Joshua G. Bass

Josh is a corporate attorney in Taft’s Cleveland office. His practice primarily involves advising private equity firms, public and private companies, and real estate sponsors in connection with structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, business formations, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and other general corporate matters. He is also a trusted counsel to venture capital funds and emerging growth companies.

Prior to joining Taft, Josh was an associate with Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.

He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, and his B.A., with university honors, from the University of Michigan.

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