Mr John D Burnside

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Counsel

  Firm Name

  Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Experience: Ushered the buyer
  seller of a large open-pit copper mine through the complex regulatory process for transfer of environmental permits
  authorizations
  Developed persuasive expert testimony, managed discovery, prepared briefs
  motions,
  presented our clients' case in multiple trials before the Special Water Master in the Gila Adjudication on issues affecting the rights of well owners to continue pumping groundwater from their wells.
  Developed persuasive expert testimony, managed discovery, prepared briefs
  motions,
  participated in negotiation
  drafting of settlement in multi-party litigation involving cost recovery at one of the largest environmental sites in Arizona
  Managed discovery, prepared briefs
  motions,
  negotiated over a dozen settlements for a client in complex insurance coverage litigation involving environmental remediation liability
  Prepared defense for a client against a multi-million dollar claim under Arizona fee-shifting statute, including development of expert testimony documenting unreasonableness of opposing parties' attorneys' fees
  Counseled mining industry client through planning
  implementation of a voluntary remediation project involving cleanup of contaminated soil located in a residential area of a former mining town in cooperation with environmental consultants

  Transactions

  Representative Transactions: Mergers and Acquisitions; Represented injection molding company in its 140 million sale to a publicly traded strategic buyer; Represented Forbes Top 25 private company in its 32.5 million acquisition of a supermarket chain; Represented nutraceutical company in its 24 million sale to a public Canadian health and nutrition company; Represented corporate venture company in the 17 million sale of its energy consulting and fuel management technology subsidiary to a publicly traded global energy company; Represented public education company in its 15 million acquisition of an online high school education provider; Represented owners of an aeronautical machining company in its 10.5 million sale to a private equity fund; Represented precision manufacturing company in its 10 million sale to a Singapore company; Represented investment group in its acquisition and 7 million going-private transaction of a publicly traded natural resource exploration and development company; Represented optical encoder company in its 6.7 million sale to a strategic acquirer; Represented donor management company in its 5 million sale to a public healthcare technology company; Represented human genome company in its acquisition of a genomic-based diagnostic products company; Represented publicly traded U.K. company in its acquisition of a U.S. advanced materials manufacturer; Represented pregnancy resource company in its sale to a publicly traded wedding media and services company; Represented large health care system in the sale of its clinical research company; Represented high-tech cloth manufacturer in its sale to an international sailmaker; Private Equity and Debt; Represented grocery retailer in connection with its 550 million credit facility; Represented de novo commercial bank in its 16 million Common Stock offering; Represented real estate investment company in its 10 million Class A Unit offering; Represented residential development and land acquisition company in its 4 million Class A Unit offering; Represented real estate development company in its 2.3 million Class A Unit offering; Represented pregnancy resource company in its convertible debt and Series A Preferred Stock offerings; Represented software company in its Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock offering; Represented incubator in its portfolio company investments in an accounting services firm, a document imaging company, and a new media education and entertainment company; Represented angel investors in their Common Stock investment in a golf course equipment company; Represented international cleantech venture capital fund in its 4.6 million Series A-1 Preferred Stock investments in an advanced nanomaterials company; Represented biomedical venture capital fund in its 3.9 million Series C Preferred Stock investment in a medical image and information management company; Represented international cleantech venture capital fund in its 2 million Series B Preferred Stock investment in an aquaculture nutrition company; Represented major health system in its 1.5 million Series A Preferred Stock investment in a renal replacement therapy company; Represented technology venture capital fund in its Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock investment in a computer technology company; Represented investment firm in the formation of an angel investment group; Represented investment company in the formation of a 100 million life sciences fund; Represented health care system in the formation of a 35 million health sciences fund; International; Represented European online tire retailer in structuring its expansion into the U.S. market; Represented development company in its 19 million advanced equipment maintenance joint venture with a German engineering company; Represented Italian hair care product company in structuring its U.S. distributorship; Represented German rolling mill company in the sale of equipment to a U.S. steel company; Represented Dutch metal packaging company in structuring numerous international development agreements and supply arrangements; Represented investment group in its acquisition out of bankruptcy of a leading German aerobatic and travel aircraft manufacturer; Other Select Transactions/Engagements; Represented leading international development company in its multi-billion dollar joint venture for an integrated resort and casino property; Represented luxury home builder in its 30 million joint venture with an investment firm; Represented de novo commercial bank with its formation and state charter and FDIC insurance applications; Represented semiconductor company in the acquisition of patented micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology from a leading university; Represented engineering company in obtaining an SEC no-action letter for its employee unit bonus plan; Represented numerous owners in buyouts of their minority partners