David J. Johnson, Jr.
Partner
Dave Johnson is the managing partner of O’Melveny’s Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm’s Corporate Finance/Capital Markets Practice.
Dave recently transferred to Hong Kong from our Century City office. He represents corporations, funds and investment banks in all aspects of corporate finance and capital markets transactions including acting as lead counsel in numerous domestic and international public and private capital markets offerings, PIPE transactions and negotiated restructurings. Dave has represented issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt (including convertible and high-yield) securities in cross-border transactions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, as well as acted as counsel to investment funds in debt and equity investments and exchange transactions.
Dave has acted as counsel to issuers, advisors and funds in connection with direct debt and equity investments, debt tender and exchange offers and distressed restructurings.
In addition, Dave counsels companies, boards and special committees in disclosure and corporate governance matters. He also represents corporations, funds and financial advisors in acquisition and restructuring transactions.
Dave has been recognized by
Chambers USA,
Chambers Global,
Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500 and
Super Lawyers, as a leading Capital Markets lawyer.
Illustrative Professional Experience
- Spectrum Brands - pre-negotiated bankruptcy filing - counsel to investment fund as major noteholder
- Qwest Communications - counsel to issuers
- US$12.9 billion exchange offer and consent solicitation
- 144A offering of US$1.775 billion of senior notes
- US$1.0 billion cash tender offer
- US$1.75 billion revolving credit facility
- MTS, Inc. (Tower Records) - prepackaged bankruptcy, including issuance of senior notes - counsel to debtor
- Six Flags Inc. - exchange offer for up to US$400 million of new senior notes - counsel to lead holder
- NextWave Wireless - private placement of US$350 million senior secured notes (including warrants) and convertible preferred stock; restructuring of same to create first, second and third lien notes - counsel to lead investor
- IMC Mortgage - out-of-court reorganization - counsel to financial advisor
- Spin Cycle - consensual restructuring, including proposed prepackaged bankruptcy - counsel to debtor
- Alaska Air Group - 144A offering of convertible notes and public offering of common stock - counsel to issuer
- International Game Technology - 144A offering of convertible notes - counsel to issuer
- SanDisk Corporation - US$1.15 billion convertible senior notes - counsel to issuer
- FTI Consulting, Inc. - 144A offering of convertible notes and senior notes - counsel to issuer
- Quality Distribution Inc. - 144A offering of senior notes - counsel to issuer
- Liberman Broadcasting - 144A offering of senior notes and senior discount notes - counsel to issuer
- Toyota Motor Credit - Euro and domestic public notes offerings - counsel to underwriters and dealers
- Nationwide Health Properties - public offering of common stock and notes
- Occidental Petroleum - structured sale of investment in Lyondell Chemical - counsel to Occidental Petroleum
- Project Euronet - bridge loan - counsel to lenders
- The J. Paul Getty Trust - offer to purchase notes - counsel to dealer-managers
- GoTo.com - secondary stock offering - counsel to underwriters (Credit Suisse as lead)
- Focus Media - initial public offering of ADS - counsel to underwriters (Goldman Sachs as lead)
- ATA Inc. - initial public offering of ADS - counsel to issuer
- Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited - initial public offering of ADRs; 144A offering of convertable notes - counsel to issuer
Professional Activities
Member, New York State Bar Association