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Joseph Fore

Joseph Fore

Partner

Managing Partner, Austin Office
Vetting Partner – Partner Nomination

Joseph Fore is excellent, clear, direct and transparent, with a good balance of advisory and practical solutions.
— client quoted in Chambers USA
Austin
About

Joseph Fore is a corporate and private equity lawyer whose practice focuses on representing public companies, private equity firms, private equity backed portfolio companies and institutional investors in complex mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity investments, recapitalizations and other strategic transactions. 

He regularly represents nationally recognized growth and venture capital investors, along with their portfolio companies, in financing transactions, follow-on investments and other strategic matters. Joseph also advises founder-owned businesses and management teams in sales to private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers. His broad transactional experience spans multiple sectors, including healthcare, technology, logistics and business services.

In addition to managing complex transactions, Joseph serves as outside general counsel to numerous PE, VC and growth backed companies, advising on corporate governance matters, strategic planning and general corporate issues.

Joseph and his wife, Courtney, reside in Austin with their son, Luke.

Areas of FocusMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityEmerging Growth and Venture CapitalHealthcare TransactionsTechnologyTransport
Bar admissionsTexas

Recent Matters

  • Electric Power Engineers in its majority recapitalization by Berkshire Partners
  • Tritium Partners in their growth equity investments in Loxo, ToursByLocals, Chairish, The Savings Group, Project X Media, RateGenius, RoadOne IntermodaLogistics and Giact Systems
  • QIC in its investment in PsiQuantum
  • Paylocity (Nasdaq – PCTY) in its acquisitions of Airbase, Samepage, VidGrid, BeneFLEX HR Resources and PCTY's two resellers
  • SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) in seventeen acquisitions
  • BoomTown in its sale to Inside Real Estate
  • Netwrix in its strategic investment from Centerbridge Partners
  • Triple Crown Consulting in its growth equity investment from WestView Capital
  • Silicon Labs (Nasdaq – SLAB) in the sale of its Infrastructure & Automotive Business for US$2.75 billion
  • RateGenius in its business combination with AUTOPAY and formation of The Savings Group
  • Q2 (Nasdaq – QTWO) in its acquisition of ClickSWITCH
  • BigCommerce (Nasdaq – BIGC) in its US$249 million initial public offering and US$263 million follow-on offering
  • Silicon Labs (Nasdaq – SLAB) in its acquisition of Redpine Signals' Connectivity Business for US$308 million
  • Silicon Labs (Nasdaq – SLAB) in its acquisitions of Micrium, Zentri and Qulsar's IEEE 1588 Software and Modules
  • AgileCraft in its sale to Atlassian (Nasdaq – TEAM) for US$166 million
  • RoadOne IntermodaLogistics in its recapitalization by Nonantum Capital Partners
  • Avnera in its sale to Skyworks (Nasdaq – SWKS) for US$405 million
  • BenefitMall in its sale to The Carlyle Group
  • RetailMeNot (Nasdaq – SALE) in its sale to Harland Clarke for US$630 million
  • Silicon Labs (Nasdaq – SLAB) in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Sigma Designs (Nasdaq – SIGM) for US$240 million
Education
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law 2010
    Dean's Scholar
  • B.A., Political and Social Thought, History, University of Virginia 2007
    Phi Beta Kappa
    Echols Scholar
He is one of the best attorneys I have ever worked with.
— client quoted in Chambers USA

Awards

Chambers USA

  • Band 3, Texas Technology: Corporate & Commercial, (2025)
  • Band 2, Texas: Austin & Surrounds Corporate/M&A, (2023 — 2025)
  • Up and Coming, Texas: Austin & Surrounds Corporate/M&A, (2021 — 2022) 

Prior Experience

  • Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Washington, DC)

Civic and Charitable

  • Finance Council Member and Acolyte, St. Theresa's Catholic Church
  • Chair, St. Theresa’s participation in the Diocese of Austin’s $85M Encountering Christ Capital Campaign
  • Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem

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