John M. Ferguson

John Ferguson, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s business law department, co-chairs the firm’s real estate industry group. He is a former co-chair of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds practice. Ferguson represents a wide range of clients in forming private investment funds, partnerships, joint ventures and other transaction structures, and in acquisition, financing, restructuring and disposition transactions. 

His experience in the private investment fund area includes real estate, infrastructure, debt and credit, asset-backed securities, private equity and hedge funds and funds-of-funds. His experience focuses on establishing commingled funds, clubs and investment programs, joint ventures and separate accounts, organizing fund sponsor and manager entities, and advising fund managers on employee compensation structures. This work includes U.S. and international securities offerings, tax and regulatory-related structuring and investment manager M&A transactions. 

Ferguson’s experience within the real estate industry is extensive and multi-faceted, and includes the representation of: a global wealth management firm in the structuring and implementation of a several billion dollar domestic and international real estate investment program; financial and operating parties in both the formation and unwinding of joint venture transactions; portfolio and single asset acquisitions, financings (equity and secured, unsecured, and mezzanine debt) and dispositions; a NYSE-listed upREIT in a going-private transaction and a related exchange offer to its operating partnership unitholders; and investment funds as borrowers under subscription-secured credit facilities. 

These are some of the reasons that we named Ferguson to our National grouping of Lawyers in Real Estate. These are real estate attorneys who have distinguished themselves in both their practice and the larger community.