Gregory Johnson practices primarily in the areas of corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities and general business law. He has represented companies in corporate acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, corporate finance, and public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. He regularly advises boards of directors and executive management on corporate governance, disclosure and compensation issues.

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Mr. Johnson’s experience includes:

• $1 billion acquisition of national brokerage firm
• $1 billion debt shelf registration
• $500 million public debt offering
• $400 million acquisition of national accounting firm
• acquisitions of more than a dozen regional accounting firms
• $400 million life insurance company merger
• $250 million private debt offering
• $240 million acquisition of business service division
• $150 million sale of equipment manufacturing company
• $115 million sale of education company
• $110 million acquisition of internet software company
• $75 million bank insurance company merger
• $75 million senior note shelf financing
• $70 million acquisition of business software company
• $50 million public stock offering by bank (underwriter’s counsel)
• $45 million venture capital investment in chemical company
• $25 million acquisition of financial services company
• $18 million public offering by retail goods company (underwriter’s counsel)
• $10 million acquisition of insurance business
• $10 million acquisition of bank
• issuer tender offer and option exchange offer for publicly-held companies
• biotech intellectual property transactions and license of human cell lines
• ethanol plant development, financing and securities offerings
• securities issues and transactions for public companies in bankruptcy
• executive compensation and severance negotiations and issues
• joint venture, venture capital, bank financing, recapitalization, split-off and spin-off transactions
• telecommunication transactions, including wireless spectrum acquisition
• counsel to independent directors of 1940 Act mutual fund companies

Mr. Johnson’s experience also includes general securities law reporting and regulatory compliance matters and commercial contract drafting and negotiation.

Mr. Johnson has served as adjunct professor of law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he taught securities regulation.

Bar and Court Admissions

Missouri, 1996

Kansas, 1996

Texas, 1987

Education

University of Virginia, J.D., 1987

Valparaiso University, B.A., with high distinction, 1984

Civic Involvement and Honors

• Best Lawyers in America (Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Law categories), 2010
• Missouri Super Lawyers, 2007-2009
• Best Lawyers in America (Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law categories), 2007