Justin Anslow, an associate in Goodwin's Technology group and Capital Markets practice, represents late-stage and public companies and has significant experience in capital markets transactions. He represents companies, investment banks and investors in IPOs, de-SPAC transactions, secondary public and private offerings (including Rule 144A debt offerings), private placements, PIPE transactions, and merger and acquisition transactions. Justin also regularly advises clients on SEC reporting and disclosure obligations, stock exchange rules and regulations, and a broad range of corporate governance matters.
Experience
Justin provides ongoing corporate governance and securities law advice to many of the firm’s public company clients, including HubSpot, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Nerdy, Cano Health, Altimmune, Yatra and Forge Global.
Justin's recent transactional experience includes:
- Representing the Forbes Family in connection with the proposed sale of Forbes Global Media Holdings Inc. ("FGMH") to a group of buyers led by Austin Russell (and previously, in the proposed business combination of FGMH and Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited)
- Represented WisdomTree, Inc. in connection with its extinguishment of royalty payment obligations via the issuance of Series C Preferred Shares
- Represented Frazier Life Sciences Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with NewAmsterdam Pharma Holding B.V.
- Represented Toast in its $1 billion IPO
- Represented Greenlight BioSciences, Inc. in its sale of $110 million of shares in a PIPE transaction and its subsequent take private transaction
- Represented Vivo Capital as the lead investor in the PIPE financings of Delcath Systems, Inc. and Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.
- Represented the underwriters in connection with the $237 million secondary public offering by stockholders of KnowBe4, Inc.
- Represented Forge Global, Inc. in its business combination with Motive Capital Corp.
- Represented Cano Health, Inc. in its private offering of $300 million of senior notes and in connection with its entering into a $150 million term loan
- Represented the existing stockholders of Wag!, Aurora Innovation and Vacasa in connection with the respective de-SPAC transactions of each company
- Represented LendingTree, Inc. in its private offering of $300 million of convertible senior notes*
- Represented GAN Limited in its IPO and secondary public offerings of $165 million of ordinary shares*
- Represented LKQ Corporation in its private offering of €1 billion of senior notes*
- Represented Cardiff Oncology, Inc. in its secondary public offering of $100 million of shares*
- Represented BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. in its $60 million IPO*
- Represented investment banks in connection with underwritten, PIPE, registered direct and at-the-market offerings*
- Represented multiple SPACs in their IPOs including Goal Acquisitions Corp, Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II and Global Partner Acquisition Corp.*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Justin was an associate in the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.
Credentials
Education
JD2014
The George Washington University Law School
BBA2011
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Admissions
Bars
- New York