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Alexander
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Johnson
Partner, New York
alex.johnson@hoganlovells.com
Alex Johnson advises clients on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and a variety of other corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and recapitalizations. Alex also counsels clients on a broad range of corporate, securities, and business-related matters.
Alex has been recognized for his work by Chambers and the Legal 500, and was named a "Rising Star" in M&A in the 2011 edition of New York Super Lawyers. Alex was also a recipient of the M&A Advisor’s "40 Under 40" award, which each year recognizes 40 M&A professionals under the age of 40 for their achievements.
Alex has also served as an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law, where he taught a class on mergers and acquisitions and, prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Alex was an attorney in the mergers and acquisitions department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- HarperCollins' pending acquisition of Thomas Nelson.
- The Gores Group's acquisition of a majority stake in Mexx International from Liz Claiborne, including the formation of a joint venture between Gores and Liz Claiborne with respect to the Mexx business.
- News Corporation's sale of MySpace to Specific Media.
- NBC Universal's sale of Los Angeles-based television station KWHY-TV to Meruelo Enterprises.
- Martek Biosciences' $1.09 billion acquisition by Royal DSM N.V.
- American Commercial Lines' $800 million "going private" acquisition by Platinum Equity.
- Onexim Sports Holdings' acquisition of a controlling stake in the New Jersey Nets basketball team and an interest in the Barclays Center stadium project in Brooklyn.
- On2 Technologies' $120 million acquisition by Google in a stock-for-stock merger.
- Fox Television Stations' $1.1 billion sale of eight television stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners.
- IGN Entertainment's sale of Rotten Tomatoes to Flixster.
- Norilsk Nickel Group's $6.3 billion acquisition (initially hostile) of LionOre Mining in the then largest cross-border acquisition made by a Russian company.
- Formation of Hulu joint venture among Fox Entertainment Group, NBC Universal, and Providence Equity Partners, and subsequent addition of Disney as a joint venture partner.
- UnitedHealthcare's $775 million acquisition of Fiserv's health business.
- Double-Take Software's $242 million "going private" acquisition by Vision Solutions, Inc., a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, LLC.
- MySpace's joint venture with Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, and EMI Music to form MySpace Music.
- Dow Jones' acquisition of Generate Inc.
- Trizec Properties' $8.9 billion acquisition by The Blackstone Group and Brookfield Properties.
- Halyard Capital's acquisition of Newnan Utilities' cable business.
- Fox Interactive Media's acquisition of a number of Internet and technology companies, including Photobucket, Strategic Data Corp., Newroo, and kSolo.
- Surmet Corporation's sale of its high purity semiconductor coatings business to Entegris.
- Alex has also represented a number of private equity firms in numerous corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts of public and private companies; follow-on acquisitions; investments; recapitalizations; and divestures, ranging in size from under $10 million to more than $1 billion. In addition, Alex has represented a number of the major investment banks as financial advisors in mergers, acquisitions, and various other corporate transactions.
Hogan Lovells Publications
24 October 2011
"Delaware Chancery Court Confirms "Sign and Consent" Structure." M&A Update, Hogan Lovells
Published Works
Summer 2009
"Optima is Optimal: Sidestepping Omnicare in Private Company M&A Transactions." Deal Points, Vol. IX, Issue 2, American Bar Association
01 March 2007
"Practical Implications of the SEC's Amendments to the Tender Offer Best Price Rule." Deal Points, American Bar Association
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