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Tim Johnston
Tim Johnston
Senior Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions and Venture Capital
E: timjohnston@velaw.com T: +1.512.542.8452
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Senior Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions and Venture Capital

Tim Johnston

Tim Johnston
Austin
T: +1.512.542.8452
F: +1.512.236.3260

200 West 6th Street
Suite 2500
Austin, Texas 78701

E: timjohnston@velaw.com
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Tim Johnston

Tim advises clients on strategic and capital-raising transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and sale-of-the-company transactions, preferred stock and other equity financings, convertible debt financings, minority and growth equity investments, and corporate reorganizations. Tim represents public and private companies, private equity investors and their portfolio companies, and venture capital investors and emerging growth companies, across a broad range of industries. He also regularly advises clients on corporate governance, securities law and other general corporate matters.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • A private fintech company in its acquisition by a public company focused on accounting automation

  • A private unicorn fintech company in a strategic acquisition of an online trip planner

  • A public online resale platform in a strategic transaction to acquire a resale platform in Europe

  • A public telecommunications company in the sale of an ad-tech company to a public advertising company

  • An online poker platform in its acquisition by a public company operating online casinos and gaming

  • A private software platform for marina businesses in its acquisition by a private technology company focused on storage

  • A private company in the unmanned aviation industry in its acquisition by a private equity fund

  • A private school network in multiple strategic acquisitions

  • A venture capital fund in an acqui-hire transaction

  • A private equity fund in the sale of an environmental services and solid waste disposal company

  • A cutting-edge hardware company in its Series B financing round

  • A private staffing platform in its Series C financing round of around $60M

  • A private AI forecasting company in its Series B financing round of around $28M

Credentials

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2018 (Articles and Staff Editor, SMU Law Review Association)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, Master in Professional Accounting, 2015
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., Accounting with highest honors, 2014
  • Judicial Intern to The Honorable Justice Jeff Brown, Texas Supreme Court, Summer 2016
  • Texas

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