group. He co-founded the Stablecoin Foundation, a global trade association for stablecoins in October 2018. Joel was recognized by Chambers and Partners as one of 13 leading Fintech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency lawyers in the United States and as one of the six leading Fintech lawyers in the United States by the Legal 500. He was also named Law360’s 2020 Fintech MVP. His ability to express new and extremely complex legal issues in plain English has made Joel a go-to source for clients as well as conferences and reporters around the world. In the past, he has spoken at the World Economic Forum's Blockchain Central in Davos, Harvard Law School, the Government of the Bahamas and the Carnegie Corporation, and been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Reuters, and CoinDesk, among others.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Joey Chau

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis

Johan Steen

Partner

White & Case Advokat AB

Johannes Eisser

Johannes heads the Employment practice in the UAE and is a partner in the Corporate Group in our Abu Dhabi office.

Bird & Bird

John Boehm Jr.

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

John C. Kennedy

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

John Clarke

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

John Gilluly

Partner; US Vice Chair, Head of DLA Piper's Transactional Practices; Member of DLA Piper's Global Board; Member of DLA Piper's Executive Committee

DLA Piper LLP (US)

John Goodgame

John Goodgame helps clients navigate strategic transactions, primarily in the energy business. He advises public and private companies and private equity funds in initial public offerings (IPOs) and other public and private equity and debt offerings, as well as complex joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, John counsels public companies, their boards of directors and board committees in strategic and governance matters, including mergers, sales of control and conflict situations, as well as Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance. Recently, among other high-profile transactions, he advised Talos Energy Inc. in its $1.29 billion agreement to acquire QuarterNorth Energy; Viper Energy, Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of Permian Basin mineral and royalty interests, $264 million secondary common stock offering and $400 million senior notes offering; and Diamondback Energy, Inc. in its joint venture with Five Point Energy to form Deep Blue Midland Basin LLC. John was the partner in charge of the Houston office and the co-head of Akin’s global corporate practice until 2022. To learn more about John, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/john-goodgame.html

Akin

John Hempill

John Hempill is of counsel in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's New York office. John is counsel to a number of companies in various industries. He has extensive experience in private and public finance, ranging from representing private emerging growth companies, venture capital funds and strategic investors in seed rounds and later stage private financings, to representing public companies and investment banks in public offerings, as well as 144A and PIPE financings. John is also an experienced mergers and acquisitions lawyer for both public and private companies. He has advised clients in both acquisitions and dispositions of companies and lines of business, as well as in other types of negotiated business combinations.

Sheppard

John Hyman

Partner

King & Spalding

John Ingrassia

John advises on Proskauer's full range of foreign investment and antitrust matters across industries, including chemicals, pharmaceutical, medical devices, telecommunications, financial services consumer goods and health care. Clients turn to John for matters related to competition and antitrust, CFIUS, or foreign investment issues. For more than 25 years, John has counselled businesses, private equity and venture firms facing the most challenging antitrust issues, helping them avoid regulatory issues in areas such as distribution, pricing, channel management, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and price gouging compliance. John’s practice specializes in analyzing and resolving CFIUS and antitrust issues related to mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, as well as assessing pre-merger CFIUS and HSR notification requirements. He provides guidance to clients on CFIUS national security reviews and assists with CFIUS submissions when non-U.S. buyers aim to acquire U.S. businesses with national security concerns. He also regularly advises clients on international antitrust issues in proposed acquisitions and joint ventures, including reportability under the EC Merger Regulation and numerous other foreign merger control regimes. His knowledge, reputation and extensive experience with the legal, practical, and technical requirements of merger clearance make him a recognized authority on Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust merger reviews. John is regularly invited to participate in Federal Trade Commission and bar association meetings and takes on the issues of the day.

Proskauer Rose LLP

John McGaraghan

John McGaraghan advises companies at all stages of growth on complex intellectual property transactions, with a particular focus on the software, semiconductor, and AI sectors. John draws on deep industry knowledge and hands-on technology experience to guide public and private companies through a full range of high-stakes matters involving: Corporate and strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and divestitures Intellectual property counseling and licensing Complex commercial and product-related agreements Open-source software licensing and compliance Capital markets and financing matters He regularly helps technology companies structure, draft, and negotiate agreements that build and protect enterprise value. John’s practice spans a broad range of technology-driven industries, including SaaS, hardware, automation, and big data. He also counsels chip companies and IP vendors on all aspects of their technology licensing operations, from development to core licensing to manufacture and supply. In the open-source arena, John advises companies on implementing ingestion and contribution policies, audits and remediation in connection with corporate transactions, and establishing and managing open source software projects. A recognized thought leader, John is a member of the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section and the American Society of Composers and Producers. He also teaches a course on intellectual property licensing at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. John is certified as a Black Duck Legal Professional. Before joining Latham, John was a partner at another global law firm, where he led a technology transactions practice in the Bay Area. Prior to law school, he worked as a software developer and as a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, and performer.

Latham & Watkins

John P. Janka

Corporate Partner

Latham & Watkins

John Rattigan

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

John Reed

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

John Rudy

John’s practice focuses on the representation of public and private companies and investment banks in capital markets transactions. He also advises public and private companies and investors in connection with mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and securities and general corporate matters. Read full biography.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Jon Venick

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Jonathan Adler

Jonathan Adler is a corporate partner based in Debevoise's New York office and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. His practice focuses on advising sponsors of private investment funds, including buyout, growth capital, energy, infrastructure and credit funds. In addition to his work with U.S. and European funds, Mr. Adler has also advised clients in establishing private equity funds, offices and joint ventures in various emerging markets, including Africa, India and South America. Mr. Adler’s recent experience includes acting for clients such as The Carlyle Group, Carmel Partners, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Crescent Capital Group, Global Infrastructure Partners, JP Morgan, KKR, Prudential Capital Group, Trimaran Capital Partners and Vinci Partners. Mr. Adler is ranked as a leading lawyer for private equity funds by Chambers Global (2023) and Chambers USA (2023), where clients note that he is “a very smart practitioner who has a strong knowledge of the market” and he has “an incredible ability to synthesize complex information.” Sources have also said that “he cuts to the heart of a problem quickly and he’s quick thinker.” They have described him as “a supremely talented fund formation lawyer providing thoughtful and commercial advice; he is very creative.” Clients have also noted that he has a “fine combination of really good technical skills and a really good sense of the commercial and practical realities” and that he is “an extraordinary lawyer; he's very thoughtful and brings a commercial, get-things-resolved attitude.” He was named to Private Funds Management’s “30 Under 40”, which recognizes the top private equity funds lawyers under the age of 40. He was also named a Rising Star by Law360 (2017) and is recommended by IFLR1000 (2022). Mr. Adler joined the firm in 2005. He received a J.D. magna cum laude from New York University in 2005, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, and a B.S. from Cornell University in 2002. Mr. Adler is admitted to the bar in New York.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Jonathan Adler

Jonathan Adler is a corporate partner and focuses primarily on representing financial institutions and asset managers with respect to large, complex transactions involving alternative investment vehicles, including hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity funds and hybrid funds. In particular, he provides advice regarding fund formation and regulation as well as acquisitions and dispositions of interests in alternative investment managers. He also focuses on areas including Regulation D, Section 13(d), Section 16 and Rule 144.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Jonathan DeSantis

Jonathan (JD) DeSantis is co-head of Proskauer's Capital Markets Group. JD works with underwriters to help with their key financing transactions, including leveraged- and investment-grade committed financings, high-yield and investment-grade bonds and syndicated bank loans. He has also represented issuers on initial public offerings, high-yield notes and senior secured facilities. Having more than 20 years of experience, JD has represented most of the major financial institutions including, but not limited to, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Jonathan Goacher

Jonathan is a US-qualified partner, known for his corporate and sanctions work in Asia. He has extensive experience of guiding clients through new market entries, complex M&A, joint ventures and corporate closures across eastern Asia. Clients appreciate his responsiveness and commercially-savvy, solutions-orientated advice, and his particular expertise in many highly-regulated business sectors.

Stephenson Harwood