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Mr John Cannon
Work Department
Compensation, Governance & ERISA
Position
Partner
Career
John Cannon is a partner in the Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice of Shearman & Sterling LLP.
He has extensive experience in executive compensation, management succession and general corporate governance matters, Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley, and the employee issues implicated in the mergers and acquisitions context. He also has experience in advising startup companies in the biotechnology sector regarding corporate and compensation matters.
John represents corporate and financial institution clients including Boston Scientific, Citigroup, Corning, Danone, ICE (Intercontinental Exchange), State Street, Textron, Thomson Reuters and Viacom.
Languages
English; French; Spanish
Memberships
- New York
Education
J.D.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Shearman & Sterling LLP advises public and private companies, along with corporate boards and committees, on the full spectrum of governance issues relating to compensation, attracting notable clients from a wide range of industries, including technology, airlines, and agricultural products. New York-based practice head Doreen Lilienfeld is highly experienced in representing domestic and international entities with respect to compensation matters involved in M&A and IPOs, as evidenced by her leading role in Local Bounti Corporation’s $122.5 million acquisition of Hollandia Produce Inc. John Cannon has expertise in all aspects of corporate governance, compensation, and employment law, enabling him to regularly support start-ups in the biotechnology sector, while Gillian Emmett Moldowan focuses on issues that arise at the intersection of human capital management and corporate governance. Sam Whitaker was promoted to partner in July 2022. All attorneys mentioned are in New York.
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Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation