Bio

John Koenigsknecht is co-chair of Crowell’s Corporate practice and is based in its Chicago office. He serves as a strategic advisor to public and private companies across the United States and acts as U.S. counsel for international clients on complex 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. John advises clients on securities offerings, including initial and secondary public offerings, complex cross-border offerings and listings, 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, including mining, resources and precious metals, software development, and consumer and industrial product manufacturing. John is also recognized as Band 1-ranked lawyer in both the Chambers Global and Chambers USA -Nationwide Mining & Metals categories, the former of which he has been acknowledged in every year since its inception. In a recent issue, clients described him as “going above and beyond” and as “technically sound and a really good business partner.” John was formerly the long time Global Chair of the Mergers and Acquisition Special Business Team for InterLaw, the Band 1 Chambers-ranked global network of pre-eminent independent law firms. 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.