John D. Chaparro has joined Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips as Managing Director for Healthcare Software & Technology.

Over the past twenty-five years, John has developed an extensive background in both M&A and strategic advisory services across healthcare services, software and technology. For many years, he was Managing Director and Co-Head of M&A Advisory Services for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., where he originated and executed over 50 transactions representing in excess of $6 billion in value. Many of these transactions were in healthcare, HCIT and application software.

Earlier in his career, John worked in venture and growth equity at Canaan Partners and as an M&A lawyer at Brobeck Phleger & Harrison in Silicon Valley. He was also a director of business development for a large company’s operations in Australia and Southeast Asia and served as the COO of an early pioneer in the mobile electronic software field.

Reed Phillips, Managing Partner of Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips said, “John’s impressive background in M&A and healthcare software and technology and entrepreneurial spirit is a perfect complement to our long history of doing deals in healthcare media and communications. We are delighted he is joining our robust healthcare team as we continue to expand our practice in software and technology.”

John holds a joint JD/MBA from Stanford University’s Law School and Graduate School of Business and a BS from the University of California, San Diego.

Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips is an investment bank for clients that operate at the intersection of content, technology and services. This includes enterprises operating within the media, advertising & marketing, education, healthcare, information services and technology sectors. Over 23 years, clients have included Advance Publications/Condé Nast, Deutsche Börse Group, Elsevier, Hachette, JP Morgan Partners, Microsoft, The New York Times, Time Inc., TPG and Wasserstein & Co., among others. The firm is the TMT practice co-head and industry specialist in Oaklins, the world’s largest and most successful M&A advisory organization in the mid-market, with over 800 investment banking professionals in 45 countries.

At Oaklins, we are passionate about M&A. It’s what we do, every day. We give nothing but our very best to do justice to the extraordinary effort our clients put into their businesses. Our partnership with our clients works because we both believe in never settling until we deliver excellence. Coming from every corner of the world and with a diverse range of backgrounds, together we are one global team. The world’s most experienced advisor on mid-market deals.

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