John J. Koenigsknecht
USA Guide 2023
Band 1 : Mining & Metals
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John is the chair of the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice group and co-chair of the firm’s Cross-Border & International practice group. He counsels public and private companies across the United States and acts as U.S. counsel for international clients on complicated corporate transactions, capital market transactions and governance matters. He regularly handles mergers and acquisitions, entity structuring, tax minimization, intellectual property and licensing matters, executive compensation agreements, commercial agreements, non-compete agreements and confidentiality agreements.
He advises his clients concerning securities offerings, including initial and secondary public offerings, debt offerings, private equity and venture capital transactions and other capital-building transactions. He also formulates structures for private placements and manages sophisticated transactions on behalf of cross-border clients conducting business in the United States. John develops business strategies for clients across a broad range of industries, with an emphasis on mining and precious metals, software development and consumer and industrial product manufacturing.
John is the Global Chair of the Mergers and Acquisition Special Business Team for Interlaw, the Band 1 Chambers-rated global network of pre-eminent independent law firms, consisting of more than 7,500 lawyers based in more than 150 cities worldwide. Recently a Recognized Practitioner for M&A in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, he has also been acknowledged explicitly in the Chambers Global and Nationwide Energy: Mining & Metals (Transactional) categories every year since their inception. In a recent issue, clients described him as going “above and beyond” and as being “always accessible and responsive.”
John’s pro bono activities include serving as the President and Chair of the Board of Directors of CommunityHealth NFP, where he has been a director for more than 12 years. He is actively involved with respect to the organization’s Governance Committee, board recruitment, development work, strategic plan and securing legal counsel. John was also a long-term member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. CommunityHealth is the largest free health clinic in the United States. CommunityHealth is dedicated to providing essential medical and dental services to low-income, uninsured adults in need of a medical home; providing more than 15,000 free medical visits to thousands of patients each year.
Personal
The George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1996)
Harvard University (A.B., 1991), cum laude