John Harrison

Qualified in New York (US) & Washington (US), 2021

Partner

Practice Areas

Complex Securitizations

Structured Finance

Debt Finance

Banking & Finance

Professional Bio

John Harrison is a partner in the Complex Securitizations Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, based in New York. With a focus on structured finance transactions, John advises sponsors, issuers, and institutional investors on securitizations and private credit financings. His expertise extends to esoteric securitizations and private credit financings for assets such as royalties and data centers. John is known for his innovative approach to finance structures, particularly in the digital infrastructure and whole business securitization markets. He holds a JD from The George Washington University Law School and a BA in English & French from Georgetown University.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

New York

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Kirkland & Ellis advises Switch on $1.1 billion securitization financing

- Switch entered into a financing transaction in the Data Centers sector in the USA; seller information was not available. - Deal value was 2800000000 Sector: Data Centers; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available; lawyers included Kelly Mellecker, John Harrison, Wilson Carneiro, Suril Patel, Michael Urschel, Devin Savaskan, Rob Katsnelson, Jon Nelsen, Richard Husseini, Ben Schreiner, Leia Andrew, Alec Bodendorfer, Joe Lifsics, Phil Giglio.

Apr 01 2025

3B

Finance

Related News

Milbank Closes 12 Complex Securitization Transactions Across Various Asset Classes That Priced in Q1 2024

Milbank LLPâs complex securitization team has closed a dozen esoteric securitization transactions since the start of 2024 across a range of asset classes, including whole-business securitizations of franchise royalties, a structured financing of outdoor advertising receivables, data center revenues and digital infrastructure securitizations.~~Alternative Investments partner Michael Urschel, who leads Milbankâs complex securitization team said, âWe are grateful to have had the opportunity to work alongside our clients on successfully closing numerous deals across various industries this quarter.â~~In a transaction that closed on January 24, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchaser in a $500 million securitization of the franchise assets and intellectual property of Servpro Industries, LLC.~~In a transaction that closed on January 26, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchasers in a $290 million securitization of the assets of Oxford Finance LLC.~~In a transaction that closed on March 1, 2024, Milbank represented the lenders in a $350 million bridge facility to Uniti Fiber Bridge Borrower LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Uniti Group Inc., secured by certain of its digital infrastructure assets.~~In a transaction that closed on March 4, 2024, Milbank represented Orange Barrel Media in connection with a structured credit facility collateralized by outdoor advertising assets.~~In a transaction that closed on March 8, 2024, Milbank represented the note purchaser and the administrative agent in the purchase and sale of $115 million of variable funding notes issued by Primrose Funding, LLC.~~In a transaction that closed on March 14, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchasers in a $488.3 million securitization of the digital infrastructure assets of Metronet Infrastructure Manager, LLC.~~In a transaction that closed on March 14, 2024, Milbank represented the note purchaser and the administrative agent in the purchase and sale of $15 million of liquidity funding notes issued by Switch ABS Issuer, LLC.~~In a transaction that closed on March 21, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchasers in a $228 million securitization of the data center revenues of CyrusOne LP.~~In a transaction that closed on April 2, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchasers in a $480 million securitization of the franchise assets and intellectual property of Self Esteem Brands, LLC.~~In a transaction that closed on April 3, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchaser in a $1.593 billion securitization of the digital infrastructure assets of Northwest Fiber, LLC.~~In another transaction that closed on April 5, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchaser in a $350 million securitization of the franchise assets and intellectual property of CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc.~~Finally, in a transaction that closed on April 9, 2024, Milbank represented the initial purchaser in a $325 million securitization of the franchise assets of Massage Envy, LLC.~~The Milbank deal teams were led by New York-based Alternative Investments partners Michael Urschel, Kathryn Weiss and Martin Eid along with Alternative Investments partner James Warbey (London), Corporate Finance and Securities partner Brett Nadritch (New York), Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits partner Joel Krasnow (New York), Tax partners Eschi Rahimi-Laridjani and Andrew Walker (New York), Global Corporate/Technology partner Nicholas Smith (Washington, DC), special counsel Tony Mechcatie, Philip Powers, Mandy Stupart, Craig Cohen, Bert Eidson and Janet Nadile and associates Chirag Domadia, Amber Dong, Jeff Zhou, Shuang Wu, Luigi de Angeli Thomas Prommer, Shermarkeh Hussein, Charlene Yin, John Harrison, Devin Savaskan, Jason Wu, Brooke Brimo, Esther Lu, Isabel Coleman and others.

Experience

Kirkland & Ellis

Partner
2025 – Unknown
Associate
2024 – 2025

Milbank

Associate
2023 – 2024

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Hogan Lovells

Kirkland & Ellis advises Gen Digital on $1 billion+ acquisition of MoneyLion

- Gen Digital Inc. acted as the acquirer in this Acquisition transaction. - The acquisition targeted assets operating in the Financial Services sector. - The transaction was announced on 10 Dec 2024 with a reported value of 10000000000.0.

Dec 10 2024

1B

M&A

Milbank advises initial purchaser in $1.59 billion Servpro Industries, LLC franchise asset securitization

- The transaction involved a buy-side mandate. - The acquisition targeted assets operating in the Financial Services sector. - The transaction was announced on 11 Apr 2024 with a reported value of 10000000000.0.

Apr 11 2024

2B

Finance

Milbank advises initial purchaser in $1.58 billion Qdoba Restaurant Corporation securitization

- The transaction involved a buy-side mandate. - The acquisition targeted the relevant assets/equity stake (sector not disclosed). - The transaction was announced on 01 Dec 2023 with a reported value of 10000000000.0.

Dec 01 2023

2B

Finance

Milbank advises initial purchasers in $607 million Adams Outdoor Advertising billboard securitization

- The transaction involved a buy-side mandate. - The acquisition targeted assets operating in the Advertising sector. - The transaction was announced on 31 Jul 2023 with a reported value of 10000000000.0.

Jul 31 2023

607M

Finance

Apr 11

2 min

Accounting Firm Quarterly Update, Q4 2024

We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s Accounting Firm Quarterly Update for Q4 2024. The Update is available in .pdf format at the below link, and addresses news on the following topics that we hope are of interest to you:~~Please let us know if there are topics that you would be interested in seeing covered in future editions of the Update.~~Download Full Newsletter~~Warmest regards,~~Jim Farrell Monica Loseman Michael Scanlon~~Chairs, Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP~~In addition to the practice group chairs, this update was prepared by David Ware, Timothy Zimmerman, Monica Limeng Woolley, Bryan Clegg, Douglas Colby, Hayden McGovern, John Harrison, Nicholas Whetstone, and Ty Shockley.~~Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Group Chairs:~~Jim Farrell – Co-Chair, New York (+1 212-351-5326, jfarrell@gibsondunn.com)~~Monica K. Loseman – Co-Chair, Denver (+1 303-298-5784, mloseman@gibsondunn.com)~~Michael Scanlon – Co-Chair, Washington, D.C.(+1 202-887-3668, mscanlon@gibsondunn.com)~~Download PDF~~

Jan 30

1 min

Milbank Advises Initial Purchasers in Billboard Securitization Transaction

In a transaction that closed on July 31, 2023, Milbank LLP advised the initial purchasers in a $607 million securitization of billboard revenues for Adams Outdoor Advertising Limited Partnership. The Milbank deal team was led by Alternative Investments partners Martin Eid, Michael Urschel and James Warbey, Capital Markets partner Brett Nadritch, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits partner Joel Krasnow, Tax partners Eschi Rahimi-Laridjani and Andrew Walker, Transportation and Space partner Bijan Ganji, special counsel Bert Eidson, Miranda Stupart and Craig Cohen and associates Olivia Lin, Charlene Yin, Shermarkeh Hussein, Jeff Zhou, John Harrison, Alex Becker, Alyssa Julian, Ethan Heben, Peter West, Wilson Carneiro and others. The transaction is secured by a portfolio of traditional and digital outdoor advertising assets and follows a number of digital infrastructure securitization transactions closed by the Milbank team in 2023.

Jul 31

1 min

Kirkland Advises Gen Digital on Acquisition of MoneyLion for $1 Billion Plus CVR

Kirkland & Ellis is advising Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GEN), a company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through its family of consumer brands, on the acquisition of MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML), a leading digital ecosystem for consumer finance. The companies announced a definitive agreement on December 10, 2024, and the transaction is expected to close in the first half of Gen’s fiscal year 2026 subject to customary closing conditions. The deal includes $82.00 per share in cash payable at closing, representing a cash value of approximately $1 billion. In addition, for each share owned, MoneyLion shareholders will receive at closing one contingent value right (CVR) that entitles the holder to a contingent payment of $23.00 in the form of shares of Gen common stock (issuable based on an assumed share price of $30.48 per Gen share) if Gen’s average volume-weighted average share price reaches at least $37.50 per share over 30 consecutive trading days from December 10, 2024 until 24 months after close. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Edward Lee, Carlo Zenkner, Dan Li and Alex Adamis; executive compensation lawyers Rohit Nafday, Anthony Ji and Devin Kern; capital markets lawyers Sophia Hudson, Jennifer Lee, Leia Andrew and Chi Vo Kavanaugh; tax lawyers Sara Zablotney, Maria Smith and Matthew Buono; structured finance lawyers Joel Weinberger and John Harrison; litigation lawyers Stefan Atkinson, Paige Comparato and Christopher Leach; and investment funds lawyers Daniel Kahl, Xiao-Hong Jing and Lena Yoon.

Dec 10

1 min

Accounting Firm Quarterly Update, Q4 2023

We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s Accounting Firm Quarterly Update for Q4 2023. The Update is available in .pdf format at the below link, and addresses news on the following topics that we hope are of interest to you:~~Please let us know if there are topics that you would be interested in seeing covered in future editions of the Update.~~Read More~~Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Group:~~James J. Farrell – Co-Chair, New York (+1 212-351-5326, jfarrell@gibsondunn.com)~~Monica K. Loseman – Co-Chair, Denver (+1 303-298-5784, mloseman@gibsondunn.com)~~Michael Scanlon – Co-Chair, Washington, D.C.(+1 202-887-3668, mscanlon@gibsondunn.com)~~In addition to the Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Practice Group Chairs listed above, this Update was prepared by David Ware, Timothy Zimmerman, Benjamin Belair, Adrienne Tarver, Monica Limeng Woolley, Douglas Colby, John Harrison, and Nicholas Whetstone.~~© 2023 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. All rights reserved. For contact and other information, please visit us at www.gibsondunn.com.~~Attorney Advertising: These materials were prepared for general informational purposes only based on information available at the time of publication and are not intended as, do not constitute, and should not be relied upon as, legal advice or a legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. Gibson Dunn (and its affiliates, attorneys, and employees) shall not have any liability in connection with any use of these materials. The sharing of these materials does not establish an attorney-client relationship with the recipient and should not be relied upon as an alternative for advice from qualified counsel. Please note that facts and circumstances may vary, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.~~Download PDF~~

Feb 20

1 min

Accounting Firm Quarterly Update, Q1 2025

We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s Accounting Firm Quarterly Update for Q1 2025. The Update is available in .pdf format at the below link, and addresses news on the following topics that we hope are of interest to you:~~Please let us know if there are topics that you would be interested in seeing covered in future editions of the Update.~~Download Full Newsletter~~Warmest regards, Jim Farrell Monica Loseman Michael Scanlon~~Chairs, Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP~~In addition to the practice group chairs, this update was prepared by David Ware, Benjamin Belair, Monica Limeng Woolley, Bryan Clegg, Hayden McGovern, John Harrison, Nicholas Whetstone, and Ty Shockley.~~Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Group Chairs:~~Jim Farrell – Co-Chair, New York (+1 212-351-5326, jfarrell@gibsondunn.com)~~Monica K. Loseman – Co-Chair, Denver (+1 303-298-5784, mloseman@gibsondunn.com)~~Michael Scanlon – Co-Chair, Washington, D.C.(+1 202-887-3668, mscanlon@gibsondunn.com)~~© 2025 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. All rights reserved. For contact and other information, please visit us at www.gibsondunn.com.~~Attorney Advertising: These materials were prepared for general informational purposes only based on information available at the time of publication and are not intended as, do not constitute, and should not be relied upon as, legal advice or a legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. Gibson Dunn (and its affiliates, attorneys, and employees) shall not have any liability in connection with any use of these materials. The sharing of these materials does not establish an attorney-client relationship with the recipient and should not be relied upon as an alternative for advice from qualified counsel. Please note that facts and circumstances may vary, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.~~Download PDF~~

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