John L. Fuller
John Fuller advises clients in complex corporate transactions, including representing investors and venture fund and private equity backed companies in joint ventures, LLCs, business formation and other strategic organizational and financing transactions. His clients range from established public and private companies to emerging start-ups across a range of industries including sports, media, healthcare, food service and technology. John has counseled private equity and venture capital investment funds and their portfolio companies on more than $1 billion in mergers and acquisitions as well as numerous venture capital financing transactions.
John maintains a diverse corporate practice which involves:
- Private Equity & Venture Capital Transactions – Advising clients in private equity and venture capital financings and portfolio management, including both company and investor side representation.
- Mergers & Acquisitions – Representing sellers and buyers in both public and private company transactions and has represented clients in numerous private equity and venture-backed purchase and sale transactions, including both leveraged and management buyouts across a variety of industry platforms.
- Partnerships & Joint Ventures – Representing entities, general and limited partners and other interested parties in various formation and investment activities, including advising on organizational, fund raising, securities compliance and corporate governance.
In addition to transactional work, John also regularly advises in general corporate governance matters, including fiduciary duties, securities law reporting and regulatory compliance and public company disclosure.
Featured Experience
Memberships
American Bar Association — Business Law Section
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
Representative Experience
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Represented Pace Payment Systems, Inc. in its sale to i3 Verticals, Inc. for $52.7 million
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Served as main counsel on the recent Columbus Crew acquisition by a private investor group led by Dee and Jimmy Haslam (Crew SC Holdings)
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Represented Change Healthcare in its acquisition of National Decision Support Company
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Represented NN, Inc. in its acquisition of a medical instruments and implants supplier
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Represented NN, Inc. in its sale of the Precision Bearing Components Group to Tsubaki Nakashima Co. for $388 million
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Represented Bridgestone Americas in its investment in ClearMotion
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Represented diagnostic test startup in seed financing round
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Represented Entrada Inc. in its sale to NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) for $34 million
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Represented Firestone Building Products in its acquisition of Gaco Western
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Represented Claritas Capital in its strategic investment in Precedent Health, securing funding through this Series B round in part to complete the acquisition of Precedent Spine
Accolades
Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2016-2018)
Phi Kappa Phi
James Henry Burke and the H.L. Hendricks Memorial Scholarships
Certificate of Academic Excellence — Contract Drafting and Transactional Tax Planning
Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Studied abroad at the University of Cambridge