Joseph Halloum, Partner at King & Spalding

Today, my guest is Joseph Halloum, a Partner at King & Spalding where he leads the M&A/Private Equity practice in Silicon Valley.  He represents public and private companies, as well as private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in a wide range of domestic and international transactions, capital structures and investments, governance and activism defense, finance, securities and other general corporate matters. Joseph is a nationally-recognized M&A advisor who has led on several of the largest and most notable technology and life sciences deals over the last several years. Joseph is a member of the firm’s Public Company, Private Equity and Technology industry teams.

He has also represented numerous companies and boards in connection with large shareholder matters and activist defense and unsolicited takeover situations, the majority of which remain confidential. Among publicly disclosed situations, he has advised TriNet Group with matters involving its largest shareholder Atairos Group, Del Frisco’s in its settlement with Engaged Capital, Yahoo! in its settlement with Third Point, Autodesk in its settlements with Sachem Head Capital and Eminence Capital, and Tessera Technologies in its settlement with Starboard Value. Joseph holds a JD from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and a B.S. from University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.