Joshua M. O’Bryan

Josh regularly advises sophisticated business clients, and their boards of directors, in various matters, including:

• Transactional and fundraising matters, including equity and debt offerings
• Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
• Securities compliance and reporting
• Corporate governance and fiduciary obligations

Josh also regularly advises private investment fund sponsors with formation, capital raising, compliance and ongoing regulatory reporting.  Fund clients include:

• Private equity funds
• Real estate funds
• Tax lien funds
• Alternative asset funds

Josh also assists entrepreneurs, start-ups and larger, closely-held companies with general business and corporate matters, including:

• Entity selection, formation and organizational matters, including operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and buy-sell agreements
• Private placements and offering memoranda
• Acquisitions, dispositions and joint-ventures
• Governance and other general corporate matters

Josh’s representative matter experience includes:

• Advised bank holding company in connection with a control share offering
• Advised private equity firm in development of “plug and play” corporate governance program for newly-acquired portfolio companies
• Assisted nationally-recognized seafood QSR brand in sale of entire franchise
• Advised multiple Advised medical imaging center in a multi-stage asset liquidation
• Assisted major telecommunications company to go public through a reverse merger transaction with a public shell company
• Advised a $1 billion home health provider in “going private” two-step tender offer transaction
• Advised home health provider in its registration of a $200 million debt offering and subsequent SEC debt registration and exchange
• Advised clients in the combination of two SEC registered investment advisers
• Advised underwriter in a bank’s registration and sale of a $30 million debenture offering
• Assisted multiple real estate investment fund sponsors with fund formation and capital raising matters