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John Kurtz
Biography
John focuses his practice on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including private equity sponsor and portfolio company acquisitions and dispositions, minority investments and joint ventures.
John’s private equity and strategic clients operate and invest in various industries, including technology, AI, manufacturing, construction, aerospace/defense, environmental services, healthcare, consumer products, energy and professional services.
John also advises clients on capital raising transactions and corporate governance and securities matters.
Practice areas
- Funds and asset management
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Global employment and compensation
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Tech transactions
- Emerging growth
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
Sectors
- Private capital
- Technology
- Consumer and retail
- Infrastructure and transport
- Industrials and manufacturing
- Communications media and entertainment
- Consumer
Selected experience
- Verosint, a company specializing in identity threat detection and response, in its acquisition by Imprivata.
- J .F. Lehman & Company and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions, including their acquisitions of Integrated Global Services, Wenzel Associates, Murphy Pipeline Contractors, Atomic Transport, Insight Pipe Contracting and IPC Services.
- SAP in multiple transactions, including the carve out of Qualtrics from SAP and Qualtrics' initial public offering raising $1.55 billion and concurrent $670 million private placements, and the carveout and sale of SAP’s Litmos business to Francisco Partners.
- Microvast in its $3.0 billion business combination with Tuscan Holdings Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, and $57.5 million bridge financing notes offering with affiliates of Luxor Capital Partners.
- Hitachi Energy in its acquisition of a controlling stake in eks Energy, a leading supplier of power electronics and energy management solutions for storage and renewables integration based in Seville, Spain.
- ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC, in its $370 million business combination with Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a leading microwave ablation medical device developer and provider in China.
- Mother Lode Holding Co., a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions, in its $300 million acquisition by First American Financial Corporation.
- Apexon, a digital technology services and platform solutions company, in its business combination with Infostretch Corporation, a digital engineering services firm backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Group.
- Tactical Resources, a mineral exploration and development company focused on U.S.-made rare earth elements, in its pending $589 million business combination with Plum Acquisition Corp. III, a Nasdaq-listed SPAC.
- CCS Fundraising, the world's leading fundraising consulting firm for non-profits, with respect to a strategic investment by ABRY Partners.
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2019
- B.A., Politics and Philosophy, summa cum laude, New York University, 2015
Admissions
- Texas, 2019