Joshua T. Gehres

Biography

Joshua T. Gehres focuses his practice on representing privately held companies, private equity and venture capital funds and institutional investors in a variety of business combination and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, various strategic investments and securities matters. He represents publicly traded and privately held companies in asset and equity transactions varying in value up to $1B in multiple industries in both buy and sell-side transactions. 

CLIENT EXPERIENCE:

• Buyers and sellers of businesses (public companies, portfolio companies, family offices, family-owned businesses, etc.)
• Cross-border transactions 
• General outside counsel advice for companies in various industries and stages of growth
• Fund managers and sponsors in fund formation 
• Capital raising transactions

Representative Matters

• Represented a portfolio company in numerous HVAC acquisitions ranging from $2M to $20M.
• Represented a private equity fund in a cross-border acquisition of a software company.
• Lead associate on a team representing sellers of multiple industrial companies to a private equity fund for approximately $30M.
• Lead associate on a team representing sellers of a national sushi retailer franchise for approximately $500M.
• Lead associate on a team representing the purchaser in an acquisition of a restaurant franchise and franchisees for approximately $50M.
• Member of a team representing a publicly traded insurance broker in numerous acquisitions ranging from $5M to $200M+.
• Member of a team representing a publicly traded automobile dealership in an acquisition for approximately $1B.