People
John Hibbard
Biography
John has experience in a wide variety of domestic and international tax issues, including with respect to M&A, taxation of capital markets transactions (including securitizations, financial instruments and derivatives), cross-border financing transactions, project finance and FATCA.
A significant part of John’s practice involves advising publicly traded and privately held companies, private equity firms and other investors in a wide variety of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. He also regularly advises clients with respect to structured finance transactions, in particular with respect to RMBS, CMBS and covered bond transactions.
In addition, John is an active contributor to A&O Shearman's pro bono practice.
Practice areas
- Tax
- Equity capital markets
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Corporate reorganizations
- Private equity
- Project development and finance
- Corporate and M&A
Sectors
- Energy
- Financial institutions
- Private capital
- Technology
- Private equity
Selected experience
- Crystal Clean, Inc. in its acquisitions of Premium Environmental Services, Inc. and the combined operations of Worldwide Recovery Systems, Inc. and YES Management, Inc.
- Areas Worldwide, SAS , a portfolio company of PAI Partners, in its pending USD310 million acquisition of Delaware North Companies, Incorporated’s U.S.-based airport food, beverage and retail concessions business, Travel Hospitality Services
- J.F. Lehman & Company in sale of Narda-MITEQ to Amphenol Corporation
- A private equity firm on acquisition of Seven Seas Water Group, a leading provider of sustainable water and wastewater solutions
- Greif in the USD1.8 billion divestiture of its containerboard business to Packaging Corporation of America
- Datassential Inc. on its acquisition of Brizo Data, Inc.
- Shionogi & Co. on its equity investment into and licensing agreement with Apnimed for Sleep Disorder Treatment
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc. in its USD2.7bn acquisition of Commonwealth Financial Network, the largest privately-held independent U.S. wealth management firm.
- J.F. Lehman & Company, a leading middle-market private equity firm, in the acquisition of Atomic Transport, LLC, and separately in the acquisition of Creekside by its portfolio company PURIS LLC.
- Zendesk, Inc. , a leading global technology company that provides software-as-a-service and customer experience (CX) products, on its acquisition of Klaus, an AI-powered quality management platform.
Education
- J.D., Duke University School of Law 2013
- B.A., University of Georgia, 2009
Admissions
- Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, USA, 2014