Joseph A. Hoffman
Partner
jhoffman@andrewskurth.com
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4593
F: 214.659.4861
Download v-cardJoe'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)
Listed
- Client transaction awarded the "Retail Manufacturing/Distribution & Goods/Services Deal of the Year" at the M&A Advisor 5th Annual Financing Awards (2007)
- Finalist for Advisor on Best Merger or Strategic Deal for the July 2005 - June 2006 year at the 2006 Dallas Business Journal M&A Awards
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Education
- JD, 1981, honors, The University of Texas School of Law
- BA, 1978, summa cum laude, St. Vincent College
Admitted
- Texas 1981
