Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Lawyers
Joshua Wechsler
- Phone212-859-8689
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Capital markets, corporate, corporate governance, finance
Position
Mr. Wechsler is a corporate partner and concentrates his practice in corporate finance and the US securities laws, representing issuers, underwriters and sponsors in a variety of financing transactions, including initial public offerings, private placements, high-yield debt offerings, and cross-border financings. Mr. Wechsler has represented an array of underwriters including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Clarksons Platou, Credit Suisse, Fearnley Securities, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, JP Morgan, KBW, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Wells Fargo. In addition, he has acted for a number of issuers in connection with corporate governance matters and reporting under the US securities laws, including, among others, Extended Stay, Goldman Sachs BDC, Grindrod Shipping, Grupo Televisa, Humana, IDEXX, MasTec, Navios Maritime Holdings (and its related public companies), Perry Ellis, RedBall Acquisition Corp., Seritage, Spanish Broadcasting System, Tapestry (f/k/a Coach), and Viavi. Mr. Wechsler has worked on a number of cross-border transactions in Asia, Canada, Denmark, Europe, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, and South Africa.
Education
Mr. Wechsler received his LLM from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994, his JD from St. Thomas University School of Law, in 1993 (Associate Editor, Law Review) and his BA from the University of Florida in 1990.