Joe has advised on domestic and cross-border transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $25 billion. His selected experience includes representing:

Strategic M&A

• Foley Products Co. in its $1.84bn sale to Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC).
• io in its sale to Zema Global, a portfolio company of FTV Capital.
• CloserStill Media in its acquisition of Billington Cybersecurity.
• Spot Pet Insurance in its sale to Independence Pet Holdings.
• Varsity Brands in its acquisitions of Allgoods and Lids Team Sports, and the subsequent sale of Varsity Brands to Bain Capital Private Equity for approximately $2.5bn.*
• Workfront in its $1.5bn sale to Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE).*
• Vestcom in its $1.45bn sale to Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY).*
• AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMAG) in its $700m acquisition of Cord Blood Registry from GTCR.*
• automotiveMastermind in its $430m sale to IHS Markit (NASDAQ: INFO).*
• Undertone Networks in its $180m sale to Perion Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: PERI).*
• Audacious Inquiry in its sale to PointClickCare Technologies.*
• Infraestructural Institucional S. de R.L. de C.V., a leading Mexican infrastructure investment fund, in the sale of its general partner to BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK).*
• AlphaCredit in its acquisition of Grupo Finmart from EZCORP (NASDAQ: EZPW).*

Private Equity

• JMI Equity, as a member of a consortium, in the $11bn take private of The Ultimate Software Group (NASDAQ: ULTI).*
• Acosta Sales and Marketing, a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee Partners, in its acquisitions of Mosaic Sales Solutions and Anderson Daymon Worldwide and the subsequent sale of Acosta to The Carlyle Group for $4.8bn.*
• Advent International in a number of transactions, including its $2.4bn acquisition of Serta Simmons Bedding, the acquisitions of RGL Reservoir Management and Hudson News, its $1.1bn investment in OCENSA, and its investment in the parent of Party City.*
• Eterna Growth Partners in the acquisitions of Kleer and Membersy.*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including the acquisitions of Galls, Tecomet, QC Supply, Vestcom, and Polyconcept.*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners portfolio companies in a number of transactions, including:*
  • American Residential Services in its sale to GI Partners.
  • Fullbeauty Brands in its sale to Apax Partners.
  • The Rockport Group in its acquisition of the Reef brand from VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC).
  • Galls in numerous add-on acquisitions.
• JMI Equity portfolio companies in a number of transactions, including:*
  • Level Access in its merger with essential Accessibility.
  • Raptor Technologies in its acquisitions of SchoolPass and CPOMS.
  • AlertMedia in its sale to Vista Equity Partners.
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in its acquisition of Systems Maintenance Services and a number of follow-on financings and other transactions.*
• Campus Management and EdCentric, portfolio companies of Leeds Equity Partners, in their combined sale to Veritas Capital.*
• Berkshire Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Grocery Outlet and HMT and its investment in Coty.*

Growth Equity Investments

• Tidemark Capital in its investments in Jane, Onfly and AgVend.
• Five Elms Capital in its investment in Spacelift.
• HeroDevs in its growth financing with PSG Equity.
• Revenant VC in multiple investments.
• Avenue Growth Partners in its investment in Hive.
• JMI Equity in multiple transactions, including its investments in Apptegy, Raptor Technologies, Unanet, Clio, Benevity, OnBoard, TimelyMD, and Higher Logic.*
• JMI Equity portfolio companies in a number of transactions, including:*
  • Unanet in its strategic financing from Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX).
  • Raptor Technologies in its financing with Thoma Bravo.
  • Benevity in its financing with General Atlantic.
• AlphaCredit in its equity financing round led by Softbank’s Latin America Fund.*
• Liberty Mutual in its debt and equity investment in a leading alternative energy provider.*
• Providence Equity Partners in its investment in ZeniMax Media.*

Distressed Investments and Restructurings

• The Rockport Group in the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Rockport brand via a Section 363 asset sale as part of its Chapter 11 proceedings.*
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of The Rockport Group via a Section 363 asset purchase as part of The Rockport Group’s Chapter 11 proceedings.*
• Harbinger Capital Partners in connection with its equity and debt investments in TerreStar Corporation and SkyTerra Communications.*
• Medicis Pharmaceuticals in its $455m acquisition of substantially all of the U.S. and Canadian pharmaceutical assets of Graceway Pharmaceuticals via a Section 363 asset purchase as part of Graceway’s Chapter 11 proceedings.*

*Matters handled prior to joining Foley.