John E. Royer, Jr.

Practice Areas

Corporate & Business

Employment

International

Intellectual Property

Banking & Financial Services

Career

John E. Royer, Jr. is the Chairman and Managing Partner of RCCB and a member of the Corporate & Business, Employment, International, Intellectual Property, and Banking & Financial Services Groups. He brings more than 35 years of business and corporate law experience to his clients, for whom he frequently serves as outside general counsel. He focuses his practice primarily on mergers and acquisitions, financings, and other business and corporate law transactions, of which he has handled hundreds during his career, as well as counseling emerging growth technology and life science companies, middle-market and family-owned businesses, and their executives and investors. His practice encompasses a broad range of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital transactions, debt and equity offerings, licensing and technology contracting, fund formation and partnership and limited liability company operating agreements, in addition to a wide variety of business and commercial agreements and general business legal counseling.

Professional Memberships

Turnaround Management Association

American Bar Association, Member

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Pennsylvania

Work Highlights

Multiple middle-market buyout private equity funds in numerous platforms and follow-on acquisitions

Several family offices in a variety of business and real estate transactions

Numerous medical device and other life sciences companies in multiple financing, commercial, and M&A transactions

Industry leader in envelopes, labels, and commercial print distribution in a number of middle-market M&A transactions as a buyer or seller

Industry Sector Expertise

Emerging growth

Technology

Healthcare IT and fintech

Life sciences and medical devices

Business and residential services, including HVAC and logistics

Internet & e-Commerce

Financial services, including financing businesses, and asset management

Experience

Represented an HVAC company and its CEO and President in its sale to private equity for nearly $75 million in cash and rollover equity.

Represented the CEO, President, and COO in the further sale of the HVAC company by the first private equity firm to another private equity fund for nearly $400 million. Continue to represent the HVAC company in a number of bolt-on acquisitions ranging in value from approximately $3 million to $50 million.

Represented the owner/developer of a 51 story, 755 room dual-branded hotel in closing on nearly $250 million in construction financing from four different lending sources, including traditional construction financing, mezzanine financing, a PIDC HUD 108 loan and EB-5 funds. Also represented the client in a refinancing and a number of loan modifications and amendments, as well as the negotiation of various design, development, construction and hotel and restaurant management agreements.

Represented a consulting services and software solutions provider in the clinical trial industry in its exit sale to a private equity-backed strategic acquirer for $55 million in cash and rollover equity.

Represented a medical device company in the sale of assets related to its commercialized products to a private equity-backed medical device company for $160 million.

Represented a medical device company from formation, through multiple rounds of preferred equity and convertible debt financing aggregating more than $35 million, through the sale of the company to a large strategic for up to $160 million in upfront and milestone payments.

Represented a regional accounting firm in its sale to a national aggregator of registered investment advisors for approximately $40 million.

Represented a provider of compliance and advisory services to registered funds and wealth managers and its sole owner in connection with the sale of the company to a global provider of governance, risk management and compliance and technology solutions to the asset management industry for consideration of approximately $30 million.

Represented a private equity fund in its purchase of a courier and logistics company in a transaction valued at $35 million. Additionally, represented the fund and portfolio company in the strategic stock purchase acquisition of another national courier and logistics company for consideration of approximately $45 million, and subsequently in a number of bolt-on acquisitions for consideration ranging from $2.1 million to $20 million.

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