John Christiansen

John is a Partner in San Francisco, Co-Head of the firm's West Coast offices and Co-Head of FGS's Global Transaction and Financial Communications practice. He advises clients on complex M&A, activist defense, IPOs, restructuring and crisis situations, as well as ongoing media relations and investor relations programs.

Current and recent engagements include advising Netflix on its bid for Warner Bros.; EA on its $55 billion sale to a consortium; Altera on its separation from Intel; Autodesk on its defense against Starboard; Synopsys on its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys; HPE on its $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks; Arm on its $4.9 billion IPO; Dexcom on IP litigation against Abbott; Slack on its direct listing and $28 billion sale to Salesforce; and Uber on its $8 billion IPO.

Prior to joining FGS Global in 2009, John was head of West Coast Equity Capital Markets for Cowen, responsible for the origination and execution of over $26 billion of offerings in technology, consumer and health care.

Previously, John spent over 10 years with Morgan Stanley, primarily in the Silicon Valley Technology Investment Banking Group. He also helped establish the team that works with companies on their investor marketing activities.

John holds a B.A. magna cum laude with high honors from Dartmouth College and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University.