John Koenigsknecht > Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Offices
2 NORTH LASALLE STREET
SUITE 1700
CHICAGO, IL 60602
ILLINOIS
United States
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John Koenigsknecht
Work Department
Corporate & Securities
Position
Chair, Corporate & Securities practice group; Co-Chair, Cross-Border & International practice group
Career
John is co-chair of Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s Cross-Border & International practice group and a member of the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice group. He represents both publicly held and privately held clients in complex corporate, business and securities law matters. He represents clients involved in public and private mergers and acquisitions, initial and secondary public offerings, debt offerings, tender offers, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, and private equity and venture capital matters. He also provides representation on a wide variety of matters arising under federal securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of cross-border corporate and securities transactions.
John has extensive experience advising officers, directors and companies regarding general corporate, corporate governance, licensing and business law issues, including entity formation, supply agreements, consulting arrangements, shareholder agreements, business contracts, intellectual property and licensing matters, and executive compensation agreements, including restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements. John is the Global Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Special Business Team of Interlaw, the Tier 1 ranked law firm network as determined by Chambers.
Memberships
Harvard Varsity Club
Harvard Club of Chicago
American Bar Association
CommunityHealth NFP (Vice President and Board of Directors)
Education
George Washington University Law School (The) (J.D., 1996)
Harvard University (A.B., 1991), cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP fields a team of specialist M&A practitioners who are the trusted partners of a variety of longstanding and new clients operating in a range of sectors, notably metals and mining. Led from Chicago, the team regularly works with top Canadian natural resources companies on some of their most significant transactions. Practice head John Koenigsknecht stands out for his strong background in domestic and cross-border M&A involving public and private companies. Devoted to complex transactional and corporate governance matters, Michael Gray handles a mix of M&A, private equity deals and venture capital investments. Middle-market businesses regularly seek Joshua Klein‘s assistance in deals taking place in the tech, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and life sciences spaces. Cristina DeMento primarily attracts instructions from high-growth companies and their investors. All named attorneys are based in Chicago.