Joe Josephson, Partner Joe Josephson is a Partner in UNION SQUARE ADVISORS. Prior to joining Union Square, Mr. Josephson was a Senior Partner at Lazard Freres focusing on cross-border transactions in the technology sector. Prior to joining Lazard, he was a Managing Director in Mergers & Acquisitions in both the CSFB Technology Group and the DMG Technology Group. He led execution teams on numerous high-profile transactions, and his clients included Platinum Technology, the Gartner Group, Chiron, Siemens, Viag AG and NTT. Mr. Josephson began his career in Morgan Stanley’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York in 1988. He subsequently moved to Hong Kong to run the firm’s M&A practice in non-Japan Asia. When Robert Greenhill left Morgan Stanley to become Chairman and CEO of Smith Barney (now Citigroup), he hired Mr. Josephson to run the firm’s Investment Banking Division in Asia. While serving in that role, Smith Barney lead-managed its first non-US Dollar denominated IPO (Qingling Motors), and Mr. Josephson advised numerous multinationals on their entry into the Chinese market, including the Sprint Corporation and Universal Studios. Mr. Josephson received an MBA from Columbia Business School (where he graduated first in his class of 500) and received his A.B. from Princeton University, Summa cum Laude. |