JONATHAN
D. JOSEPH
Attorney & Counselor at Law
San Francisco, California
jon@jonjoseph.com |
Representing the financial services,
investment banking, venture capital, business and non-profit
community for more than 28 years
Out of clutter, find
simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
 --- Albert Einstein
OPTIMIZING SOLUTIONS
In a world of shifting playing fields, we work with our clients to
create value by assembling, from a broad array of individual
specialists, collaborative teams to provide customized business and
legal solutions. Solutions that create value for a client do not exist
in any one company or even in the traditional integration of
companies. We offer legal, business and ethics consulting services
that law firms and consulting firms are structurally unable to offer.
By tapping into a pool of global partners, we deliver customized,
collaborative solutions, for our clients, by creating a virtual
company that is tailored to each major assignment or project we
undertake. This unique horizontal approach to business, legal and
ethical problem solving and transactional matters is a proven strategy
that we call glocalization.
SERVICES
Our horizontal approach to providing customized collaborative
solutions delivers value by eliminating unnecessary expense and
avoiding institutional immobility and conflicts in all of the
following areas:
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Capital structuring and capital
formation |
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Venture capital & private equity
investing |
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Bank & financial services regulatory
compliance |
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Mergers & acquisitions |
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Corporate finance for public and
private companies |
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Business start-ups including biotech
and medical |
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PIPES — U.S. domestic, Canadian,
British & Aussie |
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Securities disclosure and reporting
issues |
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Asset securitizations and enhancement
strategies |
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Ethical issues, conflicts of interest &
codes of conduct |
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Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and
consulting |
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Advising and restructuring boards of
directors and audit and compensation committees |
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Risk management and insurance issues |
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EXPERIENCE
Jonathan
D. Joseph has been a member of the State Bar of California since 1979
and is a member of the American Bar Association – Business Law
Section. He is a former member of the Financial Institutions Committee
of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and also
served on the Board of Trustees of the American Conservatory Theater
(ACT), San Francisco, CA (1996-2002), where he was also a member of
the Executive Committee and the Chair of its Audit Committee
(2001-2002).
Since 2006, Mr. Joseph has utilized his innovative, horizontal
approach to business and legal solutions from his office in San
Francisco, CA. He has created and managed global collaborations for
finance and business transactions and delivered innovative solutions
to his clients by working with global partners from Canada, England,
and Australia and throughout the United States. During his career he
has represented numerous banks, bank holding companies and other
financial institutions, investment banks, listed public companies,
venture capitalists, private equity firms and municipalities.
From 2003 to January 2006, Mr. Joseph was a partner at Kirkpatrick &
Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, an international law firm (now known as
K & L Gates). From 1990 to February 2003, Mr. Joseph was a partner at
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and its successors including Pillsbury
Winthrop LLP, an international law firm (now known as Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP). Prior to 1990, Mr. Joseph practiced law in
Los Angeles and San Francisco as a partner in a banking and financial
services law boutique with offices in both of those cities.
AV Rated
by Martindale-Hubbell*Mr.
Joseph was also selected by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine, Sept/Oct
2005, as one of the best Business and Corporate Lawyers
CONTACT
T: 415.643.5252 F:
415.643.5253 or jon@jonjoseph.com
*CV,
BV AND AV are
registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used
in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures,
standards and policies. |
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