Joe Bailey
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Corporate & Securities Practice
- Portland
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Joe guides clients through all stages of their lifecycle, with a focus on providing steady counsel through their most challenging and momentous transactions.
Joe Bailey is an experienced deal lawyer who represents businesses in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings, and joint ventures. In addition to his transactional practice, Joe advises startups, growth companies, and family businesses on their corporate legal needs.
In interviews with Chambers USA, clients have described Joe as “extremely capable” and “truly exceptional in his ability to navigate and advise on extremely complex transactions.” One client said, "He's really, really good, practical, and has a lot of common sense.”
Joe’s clients span a range of industries, including infrastructure and project-based businesses, fintech, software, food and beverage, consumer products, shipping, and waste management.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2011
- University of Oregon, B.S., 2008
Bar and Court Admissions
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Oregon
Related Employment
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA, Associate, 2011-2014
Professional Recognition
Listed in Chambers USA as an "Up and Coming" Lawyer for Corporate: Mergers and Acquisitions, 2024-2025
Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law, 2022-2025
Recognized as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers, 2023
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Oregon State Bar Association, Executive Committee of Securities Regulation Section, 2018-2019
Professional Experience
Corporate Finance
Examples of Joe’s corporate finance practice include advising:
- Ardmore Shipping Company in its public secondary offerings and at-the-market offering programs
- Cascadia Acquisition Corp. in its initial public offering
- Digimarc Corporation in its registered direct offering of common stock
- Donuts Inc. in debt financing for acquisition of Rightside Group, Ltd.
- Humm Kombucha in its Series B private financing
- Island Palm Communities LLC in Rule 144A debt financing
- Kerrits Activewear in strategic growth investment from Tenth Avenue Commerce
- Multiple stealth FinTech companies in preferred stock financings
- Natural Partners, Inc. in its preferred stock financing
- SheerID, Inc. in its Series A and Series B private financings
- Teekay Corporation in Rule 144A debt financing, PIPE transaction and debt exchange offer
- Teekay LNG Partners L.P. in its public offerings of Series A and Series B Preferred Units
- Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. in multiple PIPE transactions and public offering of Series E Preferred Units
- Teekay Tankers Ltd. in the establishment of an at-the-market offering program
Mergers & Acquisitions
Examples of Joe’s M&A practice include advising:
- Alternativ Wealth in its merger with Compound
- Coastal Farm & Ranch in its sale of a majority stake to Nolan Capital
- CyberSponse, Inc. in its acquisition by Fortinet
- Digimarc Corporation in its acquisition of EVRYTHNG Limited
- Embed Financial Technologies Inc. in its acquisition by FTX US
- Funko in its acquisition of Mondo
- Funko in its exclusive worldwide license and distribution agreement with Goliath
- Hunter Communications, Inc. in its acquisition by Grain Management LLC
- Lendlease in the sale of its U.S. military housing business
- Microsoft Corporation in its acquisitions of Affirmed Networks Inc., Flipgrid, Inc., and Obsidian Entertainment, Inc.
- Natural Partners, Inc. in its business combination with Healthy Web
- Northwest EMC Inc. in its acquisition by Element Materials Technology
- Pacific Star Communications, Inc. in its acquisition by Curtiss-Wright Corporation
- Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc. in its acquisition by MTY Food Group
- Rainier Connect in its acquisition by Palisade Infrastructure
- Retail Pro International in its acquisition by Nayax Ltd.
- Steel Technology LLC (d/b/a Hydro Flask) in its acquisition by Helen of Troy Ltd.
- Syn-Apps, LLC in its acquisition by Intrado
- Teekay Corporation in a strategic transaction with Brookfield Business Partners
- TRUSTID, Inc. in its acquisition by Neustar
- Vivid Learning Systems, Inc. in its acquisition by Health & Safety Institute
