Bio

John Koenigsknecht 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, emphasizing 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. John is recognized as a top practitioner, Band 1, in the 2023 Chambers Global: Mining & Metals (Transactional) and the 2022 Nationwide Energy: Mining & Metals (Transactional) categories. In a recent issue, clients described him as going “above and beyond” and “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 13 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 volunteer-based free health centers 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 23,000 free medical visits and over 22,000 free prescriptions to thousands of patients each year.