Joseph Hearn advises investment advisers, broker-dealers, public-company executives, family offices and other clients on a range of matters.
Mr. Hearn advises both commercial asset managers and family offices on key issues such as the structuring and setup of management companies and private funds, seed investments, partnership economics, executive compensation, governance and succession planning. In addition, he has a broad-based regulatory practice under the U.S. securities laws, which involves investment adviser and broker-dealer regulation, disclosures of investment positions, 10b5-1 plans, information barriers, private placements and resales of restricted securities, among other things. He also regularly represents issuers and investors in a variety of investment transactions.
Mr. Hearn’s clients have included AIG, AXA, Bank of America, BMW Financial Services, Bozano Investimentos, Breakthrough Properties, D. E. Shaw & Co., Equitas, Fiera Capital Corporation, First Southern Bancorp, Fortress Investment Group, Galaxy Digital, GE Capital, GMP Capital, Goldman Sachs, H/2 Capital Partners, Jadian Capital, J. Safra Sarasin Group, JPMorgan Chase, McCourt Global, Millstein & Co., Muzinich & Co., National Australia Bank, New York Bankers Association, Overstock.com, Renaissance Technologies, SALT Lending, Standard Investments, Temasek Holdings, Tishman Speyer, Tudor Investment Corporation, UBS, Waterton Copper, Wells Fargo and York Capital Management.
His clients have also included over 50 distinct family offices, whose aggregate assets under management total more than $150 billion, in connection with investment, trading and other matters, including a wide variety of profit allocation and incentive compensation frameworks, most of which are confidential.
Mr. Hearn is a co-coordinator of the Firm’s Broker-Dealer Group and has served on the Steering Committee of the Managed Funds Association Outside Counsel Forum. He was named a “Next Generation Lawyer” by Legal500 US.
