
John Cushing is a partner in the firm’s Transactions Practice Group. Clients at every stage of the business life cycle rely on John as a partner and strategist, advising them on matters such as business and succession planning, entity selection and formation, private equity and venture capital financing, joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, private placements and public offerings of debt and equity securities, technology licensing, SEC compliance, corporate governance, recapitalizations, executive compensation and general corporate matters. He regularly advises family offices in their legal and business challenges.
John works collaboratively with clients across a variety of industries, including EMS and NEMT medical transportation, product distribution and logistics, high technology, consumer products, digital and print media, e-commerce and e-solutions, SAAS, information technology, life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, professional and financial services, and alternative energy.
John has a deep understanding of how to help clients meet their objectives thanks to his background in business finance and operations, including positions as a senior financial analyst and internal auditor at Lockheed-Sanders Inc. and as corporate cost and budget manager and footwear manufacturing divisional controller at The Timberland Company.
Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, John was a partner at two other leading Am Law firms in Boston.

Work Highlights
The majority shareholders of Invacare, a medical equipment manufacturer, in a refinancing and restructuring.
Coastal Medical Transportation Systems (“Coastal”) in 9 consolidated class actions filed against multiple defendants in federal court in Massachusetts concerning an alleged data breach. All claims against Coastal were dismissed with prejudice within months of the filing of the lawsuits.
Electric Supply Center (ESC), the largest and fastest growing electrical products distributor in New England, in its sale to French electrical supplies distribution giant Sonepar’s U.S. subsidiary, Northeast Electrical.
Serve as principal outside counsel and business strategist for companies in several industries, including medical transportation, product distribution and logistics, high technology, consumer products, digital and print media, e-commerce and e-solutions, SAAS, information technology, life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, professional and financial services, and alternative energy.
Advise various owner-operated businesses in connection with design and implementation of corporate succession planning and negotiation of master service and licensing agreements, commercial contracts, and credit facilities.
Advise internationally renowned multimedia company in connection with corporate governance and restructuring and its shareholder litigation with its former CEO.
Represent Coastal Medical Systems LLC and its affiliates in connection with its corporate restructuring, credit facility implementation and acquisition of Transformative Healthcare LLC’s Massachusetts emergency and non-emergency medical transportation businesses comprised of Fallon Ambulance Service and LifeLine Ambulance Service.
Represent New York City-based real estate developer and investment company in connection with its investments in various multifamily developments and its restructuring and distribution of multibillion-dollar mini storage and parking assets.
Represent Spot On Ventures LLC and its affiliates in the negotiation of joint venture arrangements, hotel management agreements and the acquisition of hospitality assets, including the Hampton Inn Mid Beach in Miami, Fla.
Advise a leading national private real estate investment firm in connection with the negotiation of complex joint venture arrangements and its acquisition of multifamily portfolio with properties in various states.
Represent nearly 100-year-old, family-owned New England seafood processing, marketing and distribution business in its sale to a Spain-based international seafood company as part of its plan to create a multinational company within the global fishing sector, processing and manufacturing the highest quality seafood under a fully integrated and sustainable model from extraction to sale.
Represent U.S. subsidiary of French electrical design and manufacturing company in connection with its cross-border negotiations with internationally known lithium-ion battery producers and master service agreements and licenses with end user manufacturing companies, including Tesla.
Represent Annie’s Inc. in its $109.3 million initial public offering (Credit Suisse Securities [USA] LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC were the joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering).
Represent Annie’s Inc. in a secondary offering of shares of common stock to be sold exclusively by participating selling stockholders, including an over-allotment allocation that was exercised in full.
Advise prominent marketing technology company focused on B2B marketplace efficiency in its sale to a global leader in e-commerce marketing technology.
Represent leading pet supply company in its sale to a national strategic competitor.
Represent medical transportation technology company Acuity Link LLC in its sale to Central Logic Inc. pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger.
Represent Healthy Pharms Inc. in connection with the sale of its issued and outstanding equity interests to 4Front Holdings LLC.
Advise America’s then-largest direct mail marketing company in connection with its billion-dollar public-public merger and subsequent litigation in the Delaware Chancery Court.
Represent Fortune 50 life science company in connection with various acquisitions of biotechnology, biomedical and analytic instrumentation targets.
Represented private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of platform and add-on acquisition targets.
Represent leader in the design and manufacture of interconnect solutions in its acquisition of a manufacturer of wire harnesses, cable assemblies and electro-mechanical assemblies for power management and ruggedized industrial end markets. Also represented the company in its acquisition of a manufacturer of high-quality products for trainline communication/control connectors and harness assemblies for the transportation industry.
Represent the U.S. subsidiary of a London-based public company in its acquisition of the issued and outstanding capital stock of a U.S.-based leading business-to-business sports wagering solutions provider.
Represent venture-backed, late-stage clinical development oncology company focused on an epigenetic approach to overcoming resistance in cancer therapy in connection with its private placement of series B-1 preferred stock and warrants; its private placement of series B-1 preferred stock to an Asian venture capital firm; its private placement of series B-1 preferred stock to a Russian sovereign wealth backed private equity investor, and current investors; and several convertible note financing transactions.
Advise EnerNOC Inc., one of the largest providers of energy intelligence software and services for commercial, institutional and industrial customers, as well as electric power grid operators and utilities, in its acquisition of Germany-based company accelerating its market expansion into continental Europe.
Advise EnerNOC Inc. in its acquisition of a leading global utility bill management company addressing matters related to the acquisition of operations in the U.S. and U.K., as well as their subsidiaries in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China and India.
Represent Brookstone, a national specialty retailer of distinctive consumer products, in connection with the approximately $180 million sale of substantially all of its assets to a consortium of Chinese investors following its filing for bankruptcy protection.
Represent a leader in the supply, repair and servicing of oil and gas field, industrial, coal mine and agricultural products and equipment in connection with the restructuring of its credit facility; and in connection with the redemption of all of its issued and outstanding minority interests.
Represent manufacturer of non-toxic, high performance architectural coatings, in connection with the disposition of certain assets.
Represent owner-operated science and technology company in its corporate restructuring and intellectual property licensing.
Represent New England-based, internationally recognized university in its acquisition of certain technology and intellectual property assets.
Represent Allen & Gerritsen Inc., a Boston, Mass.-based advertising agency, in its acquisition of another advertising firm. Closed senior and subordinated loan financings to support the acquisition.
Represent eviti Inc., the creator of an evidence-based advanced decision support oncology platform, in connection with its private offering in a bridge financing of convertible promissory notes; and the sale of the company pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger.
Represent an investment management firm focused on seeking solid financial returns from funds with lasting social and environmental impact in an equity financing with multiple closings.
Represent a leading New England-based hydropower company that develops, operates and manages small-scale regional and local hydroelectric facilities in its initial equity financing with multiple closings.
Represent a New York City-based financial software and technology company in a common stock offering to new and existing investors.
Advise prominent New England-based, family-owned supermarket company in connection with corporate governance and contractual matters during prolonged shareholder dispute and eventual ownership restructuring.
Represent angel investors in early stage and follow-on investments in technology companies, including Web3 gaming, sports wagering analytics, cryptocurrency and others.
Serve as principal outside counsel for pro bono clients, including Boston Police Activities League Inc. and Coastal Medical Transportation Relief Fund Inc.
*Some of the above matters were handled by John prior to joining Brown Rudnick.
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