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Joseph Silver

Joseph Silver

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Corporate; Emerging Growth and Venture Capital; Financial Services; Healthcare; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Technology

Career

Joey Silver is a private equity and corporate lawyer with an international practice focused on representing private equity firms, venture capital firms and other business owners with structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity investments and other general corporate matters.

He regularly represents nationally known private equity firms and sellers selling to such firms in corporate matters, including serving as lead counsel in connection with hundreds of M&A and investment transactions in the last ten years. Joey's broad transactional experience spans several industries, including technology, telecommunications, business software and services, consumer products, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services and staffing, among others. In addition to managing complex transactions, he serves as outside general counsel to numerous private-equity backed portfolio companies and other private companies advising on various legal and business matters, including add-on acquisitions, corporate governance, equity compensation, capital raising, joint ventures, customer contracts and general corporate matters.

Joey is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and is the Chair of the US Private Equity practice.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - Georgia

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Joseph Silver is chair of the firm’s US private equity practice and global co-chair. He is sought after for his expertise in private equity and venture capital transactions.

Strengths

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  • Joseph is the best I have ever worked with. He's a skilled negotiator, deep expert, pragmatic counselor and great communicator.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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