Biography
Joel Wagman is counsel in Herrick's Corporate Department and a member of the Sports Law Group. Joel's experience is diverse, with a focus on counseling clients on the formation of private company partnering and complex business arrangements, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and venture capital transactions. His clients span a broad range of industries, including sports, hospitality/food and beverage, technology, life sciences and building materials across all stages of business development from start-ups to business divorce.
Joel has substantial experience with complex financing and capital raising transactions, private placements and equity and debt restructuring. He advises clients in the sports industry in a range of matters such as counselling owners/operators and investors in the acquisition and disposition of franchise interests, including control positions, as well as compliance and league matters.
He has represented clients in the negotiation and drafting of stock and asset purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, research and development collaborations, and intellectual property licenses, as well as manufacturing, distribution, and sales representations and commercial sales agreements. He has counseled companies at various levels of business development in acquiring, developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products and devices. He also advises life sciences companies on matters involving research collaboration, development and consulting agreements and licensing.
Prior to joining Herrick, Joel was a partner in Goodwin Procter's Business Law Department and a member of its general corporate and life sciences practice areas.