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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 partners)Routinely involved in advising public company clients and Fortune 500 companies on significant policy and transactional matters, Hogan Lovells US LLP is able to handle day-to-day corporate governance practices, securities law compliance, and SEC reporting. Praised for fielding a team of ‘dedicated attorneys that specialize solely in this subject area’, the practice is well-placed to represent clients across the life sciences, healthcare, tech and manufacturing sectors. At the helm sits John Beckman who is noted for his focus on securities regulation and corporate governance, frequently representing public companies in connection with shareholder interactions. Elsewhere in the team, Alan Dye is sought after for his expertise in all aspects of securities law compliance, while senior associate Weston Gaines is experienced in SEC reporting and securities law compliance. All practitioners mentioned are based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate governance United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Leading partners United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- 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)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- 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 and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- International trade and national security > 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: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- 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 litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation