Joseph R. Tiano, Jr.
Partner

Over the course of his career, Mr. Tiano has concentrated his practice on public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and private equity and venture capital investments in a wide variety of industries, including automotive, technology, education, financial services, manufacturing, biotech and pharmaceuticals and consumer goods. Mr. Tiano also represents underwriters, investors, venture capital firms, and financial intermediaries in their underwriting, investment, and advisory activities. Mr. Tiano has been involved in all phases of complex transactions, including initial planning, structuring, negotiation and implementation. He also advises clients in day-to-day corporate governance and securities law compliance issues and has significant experience with technology transfer and licensing agreements and related intellectual property transactions.

As a member of the firm's China practice group, Mr. Tiano regularly advises Chinese companies seeking to access the U.S. capital markets. He frequently travels to China to advise his clients and spends a portion of his time working out of the firm's Shanghai office.

• Represented underwriter in $34.5 million underwritten offering for engineering services company
• Represented China based fine precision steel product manufacturer in $10.3 million underwritten offering
• Represented China based steel manufacturer in $24 million underwritten public offering
• Represented China based automotive parts manufacturer in $64 million underwritten follow-on public offering
• Represented online retailer in its $30 million IPO
• Represented selling stockholders in $77 million IPO by enterprise software company
• Represented selling stockholders in $62.5 million IPO by biopharmaceutical company
• Represented mutual savings bank in its $52.9 million mutual-to-stock IPO transaction
• Represented over a dozen China-based public companies in their PIPE financing transactions with aggregate investment proceeds exceeding $300 million
• Represented enterprise software company in multiple rounds of venture capital financing totaling over $70 million
• Represented network monitoring software company in multiple rounds of venture capital financing totaling over $28 million
• Represented alternative energy monitoring software company in its $18 million venture capital financing
• Represented Wedding Wire, Inc. in its $5 million venture capital financing
• Represented Presidium Learning, Inc. in its $5 million venture capital financing
• Represented Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. in its $3.1 million venture capital financing
• Represented a U.S. power producer in a $155 million preferred shares offering and $100 million term loan facility to refinance a California power project
• Represented China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. in $115 convertible debt offering
• Represented lender in $1.5 billion restructuring of credit facilities of utility company

• Represented publicly traded China based bottled water manufacturer in $625 million public-to-public merger
• Represented UK-based telecom provider in its $1.4 billion divestiture of U.S. operations
• Represented enterprise software company in its $35 million leveraged acquisition of assets of stored-value card system provider
• Represented internet based printing services company its $115 million joint venture
• Represented target in $175 million sale of nuclear fuel services business
• Represented target in $43 million sale of pedal sensor manufacturing assets
• Represented target publicly-traded savings bank in $139.6 million acquisition
• Represented target publicly-traded bank holding company in $210 million acquisition

• Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity—USA (2013), Capital Markets: International—China (2013)
• Deal of the Year, China Water and Drinks, Inc. Acquisition, Asian- Counsel (2008)

Mr. Tiano regularly speaks as a panelist on a wide range of topics. His speaking engagements have included the following:

• Moderator, Financing Options for Nuclear Companies, Winter Meeting of American Nuclear Society (November 16, 2009)
• Lecturer, CLE Program for In-House Counsel, An Analysis of Listing Standards NYSE and Nasdaq Stock Markets, Washington DC (August 2009)
• Speaker, Alternative Financing Techniques for Nuclear Companies, Annual Meeting of American Nuclear Society (June 16, 2009)
• Panelist, Executive Session for CFOs on Public Company, Roth Capital Partners Conference, Dana Point, CA (February 16, 2009)
• Moderator, China Comes to Phoenix, Roth Capital Partners Conference, Phoenix, AZ (November 29-30, 2007)
• Interview, Challenges and Opportunities in the U.S. Capital Markets for Foreign Companies, Wall Street Reporter, New York, NY (October 20, 2007)
• Speaker, 5th Annual PIPEs Conference, Deal Flow Media, New York, NY (October 18-19, 2007)
• Panelist, Doing Deals in China Latest in Deal Structures and Financing Methods, Roth Capital Partners Conference, New York, NY (September 5-6, 2007)
• Panelist, PIPES and Reverse Merger Summit, New York Capital Roundtable, New York, NY (November 2005)
• Lecturer, CLE Program for In-House Counsel, Managing Legal Risks in Business Combination Transactions Current Developments in the Law of Mergers & Acquisitions, New York, NY (February 2004)
• Panelist, Venture Capital Forum Latest Trends in Venture Capital Financing, American University Kogod School of Business, Washington DC (Fall 2002)