John Kennedy
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has a solid record in equity offerings, representing a range of public companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and has an issuer-oriented practice. In a notable IPO mandate in 2023, the firm advised Savers Value Village, an Ares Management Corporation portfolio company, on its $461m offering. It has also demonstrated expertise in at-the-market offerings and follow-on offerings. John Kennedy and the increasingly prominent Brian Janson are now amongst its most active equity offerings specialists with further support from Christodoulos Kaoutzanis. All are based in New York.
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‘Strong team with good associates. ’
'Excellent work all around- executed a fast and efficient IPO in near record time with us even though we brought a lot of complexities to the table. Extremely accommodating during the deal, and have remained on as great partners in post-IPO world. I would highly recommend for any company planning an IPO.'
'Partner Brian Janson is a superstar. He gave amazing pragmatic advice, managed our process effectively, and gave sage advice on substantive decisions. We spoke 100 times a day and he was cool and collected every single time. Our board really believed in him as well. Since our IPO, he has remained a very trusted partner on all aspects of life as a public company. I have recommended him to close friends who are GCs at other companies. He is younger than most partners who are running deals like this and has an amazing future.'
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