About John K. Kane
Practice Areas
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Financial
- Corporate Law
- Business Law
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1991J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Vermont, 1987B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
Representative Cases
- Alliant Techsystems forms joint venture
- American Greetings buys Recycled Paper Greetings for $152.4 million
- Bank of Ireland Asset Management acquires Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management for 4184 million
- Boscov's Department Stores becomes another victim of the credit crunch (2009)
- Celgene invests in Acceleron Pharma
- Celgene invests in PTC Therapeutics
- Celgene negotiates drug discovery and license agreement with PTC Therapeutics
- Chrysler sold to Fiat-led "New Chrysler" after historic court proceedings (2009)
- Dan River acquires business unit of Best Manufacturing in bankruptcy buyout
- Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. acquires Jumpstart Automotive Media for $110 million
- Hachette Livre S.A. acquires Time Warner Book Group for $537 million (2009)
- Husqvarna acquires Dixon Industries from Blount International
- International Automotive Components Group acquires Lear's North American Interior Systems Division for $150 million (2009)
- International Automotive Components Group acquires Soft Trim for $134 million (2009)
- International Automotive Components purchases Collins & Aikman assets
- International Coal acquires Anker Coal for $198 million
- International Coal Group acquires CoalQuest Development for $101 million
- International Steel Group acquires Acme Steel Assets
- Invensys plc sells Siebe Automotive to Cooper Tire & Rubber for $244.5 million
- Levitz Home Furnishings sells assets in bankruptcy buyout
- Micro Warehouse acquired by investor group
- Oaktree Asset Management stockholders sell majority of assets to Banyan Partners (2009)
- Oxford Automotive ApS is acquired by Wagon Plc for $222.5 million
- Pernod Ricard sells Orangina-Pampryl soft drinks business to Cadbury Schweppes
- R.H. Donnelley acquires SBC Communications' directory publishing business (2009)
- Recoletos Grupo de Comunicacion acquires Meximerica Media
- Seaman Furniture consolidates with Levitz Furniture
- WL Ross & Co. acquires interest in Oxford Automotive Aps
- WL Ross & Co. completes IPO of €121 million of Bearer Shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by VTG Aktiengesellschaft
- WL Ross & Co. forms joint venture with Lear Corporation and Franklin Mutual Advisers (2009)
- WL Ross acquires up to $1 billion of Common Stock of Assured Guaranty
- WL Ross funds acquire interest in real estate loan portfolio from the FDIC
- WL Ross leads buyout of Horizon Natural Resources
- WL Ross portfolio company acquires Texas Railcar Leasing (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York
- Missouri
- Illinois
Office Info
Other Colleagues
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- Of Counsel
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