Joseph C. Rametta

JOSEPH RAMETTA focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate and securities law, shareholder activism, and corporate governance matters.

While attending Fordham University School of Law, Joseph was a member of the Fordham Urban Law Journal and a legal writing teaching assistant. Additionally, Joseph worked as a legal intern in the Right to Housing Litigation Clinic and received the “Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award.”

Prior to law school, Joseph was a healthcare project manager at an expert network where he managed a portfolio of institutional investors, including investment banks, hedge funds, venture capital funds, and private equity funds with market research for potential biotech investments and leveraged buyouts.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Bessemer Investors, LLC in its significant investment in Xanitos, Inc., a specialized provider of healthcare cleaning and support services for hospitals and ambulatory care centers across the United States.
• Grain & Protein Technologies, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in the cross-border carve-out acquisition of the agribusiness equipment operations of Munters FoodTech.
• Bayview Asset Management, LLC in its acquisition of 3MG Solutions, LLC a Florida based company that offers residential and commercial roofing services, solar system installation, and rain gutter repair.
• Affiliates of Olympus Power, LLC in the sale of the Chalk Point and Dickerson power generation facilities to Rockland Power.

Capital Markets

• The underwriters in Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.’s US$750 million offering of 7.200% Senior Notes due 2028.
• The underwriters in Newmark Group, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: NMRK) US$600 million offering of 7.500% Senior Notes due 2029.
• The agents and their respective affiliates in National Health Investors, Inc.’s (NYSE: NHI) at-the-market (ATM) offering of up to US$500 million of common stock, which included a forward sales component.
• The underwriters in National Health Investors, Inc.’s (NYSE: NHI) common equity offering of 2,760,000 shares of common stock that will be offered on a forward basis through forward purchasers.
• Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its definitive agreement to merge with TNL Mediagene.

Shareholder Activism

• Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) in its successful proxy contest defense and related litigation against a group of dissident shareholders.