Garrett Johnston

Garrett counsels private equity clients, public and private companies and other types of institutions and individuals on key transactional matters. He has significant experience leading leveraged buyouts, add-on and other strategic acquisitions, competitive and distressed divestitures, recapitalizations, joint venture transactions, and securities transactions, including mezzanine, minority, and venture capital investments. He regularly assists and maintains relationships with a wide variety of private equity funds, institutional investors, independent sponsors, family offices, entrepreneurs and strategic acquirors across all industries, including technology, industrials, energy, and healthcare. He has represented clients based in the US and abroad and has practiced in New York and Houston.

• Representation of a family office in its majority recapitalization of a construction services company
• Representation of selling shareholders of a staffing business to a private equity fund
• Representation of an investment fund in formation of a new insurance company and acquisition of minority investment in existing insurance company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed striping, roadwork and infrastructure company in simultaneous add-acquisitions of road safety companies.
• Representation of an independent sponsor in a majority recapitalization of an educational technology company.
• Representation in the formation of a joint venture lumber distribution business.
• Representation of a management team in the formation of a private-equity backed battery storage venture.
• Representation of a private equity-backed company in its sale of its electronics manufacturing services division to a UK-based company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed industrial services company in add-on acquisition of industrial inspection and testing service company.
• Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a vegetation management company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed medical imaging company in its sale to a private equity fund.
• Representation of a private equity-backed home health services company in its sale to a private equity fund.
• Representation of an independent sponsor in acquisition of a roofing and siding company.
• Representation of a private equity-backed distributor and manufacturer of automotive aftermarket products in its sale to a private equity fund.
• Representation of a private equity-backed outsourced records retrieval business in numerous add-on acquisitions and in its sale of a majority stake to a private equity fund.