Garrett Johnston, Managing Partner of O’Melveny’s Houston office, counsels private equity clients, public and private companies and other types of institutions and individuals on key transactional matters. He has significant experience leading leveraged buyouts, add-on and other strategic acquisitions, competitive and distressed divestitures, recapitalizations, joint venture transactions, and securities transactions, including mezzanine, minority, and venture capital investments.
Garrett regularly assists and maintains relationships with a wide variety of private equity funds, institutional investors, independent sponsors, family offices, entrepreneurs and strategic acquirors across all industries, including technology, industrials, energy, and healthcare. He has represented clients based in the US and abroad and has practiced in New York and Houston.
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- Representation of a family office in its majority recapitalization of a construction services company
- Representation of selling shareholders of a staffing business to a private equity fund
- Representation of an investment fund in formation of a new insurance company and acquisition of minority investment in existing insurance company.
- Representation of a private equity-backed striping, roadwork and infrastructure company in simultaneous add-acquisitions of road safety companies.
- Representation of an independent sponsor in a majority recapitalization of an educational technology company.
- Representation in the formation of a joint venture lumber distribution business.
- Representation of a management team in the formation of a private-equity backed battery storage venture.
- Representation of a private equity-backed company in its sale of its electronics manufacturing services division to a UK-based company.
- Representation of a private equity-backed industrial services company in add-on acquisition of industrial inspection and testing service company.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a vegetation management company.
- Representation of a private equity-backed medical imaging company in its sale to a private equity fund.
- Representation of a private equity-backed home health services company in its sale to a private equity fund.
- Representation of an independent sponsor in acquisition of a roofing and siding company.
- Representation of a private equity-backed distributor and manufacturer of automotive aftermarket products in its sale to a private equity fund.
- Representation of a private equity-backed outsourced records retrieval business in numerous add-on acquisitions and in its sale of a majority stake to a private equity fund.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a software solutions business for car dealerships.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a healthcare solutions company for ambulatory surgical centers.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a transportation management software company.
- Representation of a private equity-backed distributor of surface preparation, abrasives and safety products in a joint venture with another private equity-backed company.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a mobile fleet washing and facility service company.
- Representation of selling shareholders of an engineering and research and development staffing services business in an acquisition by a public company based in France.
- Representation of a Saudi Arabian company in its investment in a logging-while-drilling company.
- Representation of a family office in its acquisition of a data center company.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its majority recapitalization of a comprehensive point-of-sale solutions company for restaurants.
- Representation of a private equity-backed cargo handling, stevedoring and termination operations company in its sale to a stevedoring and terminal operator in eastern Canada.
- Representation of a private equity-backed distributor of flow control products in its sale to a private equity fund.
- Representation of a private equity fund in its acquisition of a construction supply business.
- Representation of a private equity-backed compliance and credentialing software business for healthcare organizations in the sale of a majority stake to a private equity fund.
- Representation of a private equity-backed specialty tool manufacturer and service provider to the oil and gas industry in its sale to a private equity fund.
- Representation of a Scotland-based private equity firm in multiple acquisitions of mining services businesses.
- Representation of an oil and gas services company in its divestitures of its reciprocating compression division and its centrifugal compression division.
- Representation of a Houston-based private equity firm in recapitalizations of multiple oil and gas services business.
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- New York
- Texas
Education
- Boston College, J.D.
- Stanford University, B.A., Political Science & Economics
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® for Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law in Houston, TX (2024-2025)
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