Joe Weinstein represents companies in corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and other business transactions. He focuses particularly on transactions involving family or closely held businesses, private equity funds and international businesses. Joe has substantial experience in the food-related industries and assists clients with the purchase, sale and finance of such companies.
Joe's clients include: Endeavour Capital, GenNx360, Merck & Co., National Frozen Foods Corp., Joshua Green Corp. and Westward Seafoods, Inc.
Representative Experience
Restructure of business for national bank client
Represented national bank in restructure and work out of significant operating business. (2010)
Sale of business for Collins Oil Co.
Represented gas and lubricants business in sale to strategic buyer. (2010)
Sale of snack food business for Snakcorp Holdings, Inc.
Sale of subsidiaries, Snack Alliance and Nalley's Canada Limited, in an auction process to a private equity-backed producer and distributor of private label seasoned snack foods. (2010)
Acquisition of business for GenNx360
Represented private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners in its acquisition of Clariant Corp.'s specialty silicones business. (2009)
Disposition of business for Merck & Co., Inc.
Represented Merck & Co., Inc., in the disposition of its bioinformatics business to Microsoft and its Gene Expression Laboratory to Covance. (2009)
Sale of business for Toyo Suisan
Represented Toyo Suisan, a Japanese publicly traded company, in the sale of its U.S. cold storage business to Bay Grove Capital. (2009)
Acquisition of business for Endeavour Capital
Acquisition of Little Red Services, Inc., an Alaska oil services provider. (2008)
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Acquisition of stock for Winona Capital
Acquisition of Barter Optical and Dragon Optical. (2008)
Merger of Japanese companies
Represented Maruha Corp. and Nichiro Corp. in the disposition and reorganization of U.S. assets in connection with merger of these two Japanese companies. (2008)
Reorganization for Iquique U.S., LLC
Reorganization of vessel companies and their subsidiaries. (2008)
Sale of business for Giddens Industries, Inc.
Sale of aerospace parts and subassemblies manufacturer to Platte River Ventures, a Colorado-based private equity investment firm. (2008)
Sale of business for National Frozen Foods
Sale of 95-year-old family-owned Washington agricultural foods processor to a private equity group, Endeavour Capital. (2008)
Acquisition for Joshua Green Corporation
Represented Joshua Green Corp. in subordinated debt transaction in connection with corporate acquisition of beverage business.
Sale of business for Glacier Seafoods
Represented Alaska Ocean in sale of seafood business to Glacier Seafoods.