Joseph T. Bueche

Joe Bueche helps private equity firms, companies and individuals buy and sell businesses. He brings a practical, collaborative approach informed by hands-on experience in management and corporate analysis.

Joe helps clients navigate complex transactions with a clear focus on outcomes. His work includes mergers and acquisitions, auctions, divestitures, 363 sales, restructurings, equity and debt offerings, joint ventures and minority investments. For private equity clients, he concentrates on acquiring platforms and achieving successful exits. He also advises growing businesses on capital formation and general corporate matters.

When working with founders and owners preparing to sell, he helps structure transactions that reflect the full value of their businesses. Representing both buyers and sellers gives him a balanced view of what matters most on either side of a deal.

Before practicing law, Joe worked in the automotive industry and served as a business analyst. That background helps him quickly understand his clients’ industries, priorities and goals. As comfortable on the business side as the legal side, Joe quickly picks up the context he needs to structure deals that work.

Experience

• Represented an industry-leading private equity firm in its platform and add-on acquisitions of health care companies and represented the equity firm in its successful, multi-million-dollar sale of the platform.
• Advised a founder in the multi-billion-dollar sale of the founder’s convenience store company to a strategic buyer, allowing the founder to successfully exit and focus on future opportunities and endeavors.
• Counseled an industry-leading private equity firm in its platform and add-on acquisitions of retail product companies and represented the firm in its successful, multi-million-dollar sale of such platform.
• Represented a founder in the $1+ billion sale of his food company, allowing him to reap the benefits sown over many years of hard work and set up his family for generations to come.
• Advised a venture capital fund in connection with multiple investments in the food and retail sectors.
• Represented a buyer in a 363 acquisition of aviation equipment, which enabled the buyer to obtain equipment for pennies on the dollar and provided a recovery to creditors.