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Patrick J. Johnson

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Corporate Law
    Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Law School:
    University of Virginia
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.brookspierce.com/ou...
  • Website:
    http://www.brookspierce.com
  • E-mail:
    pjohnson@brookspierce.com
  • Location:
    Wells Fargo Capitol Center, Suite 1700
    150 Fayetteville Street
    P.O. Box 1800
    Raleigh, NC 27602

Patrick Johnson is a business lawyer and a partner in the firm's Raleigh office. He represents businesses in a variety of transactions. These include mergers and acquisitions, transfers of assets, commercial contracts, commercial loans and private placements of securities. He has extensive experience representing businesses in M&A transactions and commercial contracts. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Corporate Law and in Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Woodward/White).

Prior to joining Brooks Pierce in 2004, Patrick was a lawyer with Jones Day and Dewey Ballantine in New York. He also served as an investment banker with Robertson Stephens in New York, where he advised on M&A and capital markets transactions.

Patrick's practice includes representing businesses in international business transactions. He spent three months practicing in Dewey Ballantine's London office, has worked on cross-border transactions, and regularly counsels a global manufacturing business and advises them with respect to commercial arrangements involving foreign entities.

Articles, Publications, & Speeches

  • "Enforceability of Online Terms and Conditions Incorporated into a Written Contract," North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Section newsletter, April 2010
  • "Securities Law Issues and Answers for Small to Medium Sized Businesses," NBI CLE Seminar, December 2009
  • "LLC's: Securities Law Issues and Answers," NBI CLE Seminar, May 2009
  • "Joint Ventures: One Alternative to Financing a Deal Without Traditional Financing," North Carolina Bar Association Annual Real Property Section Meeting, April 2009
  • "Due Diligence in M&A Transactions," North Carolina Bar Association Annual Business Law Section Meeting, February 2008
  • "Limited Liability Companies - Creating Practical Operating Procedures," NBI CLE Seminar, August 2007
  • "SEC Disclosure Rules Regarding Internal Control Over Financial Reporting," Legal Topics Bulletin, August 2004

Representative Transactions

Patrick has significant experience advising on and negotiating transactions, including representing:

  • Media company in acquisition of assets of six radio stations
  • Private owner of broadcast television stations in sale of stations to public company
  • Private U.S. distribution company in sale to U.K. public company
  • Private media company in sale of cable systems to private investor
  • Two midwestern utilities in sale of jointly-held U.K. electricity distribution business to U.K. utility
  • Prominent investment banker in purchase of national magazine from large media company
  • National telecommunications company in a large equity investment by financial buyer in telecommunications company's reorganization in Chapter 11
  • Public telecommunications company in its acquisition by private telecommunications company
  • Private health care service provider in its acquisition of family-owned health care service provider
  • Private equity fund in its investments in cable service provider
  • Pension trust of Fortune 10 company in its investments in public hotel chain and private direct marketing company
  • Numerous borrowers in credit facilities

News

  • Brooks Pierce Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
  • Patrick Johnson Serves as Panelist at CED Program
  • Frye, Johnson and Woosley Receive Power of Justice Awards
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  • Lawyer Bio
  • Client Comments
  • Firm Details

Lawyer Bio

Patrick Johnson is a business lawyer and a partner in the firm's Raleigh office. He represents businesses in a variety of transactions. These include mergers and acquisitions, transfers of assets, commercial contracts, commercial loans and private placements of securities. He has extensive experience representing businesses in M&A transactions and commercial contracts. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Corporate Law and in Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Woodward/White).

Prior to joining Brooks Pierce in 2004, Patrick was a lawyer with Jones Day and Dewey Ballantine in New York. He also served as an investment banker with Robertson Stephens in New York, where he advised on M&A and capital markets transactions.

Patrick's practice includes representing businesses in international business transactions. He spent three months practicing in Dewey Ballantine's London office, has worked on cross-border transactions, and regularly counsels a global manufacturing business and advises them with respect to commercial arrangements involving foreign entities.

Articles, Publications, & Speeches

  • "Enforceability of Online Terms and Conditions Incorporated into a Written Contract," North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Section newsletter, April 2010
  • "Securities Law Issues and Answers for Small to Medium Sized Businesses," NBI CLE Seminar, December 2009
  • "LLC's: Securities Law Issues and Answers," NBI CLE Seminar, May 2009
  • "Joint Ventures: One Alternative to Financing a Deal Without Traditional Financing," North Carolina Bar Association Annual Real Property Section Meeting, April 2009
  • "Due Diligence in M&A Transactions," North Carolina Bar Association Annual Business Law Section Meeting, February 2008
  • "Limited Liability Companies - Creating Practical Operating Procedures," NBI CLE Seminar, August 2007
  • "SEC Disclosure Rules Regarding Internal Control Over Financial Reporting," Legal Topics Bulletin, August 2004

Representative Transactions

Patrick has significant experience advising on and negotiating transactions, including representing:

  • Media company in acquisition of assets of six radio stations
  • Private owner of broadcast television stations in sale of stations to public company
  • Private U.S. distribution company in sale to U.K. public company
  • Private media company in sale of cable systems to private investor
  • Two midwestern utilities in sale of jointly-held U.K. electricity distribution business to U.K. utility
  • Prominent investment banker in purchase of national magazine from large media company
  • National telecommunications company in a large equity investment by financial buyer in telecommunications company's reorganization in Chapter 11
  • Public telecommunications company in its acquisition by private telecommunications company
  • Private health care service provider in its acquisition of family-owned health care service provider
  • Private equity fund in its investments in cable service provider
  • Pension trust of Fortune 10 company in its investments in public hotel chain and private direct marketing company
  • Numerous borrowers in credit facilities

News

  • Brooks Pierce Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
  • Patrick Johnson Serves as Panelist at CED Program
  • Frye, Johnson and Woosley Receive Power of Justice Awards
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  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Affiliations
  • Award List
  • Additional Information

Education:

  • University of Virginia , J.D., graduated 1994
  • University of Virginia, BA, graduated 1991

Bar Admissions:

  • North Carolina
  • North Carolina, Wake County
  • New York

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Member
  • Wake County Bar Association - Member
  • Rotary Club of Raleigh - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
 

Awards:

  • 40 Under 40 Leadership Award, Triangle Business Journal, 2009
  • Power of Justice Award, Business Leader Magazine and NC Bar, 2008

Special Focus:

  • COVID-19
 

Lawyer Client Comments

Firm Details

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Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP
http://www.brookspierce.com
 
Headquarters
Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2000
230 North Elm Street
P.O. Box 26000
Greensboro, NC 27420
(336) 373.8850
3 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

North Carolina

North Carolina

Raleigh, NC

Wells Fargo Capitol Center, Suite 1700

150 Fayetteville Street

P.O. Box 1800

Raleigh, NC 27602

United States

(919) 839.0300

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Wilmington, NC

115 North Third Street, Suite 301

P.O. Box 2460

Wilmington, NC 28402

United States

(910) 444.2000

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