Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Haub Impact Award Honoree

John T. o’connor, JD ’86 Partner

John has more than 35 years’ experience counseling clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, equity financings and general corporate matters. His practice primarily involves representing corporate issuers and private equity investors.

John has worked with clients across a wide range of activities, including acquisitions and divestitures, contested transactions, proxy contests, portfolio investing, equity and mezzanine debt financings, and restructurings.

He currently represents issuers and private equity investors in the technology, energy and retail and consumer products sectors, and has represented clients in the transportation, energy and financial services sectors in a broad range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and in bankruptcy-related divestitures and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, he was a partner for twenty years with Milbank LLP.

John is a graduate and Emeritus Trustee of Gettysburg College, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2014.

He earned his JD at Pace University School of Law in 1986, graduating magna cum laude and class valedictorian. He has served on the Pace University Board of Trustees since March 2006, and is currently Chair of the University Operations Committee and a member of the Finance & Audit Committee and the Executive Committee.

John is the recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award from Pace Law School.

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