Joseph J. Schauer

Joe is a partner in Taft’s business group and assists clients with mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, SEC compliance, commercial contracts and general corporate matters. Joe represents companies, investors and bankers across multiple industries, including life sciences/medical devices, SaaS technology, and manufacturing and distribution.

Joe routinely represents both strategic and private equity clients on buy-and sell-side transactions with values ranging from less than $1.0 million to over $500 million. Joe also represents issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings (IPOs), shelf registrations, follow-on offerings, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), at-the-market (ATM) offerings, ongoing ’34 Act compliance, and other securities matters. In addition, Joe represents issuers and venture capital funds in private placements, including SAFE investments, convertible note rounds, seed financings, and subsequent financing rounds.

M&A Transactions 

• Represented private equity clients on several platform sales with transaction values in excess of $500 million.
• Represented private equity client on a sale of an aviation components company.
• Represented private equity client on an $11 million acquisition of a gaming company.
• Represented private equity client on a $35 million acquisition of an adhesives manufacturer.
• Represented private equity client on a $45 million acquisition of an automotive parts distributor.
• Represented private equity client on a $40 million acquisition of a heavy equipment component supplier.
• Represented private equity client on a $25 million acquisition of a safety products distributor.
• Represented private equity client on a $20 million acquisition of an electrical components manufacturer.
• Represented biotech client on a $10 million acquisition of a biosciences company.
• Represented liquor distributor on a $4 million brand acquisition.
• Represented medical technology company on a $200 million sale.
• Represented shareholders on a $7 million sale of a software company.
• Represented shareholders on a $1 million sale of a software company.
• Represented shareholders on a $50 million sale of a construction services business.
• Represented ESOP company on a $30 million sale.
• Represented multiple RIAs on acquisitions of wealth advisory practices with assets under management ranging from $100 million to more than $500 million.

Securities Offerings

• Represented Celcuity Inc. (NASDAQ: CELC) on its initial public offering (IPO).
• Represented Craig-Hallum Capital Group, LLC as underwriter on the IPO of Miromatrix Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIRO).
• Represented mining company on a $325 million 144A offering of senior secured notes.
• Represented technology company on a $10M Series A financing.
• Represented medical device company on a $10M Series A financing.
• Represented medical device company on a $20M Series A financing.
• Represented pharmaceutical company on a $2.5M Series Seed financing.
• Represented biotech company on a $15M Series A financing.
• Represented technology company on a $1.0M convertible note financing.
• Represented energy technology company on a series of preferred equity investments and joint ventures.

Contributing Panelist, “Contract Performance for Small Businesses,” Corporate Institute Practice Scholars – University of Minnesota Law School, hosted by the Small Business Administration (July 2020).