Service Areas
Education
- Fairfield University, B.A., 1984 ~ magna cum laude
- University of North Carolina, J.D., 1987 ~ with high honors
Admissions
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Bar Admissions
- Connecticut ; 1987
- Massachusetts ; 2013 Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1987
- Overview
- Experience
- Distinctions
- Affiliations
Overview
Joe is a business lawyer who brings comprehensive view to commercial and corporate transactions. Joe works with you on all aspects of your transaction and takes time to understand your goals. Joe uses his experience and practical approach to develop strategies and solutions from a legal and business perspective. Joe can help you by:
- refining and implementing structures consistent with your interests, including equity arrangements
- becoming a trusted member of your business team who anticipates your legal needs
- solving legal problems in a timely and cost-effective manner
- navigating competing interests within your business, including succession planning for closely held entities, and
- serving as a strategist as you seek to grow (or exit) your business.
Experience
- Appointed as business lead reporting directly to senior management in the public auction of a retail energy business. Work included fatal flaw due diligence, development of divestiture strategy for board approval, assembly and management of core working team, and orchestration of the sales process that resulted in a successful transaction having a value in excess of $100,000,000
- Led legal team that developed owner’s construction contracting strategy for a infrastructure project that cost in excess of $300,000,000 and negotiated related contracts with an aggregate value in excess of $75,000,000
- Counsel to an international restaurant management company (including the negotiation of exclusive franchise rights for a fast-food chain in a European country and the development of high-end restaurants sponsored by a sports icon)
- Served as legal and business point in the divestiture of an international power generation company, including the dismantling and exporting a multi-million dollar plant
- Worked as member of the team that successfully developed and constructed several renewable energy facilities (e.g., solar, wind, and fuel cells)
- Structured and negotiated some of the first sales of operating transmission and distribution facilities in the New England electric industry
- Restructured and terminated electricity purchase agreements having a value in excess of $850,000,000 in connection with a securitization transaction
Distinctions
- Rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell © Peer Review Ratings
Affiliations
- Connecticut Bar Association
- New Haven Bar Association
Community
- Berlin Lions Club (Knight of the Blind; Ambassador of Sight)
- United Way of Greater New Haven, Board Member
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