Biography
Joshua Strober concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, securities and general corporate matters, including:
- Public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions;
- Private equity funds and their portfolio companies;
- Venture capital funding transactions;
- Public and private securities offerings and other financings;
- Securities regulation compliance and corporate governance matters; and
- A variety of general business matters, including business formation and planning, commercial agreements, executive compensation and equity compensation arrangements
Joshua serves as a member of the firm’s Philadelphia Attorney Recruiting Committee and as a member of the firm’s Philadelphia Pro Bono Coordinating Committee.
Experience
- Acquisition of a public company that provides high performance RF, microwave, millimeterwave, power, and security solutions on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Divestiture of a for-profit postsecondary educational institution on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Recapitalization of an international for-profit private school for pre-K-12th grades on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Acquisitions of energy-related companies (electrical power systems and energy development and efficiency projects) on behalf of a power generation systems company.
- Acquisitions of security services-related companies on behalf of a private equity firm and its portfolio company.
- Acquisition of a consulting firm providing revenue cycle assessment, strategy and optimization assistance for healthcare providers as part of a management led buyout.
- Venture capital transaction on behalf of a company that is developing a healthcare application and documentation system.
- Acquisitions of automotive supply distributors and retailers on behalf of a private equity firm and its portfolio company.
- Sale of a cold storage provider and transportation company to a private equity firm.
- Divestiture of a mobile VPN company on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Acquisition of a permitted coal washing plant on behalf of an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels and tubular products and a public company.
- Acquisition of the leading contractor of milled-in rumble strips on roads and highways on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Divestiture of a wireless technology company on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Acquisition of an outsourced business services company on behalf of a private equity firm.
- Recapitalization of a Korean-based private equity fund on behalf of a Chinese healthcare company.
- Sale of an enterprise logistics and maintenance solutions company to a private equity firm.
- Venture capital transaction on behalf of a venture capital firm related to its investment in a provider of accounts receivable automation solutions for small businesses.
- Acquisitions of companies in the wire and cable industry on behalf of a public company in the industrial electrical equipment industry.
- Acquisitions of companies in the social services industry on behalf of the nation’s leading nonemergency transportation management solutions company and a public company.
- Acquisitions of companies in the software and technology industry on behalf of a Fortune 500 software company.
- Representation of a private equity firm in the formation of and transfer of assets to a new private equity fund.
- Representation of underwriters, issuers and purchasers in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt instruments.
- Early stage capital transactions on behalf of companies and investors in various industries.
- Served as “outside general counsel” to a number of emerging and middle market companies in various industries including consumer products, media, supply and distribution, supply chain management, life sciences and technology.
News & Views
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Media Coverage
Best of the Bar 2023: Honoree Profiles
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Honor
Kathy E. Ochroch and Joshua L. Strober Named to Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2023 Best of the Bar
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Concorde Career Colleges in Its Sale to Universal Technical Institute
Joshua L. Strober, Michael S. Swoyer, Cory G. Jacobs, Mark Blondman, Michael A. Kadlec, Alex C. Nisenbaum
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Inframark in Its Acquisition of CMA
Joshua L. Strober, Michael S. Swoyer, Cory G. Jacobs, Jacob M. Brownstein
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Blank Rome Represents Inframark in Its Acquisition of BLTI
Joshua L. Strober, Michael S. Swoyer, Melissa A. Griest, Cory G. Jacobs, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Alex C. Nisenbaum
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Blank Rome Represents OrthogenRx in Its $160M Sale to Avanos Medical
Joshua L. Strober, Linsey B. Bozzelli, Jourdan S. Garvey, Nora E. Tidey, Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld, Francis E. Dehel
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Blank Rome Represents Inframark in Its Acquisition of MR Systems
Joshua L. Strober, Michael S. Swoyer, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Jennifer J. Daniels, Stephanie Gantman Kaplan, Alex C. Nisenbaum
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Blank Rome Represents Charles Taylor in its Acquisition of Aegis Corporation
Joshua L. Strober, Shaun J. Bockert, Erin L. Coppock, Cory G. Jacobs, Michael A. Kadlec
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Blank Rome Represents WRM Holdings, LLC and its Parent Company Waste Resources Management, Inc. in its Acquisition of McDonald Farms Enterprises, Inc.
Gary R. Goldenberg, Joshua L. Strober, Molly Crane, Brock C. Wittmeyer, Simon I. Bord, Erin L. Coppock
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Blank Rome Represents Mindseye Solutions, LLC, in its Sale to Reveal Data Corporation
Brendan D. Delany, Joshua L. Strober, Peter I. Tsoflias, Michael A. Kadlec, Brooke T. Iley, Shaun J. Bockert
Recognitions
2023, "Best of the Bar," listed by the Philadelphia Business Journal
Affiliations
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Joshua is Vice President of the Board of the Alumni Association of The Pennington School, an independent coeducational private school for grades 6–12.
Credentials
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Education
- Ursinus College, BA, cum laude
- Villanova University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude