John drafts and negotiates commercial agreements on a daily basis, including SaaS and master services agreements, platform terms, licensing, distribution, manufacturing, sponsorship, and creator and influencer agreements, much of it negotiated on the counterparty’s paper opposite major retailers and global brands.
John negotiates data processing addenda, security addenda, cross-border transfer terms, and AI terms as a regular part of his commercial practice, and advises clients on how U.S. state privacy laws and industry privacy frameworks apply to their products, data practices, and vendor relationships.
John represents recording artists, their management companies, and celebrity-founded consumer brands in endorsement, collaboration, and licensing transactions, along with the agencies and funds that sit around talent.
John helps companies structure, negotiate, and issue securities in early-stage financings, including convertible debt, Safes, warrants, and preferred equity, and frequently represents LLCs in financing and other transactions with private equity funds.
John advises buyers and sellers in private company transactions, including asset and equity purchases, court-supervised sales, and distressed acquisitions. In recent years he has assisted clients with acquisitions having a value of over $60 million.
John assists companies from onboarding through executive exits, including executive employment agreements, equity incentive plans, and bespoke phantom equity plans with the Section 409A analysis these arrangements require.
John has formed hundreds of corporations and limited liability companies in Delaware, Texas, and Washington, and restructures, merges, and converts existing entities, including dual-class and voting and non-voting equity structures.