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orlan m johnson - general counsel
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Mr. Orlan Johnson is General Counsel for Hitman Records, Inc and MP4Player Inc. Mr. Johnson is a Partner at Saul Ewing LLP (Washington DC) in the Firm's Business Department. His practice focuses on general corporate matters, complex business transactions and federal and state regulatory issues in business and securities transactions, including proxy solicitations, bankruptcy reorganizations and equity and debt offerings. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involving utility companies, and audits of public utility companies in
conjunction with state and local public utility commissions and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He counsels clients on public private partnerships pursuant to transportation, port and infrastructure projects, and advises hedge funds on arbitrage matters
and legislative issues related to potential mergers and acquisitions in regulated and non-regulated businesses. Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Mr Johnson was Counsel at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP where he served as co-head of its regulatory practice in the Washington, DC office. Previously, he served for nine years as a Staff Attorney and Branch Chief in the Division of Investment Management for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In this capacity, his primary responsibilities included advising the Commission on the regulation of exempt utility companies and utility companies registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Other responsibilities included compliance inspections of investment advisers and investment companies pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Johnson is an adjunct professor of law at Howard University School of Law where he teaches Securities Regulation classes in connection with the fundamentals of federal and state securities laws, including the 1933, 1934 Acts and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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