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John Beckman
Work Department
Corporate and Finance
Position
Head of U.S. Securities and Public Company Advisory
Career
John Beckman helps his clients navigate the ever-changing public company landscape. He focuses on SEC disclosure, financial and accounting issues, proxy solicitations, insider trading, state corporate law issues, strategic transactions, and corporate governance.
As the leader of the firm’s U.S. Securities and Public Company Advisory practice, John’s focus is on representing public companies and their boards on their most important matters. John frequently represents public companies and boards of directors on strategic transactions, including strategic review processes and unsolicited takeover proposals, financial restatements, and shareholder interactions, including shareholder engagement and proxy contests. He has over 20 years of experience advising clients on a broad range of complex transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, divestitures, spin-offs, dividends and distributions, capital markets financings and recapitalizations.
John serves as regular outside securities and corporate governance counsel to numerous NYSE and NASDAQ listed companies. In addition, John is regularly engaged as special counsel by other law firms, companies, and boards to advise on corporate governance matters, crises, and special situations.
John is nationally recognized as a leading lawyer in corporate governance and public company representations.
Memberships
Member, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
Education
J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, magna cum laude, 1997
B.S., Towson University, 1994
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
(Leading lawyers)The ‘strong minded, thoughtful & strategic‘ team at Hogan Lovells US LLP has significant experience advising public company clients and Fortune 500 companies, including both US companies and foreign private issuers, on a myriad of corporate issues such as corporate governance practices, securities law compliance, and SEC reporting. As well as regularly advising on SEC compliance, Alan Dye is a leading authority on the federal securities law, including Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Practice head John Beckman is ‘uniquely expert in everything from the largest complex transaction to the most delicate matters of corporate governance.’ Elsewhere in the team, Weston Gaines is a senior associate whose diverse workload includes shifts in corporate governance, securities law compliance, and SEC reporting. All named players are based in Washington DC. Alex Bahn departed from the firm n October 2022.
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Hogan Lovells US LLP‘s ‘world class team‘ in Washington DC is comprised of dedicated activism practitioners alongside specialists in securities regulatory issues. Practice head Joseph Gilligan ‘has an exceptionally deep understanding of the complex legal and business issues associated with M&A and shareholder activism matters‘, Alan Dye utilizes his experience of working at the SEC to provide ‘outstanding advice on all matters related to shareholder activism, engagement and related strategy’, and John Beckman is another key name when it comes to advising public entities on shareholder interactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate governance United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Leading lawyers United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Shareholder activism United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- International Trade > CFIUS
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)