Biography
John Lynch serves as financial advisor to the firm's managing committee and is a practicing member of the Finance and Business Transactions Practice Groups. He has more than three decades of experience assisting corporate and financial services clients with sophisticated business and commercial finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. John serves a range of clients, such as banks and other financial institutions, public and large private corporations, sovereign tribal nations, health care providers, and small business ventures. Mr. Lynch served as the firm’s managing partner from 2009 to 2016, and he currently serves as chair of its Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Finance
John represents large national and regional banks, lenders, and borrowers in a variety of sophisticated commercial finance transactions. These transactions regularly include the representation of lenders in structuring and documenting asset-based financings, the representation of agents and participants in both secured and unsecured syndicated credit facilities, and the representation of lenders and borrowers in leveraged buyout transactions.
Mergers and Acquisitions
John has developed a transaction-oriented corporate and commercial practice. He regularly represents both buyers and sellers in structuring, negotiating, financing, and documenting sophisticated business acquisition and sale transactions. His practice involves working with investment banks, accounting firms, and other professional advisors to provide integrated professional services to the firm's clients who are engaged in merger and acquisition transactions. He has assisted with deals involving businesses across various industries, such as food and beverages, commercial explosives, waste hauling, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, aerospace, and defense.
Corporate Law
In addition to his transactional practice, John represents corporate clients on matters involving governance, shareholder relations, employees, and general contracting issues.
Community Involvement
John is active in the community, and during his career he has donated his time and effort to organizations such as the Hartford Stage Company, Leadership Greater Hartford, Junior Achievement, United Way, and the MetroHartford Alliance. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity.
John has been selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list from 2006 to 2017, and he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Corporate Law since 2007 and in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions since 2012.