John Weston is currently on an extended leave of absence from the firm to render voluntary religious service. Please contact our Salt Lake City administrative partner Brian Hulse with general inquiries, or Brad Merrill or Ken Ashton for inquiries concerning our corporate practice. Brian Hulse can be reached at 801.257.1957 or at bhulse@swlaw.com; Brad Merrill can be reached at 801.257.1541 or at bmerrill@swlaw.com; and Ken Ashton can be reached at 801.257.1528 or at kashton@swlaw.com.
John Weston has extensive experience representing clients in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, private equity and venture capital transactions, securities regulation, corporate governance matters, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, private placements, public offerings, consolidations, joint ventures and partnerships, and general corporate law.
Representative Transactions
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- Counsel to numerous public companies in connection with securities regulation and compliance
- Counsel to various Boards of Directors regarding corporate governance issues and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Special Counsel to a bank audit committee
- Counsel to medical device company in its $80,000,000 merger
- Counsel to a high-tech visual 3D and software public company in its $54,300,000 acquisition of a high-tech computer hardware public company
- Counsel to a public software company in its secondary public offering
- Counsel to a public filter manufacturing company in its secondary public offering
- Counsel to a Canadian trucking company in its asset acquisition of an interstate trucking company
- Counsel to various public and private companies in their various private placements
- Counsel to leading manufacturer and supplier of wheel rims in a variety of joint venture and development agreements
- Counsel to a leading computer game manufacturer in its sale to an internationally recognized software company
- Counsel to a leading manufacturer and supplier of wheel rims in securing a $100,000,000 credit facility
- Counsel to numerous issuers in connection with various venture capital raising transactions
- Counsel to acquirers of local automobile dealerships
- Counsel to various prominent equity funds
- Counsel to acquirer of international time management company
- Counsel to acquirer of an international company's pre-paid calling card business
- Counsel to sellers disposing of their 100% interest in a book publishing company
Education
- University of Utah, College of Law (J.D., 1995)
- Brigham Young University (B.S., Accounting, 1992)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Utah
- Supreme Court of California
- United States District Court, District of Utah
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California
- United States District Court, Southern District of California
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of Utah
- Securities Section
- American Bar Association
- Salt Lake County Bar Association
- California State Bar Association
- Business Law Section
Professional Recognition & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law (2007-2012)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Business Edition, Corporate Law (2012)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business®, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions (2004-2011)
- Utah Legal Elite: Corporate Law and Transactions, Utah Business magazine (2003-2011)
Other Professional Experience
- Snell & Wilmer, Associate, Salt Lake City, UT (1996-2001)
- Andrews and Kurth, L.L.P., Associate, Los Angeles, CA (1995-1996)
