Partner

David Johanson is a partner in the firm’s Private Equity group. Mr. Johanson’s practice focuses on representing private equity sponsors, including buyout funds, growth equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. He also represents the companies partnering with those sponsors in complex business transactions (both domestic and cross-border), including leveraged buyouts of private and public companies, strategic mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, equity and debt financings, recapitalizations and restructurings, ranging in size from several million dollars to more than $1 billion. In addition, he represents public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, business transactions and general corporate matters.

J.D., 2004 Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (cum laude), (Order of the Coif) B.S., Political Science, 1998 Northwestern University