Kerry Johnson

Career

Kerry Johnson is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Chicago office. She concentrates on capital markets and securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate law, primarily in the real estate industry and particularly regarding public real estate investment trusts (REITs).

A significant portion of Kerry’s practice includes representation of public REITs, and their underwriters, in initial public offerings (IPOs) and other public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. Kerry also has experience in negotiated and contested REIT M&A transactions and related corporate governance and stockholder activism matters, serving as counsel for buyers, sellers, and special committees of public REIT boards.