Merritt Johnson is a partner in the Capital Markets practice.

He focuses on high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, leveraged buy-outs and liability management transactions. Merritt has worked on transactions in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, mining and metals, oil and gas, media and telecommunications, consumer retail products, technology and general industrials.

Merritt represents financial institution clients, including Barclays, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, and corporate issuers.

• Jefferies Finance in connection with its Rule 144A offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of high-yield senior notes
• Valvoline Inc. in connection with its Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of high-yield senior notes
• Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and the other initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of €380 million high-yield senior notes by Catalent Inc.
• Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse in connection with the initial public offering of AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc. and a subsequent follow-on equity offering and offering of high-yield senior notes
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the other underwriters in connection with Blackstone’s sale of shares of common stock of Catalent, Inc.
• Morgan Stanley and the other initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of fixed rate, guaranteed, high-yield senior notes by Cincinnati Bell Inc.
• Citigroup and the other initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of fixed rate, guaranteed, high-yield senior notes by Valvoline Inc. as part of its spin-off from Ashland
• Morgan Stanley and the other initial purchasers in connection with a $640 million financing for Halyard Health’s Inc.’s spin-off from Kimberly-Clark Corporation, including a $250 million offering of senior notes
• Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the other initial purchasers in connection with a $1.2 billion senior notes offering by Steel Dynamics, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Severstal Columbus, LLC
• Jefferies Finance LLC in connection with its issuance of senior notes
• Morgan Stanley and the other underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of Catalent, Inc.
• Barclays and the other underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of Foresight Energy LP
• Morgan Stanley and the other initial purchasers in connection with the exchange offer and issuance of senior notes by The Jones Group Inc. in connection with its leveraged buyout by Sycamore Partners
• Morgan Stanley and the other initial purchasers in connection with the issuance of senior notes by Smithfield Foods Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Shuanghui International Holdings Limited