John P. Cleary, Co-Managing Shareholder of the San Diego office, represents public and private clients in a variety of corporate and securities matters. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities transactions, franchise formation and compliance, and general corporate matters. John also works with private equity and investment firms on structure, formation, SEC compliance, and transactions.

In the realm of mergers and acquisitions, John represents private equity firms and other buyers in stock and asset transactions. He also assists companies and management in business sales, merger and acquisition transactions, and joint venture arrangements. For publicly held companies, John handles transactional matters including initial public offerings, secondary public offerings, registered direct offerings, and alternative go-public transactions such as reverse mergers.

John’s practice extends to counseling public companies on various aspects of securities law, including PIPE transactions, securities offerings, Rule 144 matters, SEC compliance and reporting, and general business matters. This approach allows John to support companies at various stages of growth, from early-stage startups to established public entities.