John M. Pollack is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is a member of Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity practice groups.  Mr. Pollack serves on the Finance Committee of Gibson Dunn.

Mr. Pollack focuses his practice on public and private M&A across a wide range of industries and his clients include private investment funds, family offices, publicly-traded and privately-held companies.

Mr. Pollack has been recognized as a leader in his field by Chambers USA, which praised him for being “fantastic to work with, very bright and very attentive to detail.”  In addition, he is consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, and was also named one of Law360’s Rising Stars of 2013 for Private Equity.

Mr. Pollack’s private equity clients have included and include Veritas Capital, Liberty Hall Capital Partners, OceanSound Partners, Lupa Systems, Cerberus Capital Management and Motive Partners.

Recent transactions that Mr. Pollack has led include:

• the representation of Veritas Capital in connection with certain M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Sequa Corporation from entities affiliated with Carlyle Partners and the acquisition by Finalsite (a Veritas portfolio company) of the Blackboard K-12 division of Anthology,
• the representation of Liberty Hall Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on various M&A transactions, including the sale of OnBoard Systems to Arcline Investment Management, the sale of AIM Aerospace to Sekisui Chemical for $510 million, the sale of Aircraft Performance Group to AFV Partners and the acquisition of Comply365 from Luminate Capital Partners,
• the representation of OceanSound Partners and its portfolio companies on various M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Digital Management Holdings, the combination of Trident Technologies with Smartronix LLC, and subsequent add-on transactions of DataStrong and C2S Consulting,
• the representation of Lupa Systems (James Murdoch’s family office) on various M&A matters, including the acquisition of majority control of the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival and its add-on acquisition of m ss ng p eces production company.

Mr. Pollack has also represented various public companies in change of control transactions, including Aeroflex Holding Corp. ($1.5 billion sale to Cobham plc), Dyncorp International ($1.5 billion sale to Cerberus Capital) and Charming Shoppes ($900 million sale to Ascena Retail Group).*

Mr. Pollack graduated magna cum laude from The George Washington University and The George Washington University Law School, the latter bestowing upon him High Honors, Order of the Coif and an award for Highest Overall Proficiency in Securities Law.

Mr. Pollack serves on The George Washington University Law School Board of Advisors, as well as is a member of the Law School’s Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-LEAF) Advisory Board.

*Representations were made by Mr. Pollack prior to his association with Gibson Dunn.