John Puszcz is an associate in Weil’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and is based in New York. John participates in the representation of public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. John also works with Weil’s Private Funds practice, where he participates in the representation of private investment fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and negotiation of their investment funds.
John has been part of the teams advising
- The financial advisor to Occidental Petroleum Corp. in its pending approximately $12 billion acquisition of CrownRock LP
- Mudrick Capital Management in its at least $2.75 billion sale to Altria Group Inc.
- Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (a portfolio company of Brookfield Business Partners) in its acquisition of Bartlett Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a BHI Energy) from AE Industrial Partners, LP
John joined Weil as a summer associate in 2020. During law school, he served as an intern at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and a legal intern at the U.S. Department of Justice.
John received his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, where he served as a Staff Member of the St. John’s Law Review, and his B.A. from Villanova University.