Joseph L JohnsonIII

Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
USA
617.570.1633

Joe Johnson is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and chair of its M&A/Corporate Governance Practice.

WORK FOR CLIENTS

Mr. Johnson has substantial experience in the merger and acquisition area, especially in the life sciences and tech spaces representing both buyers and sellers. He represented Covidien in its acquisition of Somanetics Corporation, Ansys, Inc. in connection with its acquisitions of Apache Design Solutions, Inc., Fluent, Inc. and Ansoft Corporation, CPEX Pharmaceutical in its sale to Footstar, Inc. and CombinatoRX Incorporated in its acquisition of Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Inc. He has recently represented Global Imaging Systems, Inc. in connection with its sale to Xerox.

Mr. Johnson frequently advises investment funds and institutional investors, such as Highfields Capital Management and Abrams Capital, concerning their investments in public and private issuers and with respect to issues in the corporate governance area. In particular, he has represented Highfields in connection with its investments in Clear Channel, Corelogic, First American Corporation, Circuit City and Morgan Stanley, and Abrams in connection with its activities with Juno Lighting and USA Mobility.

Mr. Johnson also represents companies in connection with proxy contests and issues in the corporate governance area. He has recently represented Arbinet Corporation, CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CombinatoRx, Incorporated, Enzenia! Inc., Mac-Gray Corporation, and Repligen in connection with such matters.

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

Mr. Johnson is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.

RECOGNITION

Mr. Johnson has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America and Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2011. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Boston College Law Review during 1985-1986.