About RAETZER PLLC
Joseph J. Raetzer, MBA, JD brings institutional transaction experience to the businesses making the next move.
Founding Partner, New York and Texas licensed lawyer, and business consultant with more than 20 years of corporate, M&A, securities, and structured-finance experience.
Joseph J. Raetzer, MBA, JD
Professional background
A Wall Street foundation. A practical operating perspective.
Joseph started in New York City in 2004 at Thacher Proffitt & Wood, a leading law firm in asset-backed securitization and capital markets transactions on Wall Street. He specialized in structured finance and corporate transactions.
He was subsequently recruited to global powerhouse Clifford Chance in Manhattan to work in its Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions department. In 2013, he ventured out to help entrepreneurs launch startups and scale existing businesses.
Joseph completed the M&A and Corporate Development Strategies program at Wharton Executive Education. He later formed Raetzer PLLC to provide specialized legal and business consultancy services to small and medium-sized businesses.
2004
Thacher Proffitt & Wood
Structured finance and corporate transactions
Next
Clifford Chance
Manhattan corporate M&A
2013
Entrepreneurial practice
Helping businesses launch and scale
Transaction experience
The range is the point.
Joseph has worked on domestic and cross-border transactions for public and private corporations, financial institutions, venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, and high-net-worth individuals. The matters span capital raises, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, redemptions, fund launches, securities offerings, structured finance, and corporate transactions across sectors, including the middle-market businesses RAETZER is built to serve.
01 / Financial institutions
Negotiated for a group of 12 global financial institutions with $13 billion exposure to securities to mitigate financial losses.
02 / Deutsche Bank
Advised Deutsche Bank in several acquisitions and dispositions of multi-billion-dollar portfolios of assets, domestic and international.
03 / Victorian Funds
Represented Australia-based Victorian Funds Management Corporation to redeem its investment in a publicly traded $2 billion fund.
04 / Mapfre S.A.
Drafted transactional documents for European-based Mapfre S.A. in its $2.6 billion acquisition of publicly traded U.S.-based The Commerce Group.
05 / Securitization
Restructured a $2.1 billion securitization portfolio for Ambac and Assured, including replacement of the lead investment manager.
06 / Munich Re
Represented Munich Re in a structured transaction involving formation of an Irish-listed SPV and subsequent issuance of Rule 144A notes.
07 / MBIA offering
Advised JP Morgan and others as underwriters in MBIA's $1.1 billion common stock offering and $1 billion surplus note offering.
08 / Fortis
Represented Fortis in a consortium transaction with several private equity firms to acquire U.S.-based publicly traded The BISYS Group.
09 / Index.dev
Drafted transactional documents for UK-based Index.dev in its acquisition of U.S.-based Codemotion Ninjas to expand its network to 180 countries.
10 / Morgan Stanley
Represented Morgan Stanley and others as book-running managers in MBIA's $1.1 billion Rule 144A unsecured subordinated notes offering.
11 / Apollo Management
Advised Apollo Management in its potential acquisition of a $3.4 billion portfolio of assets.
12 / IXIS
Represented IXIS in launching a $600 million offshore fund.
* Past results do not guarantee future success. Some matters handled prior to Raetzer PLLC.
Why RAETZER was built
Senior judgment, close to the decision.
Raetzer PLLC was established as a business law firm to serve small and medium-sized businesses. Its mission is to offer practical, results-driven solutions tailored to the unique challenges faced by business buyers, sellers, and operators.
Joseph’s goal is to leverage his legal and business expertise to work closely with leadership and stakeholders to achieve their business objectives. That can mean one-on-one support or a team of multiple professionals, depending on what the matter requires.
Client-centric service
Approach each engagement around the business goal and the decision in front of it.
Expertise across industries
Legal services for buying and selling companies or assets and raising capital.
A team you can trust
Support for high-stakes transactions and the everyday needs around them.
New York + Texas
A senior legal relationship for the next chapter.
Joseph is licensed in New York and Texas. RAETZER provides remote representation and transactional support subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, with a direct, practical service model for founders, operators, investors, investment funds, business buyers and sellers, and growing companies.
The working relationship
Start with the business objective. Bring clarity to the legal and commercial choices. Stay close as the business moves.
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