Joseph M. Wiltse

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Counsel to sellers of a commercial office furniture business in a $130 million equity sale to a strategic buyer.
• Counsel to commercial construction company in the strategic acquisition of two regional competitors.
• Counsel to owners of an infrastructure and heavy civil construction company in their sale of a majority stake of the company to a private equity group.
• Counsel to sellers of a wild bird food and grass seed business in an asset sale to a strategic buyer.
• Counsel to premier building façade contractor in the United States in its strategic asset acquisition of a light-weight architectural steel, cables, and tensile membrane structures and structural and cladding systems business.
• Counsel to private equity sellers in their sale of one of its software portfolio companies to a foreign strategic buyer.
• Counsel to owners of a construction roofing company in their sale of a majority stake of the company to a private equity group.
• Counsel to cloud management software company in its strategic acquisition of an automation toolkit software company through merger.
• Counsel to foreign developer and manufacturer of various healthcare testing systems in its strategic equity acquisition of key distributor in the United States.
  

Corporate and Securities

• Counsel to multiple real estate developers pertaining to capital raising through private equity offerings, entity formation and structuring, investor relations, contract negotiations, and real estate matters totaling over $500 million in project costs.
• Counsel to telehealth mental health provider in its private placement of Series A Preferred Shares to strategic investors.
• Outside general counsel to clients in industries such as real estate development, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, agri-business, and consumer products.
• Counsel representing several closely held companies or shareholders on business formation or separation matters.
• Counsel to a major surgical group in the formation or acquisition of clinics throughout the Midwest.
• Counsel to a major city in the formation of a joint venture for the development of tourist attractions with private equity group.
• Counsel to telecommunications company in the formation of a joint venture for the development of an undersea fiber optic cable network, with parties from 3 continents.
• Counsel to lending clients and financial institutions in originating, structuring, documenting and negotiating financing transactions, inclusive of co-lender arrangements pertaining to sales of businesses, real estate, and other transactional finance matters.
• Advising representing several start-ups and private equity companies pertaining to equity financing options, private equity offerings and overall structure and governance matters.
• Counsel to non-profits in commercial contracts, business formation, and governance issues.
  

Commercial Contracts

• Represent clients in drafting and negotiating supply, distribution, and manufacturing agreements.
• Represent clients in drafting and negotiating equipment and business loans.
• Represent clients in drafting and negotiating sales and other commercial agreements.