John H. Butler

Representative public company transactions include:

• Genuine Parts Company’s “Reverse Morris Trust” proposed spinoff and merger of its SP Richards division with Essendant and the subsequent topping by for Essendant made by Staples, Inc.
• Fogo De Chão’s sale to Rhone Capital
• HRG Group’s merger with Spectrum Brands
• Guggenheim’s sale of its ETFs business to Invesco
• Nationstar Mortgage’s merger with WMIH
• BioReference Laboratories in its merger with OPKO Health
• Blount International’s sale to a private equity consortium
• Sterling Financial’s recapitalization transaction
• Roche’s “going private” acquisition of Genentech
• Verisk Analytics’ recapitalization and IPO
• Huntington Bancshares’ acquisition of Sky Financial
• Pepsi’s going-private acquisitions of its two anchor bottlers, PepsiAmericas and Pepsi Bottling Group
• Cypress Semiconductor’s hostile approach to Integrated Silicon Solutions
• The Royal Bank of Scotland’s acquisition of Charter One Financial
• The St. Paul Companies’ merger with Travelers Property Casualty
• Pharmacia’s merger with Monsanto
• Patriot Coal’s spinoff from Peabody Energy
• Compaq’s restructuring of its investment in CMGI and Navisite
• Delta Air Lines’ tender offer for Comair and the restructuring of Republic Airlines
• Citigroup’s purchase of Banamex
• The merger of Medical Manager, CareInsite and WebMD
• First Advantage’s purchase of certain business units from First American

Representative “private” company transactions include:

• Numerous transactions and investments for Guggenheim Partners and its principals
• Numerous private equity transactions, investments, joint ventures and proxy contests for Axon Capital
• Pattern Energy’s strategic partnership with PSP Investments and numerous “drop down” acquisitions of wind farm projects
• Genuine Parts Company’s acquisition of Alliance Automotive Group
• Numerous acquisitions, strategic partnerships and collaborations for Roche
• Axel Springer’s purchase of eMarketer
• Numerous investments for Interfunds Management
• The restructuring of the revenue-sharing arrangements for the Spirits of St. Louis Basketball Club
• Tesco’s sale of its U.S. “Fresh & Easy” business
• The sale of minority interests in the New York Mets, the purchase of the Syracuse Chiefs by the Mets, and matters relating to SNY (the NY Mets regional sports network)
• Investments by several individuals in the Chicago Cubs
• York Capital’s investments in Hendricks Coal and Enovix
• Colt Manufacturing in its merger with Colt Defense
• AloStar Bank of Commerce’s recapitalization
• Corsair’s investment in Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
• The restructuring of Larchmont Resources by a lender group
• Deutsche Post’s purchase of Quik-Pak  
• The restructuring of Venoco, Inc. by a lender group
• CSFB Private Equity’s investments in Segway

John has also represented a number of financial institutions in connection with advisory assignments.

*The above matters were handled by John prior to joining Sidley.