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During his 30-year career, Joe Volman has become known as a go-to lawyer in the middle-market community, particularly with respect to mid-market mergers and acquisitions. Through his creative, results-driven approach, Joe partners with his clients as a strategic advisor, and leverages his vast network to help clients source deals and raise capital in order to effectively drive growth and maximize returns on their investments.
He is particularly skilled in negotiating in a constructive and collaborative fashion, made evident by an illustrious career grown through referrals of past clients and industry-leading companies seeking his expertise for buy- and sell-side transactions. On the sell-side, Joe helps clients prepare for the sale process, including tax and other structuring. He assists strategic and financial acquirers with tax, structuring, and negotiating transaction documents.
“I am a deal maker and am known to take a highly commercial approach to move transactions over the finish line,” Joe says. “I constantly strive to be the lawyer clients call to solve their problems, operating as if I am in the office next door and available to help when needed. My sell-side clients know that I treat their business as if it were my family business – I care very deeply about them, their family, and their business. They know I have their back and that I’m going to help them achieve their wealth and liquidity goals. On the buy-side, PE firms trust me to help them make the best choices, acquire the right companies, to achieve success for their limited partners. As a leader of the firm, I am also able to command the best resources for their transactions.”
In addition to his M&A work, Joe represents entrepreneurs and investors, startups and emerging companies, and private equity/venture capital funds through all phases of the fundraising and investment process. Joe also has significant experience representing small and mid-cap public companies and investment banking firms that work in the small and mid-cap markets. He helps early-stage companies with formation and financing, and guides venture funds with the structure and negotiation of venture capital financings. For small and mid-cap public companies, he helps them comply with securities laws, attain public and private financings, and execute M&A transactions.
Joe has a deep understanding of several dynamic sectors, including technology (particularly SaaS and fintech companies), business services, professional services, consumer businesses, life sciences, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, sports, food/beverage and hospitality.
Outside of work, Joe has served as the president of the Boston chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), one of the largest M&A organizations in the world. He now serves as the president of the board of Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest, a not-for-profit helping seniors and those who are in need of food, clothing, and shelter. Additionally, Joe is a lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Program at Tufts University’s Gordon Institute, teaching Business Law for Entrepreneurs.
Practices
- Securities & Capital Markets
- Innovation Program
- Business, Finance & Transactions
- Venture Capital & Emerging Companies
- Middle-Market M&A and Private Equity
- Life Sciences
- Sports
- Franchise
- Family-Owned Business
- International
- Cannabis Business & Law Advisory
Education
J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1991
Erasmus International Law Program of Leiden University of Holland
B.A., Tufts University
Admissions
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York