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Joe's practice includes corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and intellectual property related matters.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Represented public telecommunications company traded on NASDAQ-NMS with its acquisition by an NYSE company
Advised public bank holding company traded on the AMEX in its acquisition by private company
Counseled public telecommunications company traded on NASDAQ-NMS in foreign placement of senior subordinated notes and warrants, acquisition of three interexchange carriers, and subsequent public offering of securities
Represented NYSE bank holding company in connection with an FDIC-assisted reorganization and public rights offering
Counseled Nasdaq-NMS company in connection with tax-free spin-off
Represented AMEX bank holding company in underwritten offering of common stock and trust preferred securities
Served as special counsel to NYSE Board of Directors determining strategic alternatives
Counsel to issuers and underwriters in public offerings of securities, including representation of golf equipment manufacturer/distributor in its initial public offering
Represented private telecommunications company in its acquisition of a division of an international NYSE company
Counseled venture group in an acquisition of construction-related fabrication and distribution company, involving multiple levels of debt and equity financing, and its subsequent acquisition by a NYSE company
Advised clients in Pre IPO planning and restructuring matters
Represented clients from variety of industries in numerous shelf offering SEC registrations
Advised clients in several asset securitization transactions
Represented companies regarding NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ matters
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
Author - "The Essential Dos and Don'ts of Acquisition Due Diligence," Inside the Minds: ExecBlueprints (Aspatore Books, 2005)
Author - "The Legal Pitfalls of M&A Transactions," Inside the Minds: ExecBlueprints (Aspatore Books, 2005)
Author - "Doing Deals: The Eight Traits of Successful Negotiators," Inside the Minds: ExecBlueprints (Aspatore Books, 2005)
Author - "The Power of Experience," Inside the Minds of Leading Deal Makers (Aspatore Books, 2002)
Co-Author - "Securities Regulations" (with Mark Solomon), Doing Business in Texas: A Guide for Foreign Investors Doing Business in the Lone Star State, Second Edition (2003)
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
Keynote Speaker - National Investment Bankers Association Conference, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Guest Lecturer - Securities Regulation, Edwin L. Cox School of Business, MBA Program
Speaker
Audit Committee Legal Responsibilities, Audit Committee Breakfast Series
Taking Your Company Public Seminar
Professional Development Program, Advanced Business Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas
Franchise and Distribution Law Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Texas
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in International Commerce, Applied Manufacturing Conference
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Dallas Bar Association (Corporate Counsel, Securities and Energy Practice Groups)
State Bar of Texas (Business Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections) | 