Joseph W. Medved

Mr. Medved specializes in mergers and acquisitions; corporate finance; and business transactions. He has represented clients in numerous transactions in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance, including asset purchases and sales, stock purchases and sales, mergers, joint ventures, bank financings, tender offers, public and private stock offerings, and public and private debt offerings. He is also engaged in a broad corporate and business practice. Mr. Medved is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Chair of the Business Division.

Significant representations for Publicly-Traded Clients and Private Equity Transactions:

• Asset acquisition of specialty finance company for $1.7 billion.
• Sale of business operations in Mexico for $315 million.
• Sale of integrated waste hauling company and landfill.
• Negotiation of $250 million private equity investment.
• Private placement of $50 million of senior notes and negotiation of a $65 million bank credit facility.
• Issuance of $225 million of subordinated debt under Rule 144A.
• Sponsoring of $250 million initial public offering by a REIT and related $300 million sale/leaseback of projects.
• Recapitalization involving tender offer for publicly held notes and negotiation of $425 million senior bank credit facility.
• Issuance of $175 million of senior subordinated notes under Rule 144A.
• Issuance of $100 million of convertible preferred stock.
• Formation (and subsequent acquisition) of a $200 million joint venture.
• Issuance of $200 million of senior notes and senior subordinated notes in a public offering.
• Sale of assets for $200 million.
• Acquisition of a life insurance company for $70 million.
• Sale of United Kingdom operations for $98 million.
• Acquisition of a theatre exhibition company for $150 million.
• Proxy fight for control of a publicly traded REIT.

Court Memberships

• Missouri

Honors

• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2008-2013
• Selected as “Leading Lawyer” by Chambers USA, 2003-2012
• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005, 2007, and 2010-2012
• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating
• Order of the Coif
• Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Affiliations

• Board Member and Past Chairman, Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone
• The Missouri Bar
• American Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association