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Todd Johnson
Todd’s practice focuses on renewable energy companies,
companies seeking to have an impact on sustainable growth, energy efficiency,
the internet and “for-benefit” corporations in the areas of corporate finance,
joint ventures, corporate restructurings, corporate counseling, and mergers and
acquisitions.
Todd founded Jones Day's Northern California presence in 2000 by opening its
Silicon Valley office. During 20 years at Jones Day, Todd has: served as
regular outside counsel for public companies (such as SunPower and Harman
International) in acquisitions and offerings; served as counsel for investment
advisors (such as Goldman Sachs and Houlihan Lokey); represented Isuzu Motors
of America in its restructuring with General Motors; worked on large corporate
governance matters (for First American Bankshares and the Dart Group), on
mergers and acquistions (including SunPlus in its acquisition of the optical
storage division of Oak Technology and Metering Technology in its sale to
Echelon), and on nearly $20 billion in financings representing Bank of America.
Today, Todd's practice focuses on renewable energy companies (and their
suppliers), including SunPower, Emcore, and EPV, energy efficiency companies,
clients focused on sustainability, internet companies (particularly in the
cause social networking space) and "for-benefit" corporations. Todd
serves as regular outside counsel for SunPower Corporation, Taoit, SearchMe,
Funny or Die, Green Harvest Technologies, and LaborFair.com, and he represents a
number of other founders and start-ups through the formation, venture financing
and liquidity phases.
Todd provides pro bono assistance to a number of organizations, particularly
those focused on expanding the "for-benefit" sector, including the
Aspen Institute, Good Capital, GlobalGiving, B Labs and Pura Vida. In the past
year, Todd has been quoted for his work on behalf of "for-benefit"
corporations in the New York Times and Inc.