Joe Basile is a partner in Foley Hoag's Business Department and co-chair of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. He provides strategic advice to Boards and C-suite executives, representing clients in their most challenging situations and transactional matters.
Joe’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions. He has especially deep experience in cross-border transactions, with an extensive body of work that includes mergers, acquisitions divestitures, control and minority investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances involving parties in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Alongside Joe’s cross-border practice, he maintains a robust domestic U.S. practice that includes hostile and negotiated public company, private company and distressed M&A transactions.
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Joe has served as a Vice Chair of the International M&A and Joint Ventures Committee of the ABA Section of International Law and is an active member of the International Bar Association. He is also the author of numerous articles and a frequent speaker and panelist on M&A, shareholder activism and corporate governance.
Joe has been recognized for his corporate and M&A work by Chambers USA, Legal 500, Best Lawyers in America and IFLR1000, and for his private equity buyouts work by Chambers USA. Chambers notes that Joe “continues to impress with his overwhelming experience in the practice of M&A law." Clients report to Chambers that Joe "knows the law inside out" and is "very conscious of preserving commercial relationships."
Joe is also actively involved in non-profit and civic affairs. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable and has served as chair of the MBR’s Energy Task Force. He has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Stonehill College and the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.