Joseph S. Brown
Lawyers
Advises public, strategic and private equity clients on executive compensation matters, including in the context of M&A, IPOs, financings and restructurings.
Joseph advises public, strategic and private equity clients on a broad range of executive compensation matters, including in the context of mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, financings and corporate restructurings. He counsels clients on equity-based and other incentive compensation plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and employment, severance and change in control agreements.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Crestview strategic investment in The Gersh Agency
- Weber take-private acquisition by BDT Capital Partners and related financings
- Ferrero Group acquisition of Wells Enterprises
- Novo Nordisk $1.1 billion acquisition of Forma Therapeutics
- Cerity Partners recapitalization led by Genstar Capital
- Brookfield $8.3 billion acquisition of CDK Global
- Charles River Laboratories $295 million acquisition of Explora BioLabs Holdings
- Cox Media Group sale of television stations to Imagicomm Communications
- Industrial Media acquisition by Sony Pictures Television
- IHS Markit sells Base Chemicals business to News Corp
- Ventas $2.3 billion acquisition of New Senior Investment Group
- BRP Group $280.6 million follow-on offering of stock
- State Street $3.5 billion acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman Investor Services
- Weber $250 million IPO
- IHS Markit sells OPIS and associated businesses to News Corp
- Brookfield Business Partners $3.4 billion acquisition of DexKo Global
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Senior Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law
B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan
Professional history
- Counsel, 2022-present
- Davis Polk since 2017
- Schulte Roth & Zabel, 2015-2017
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York