Joseph H. Kye is the Vice Chairman of the Financial and Transactions Group at Vedder Price P.C. He practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate, securities and business law. He focuses on middle-market, public and private company transactions and financings. His experience includes structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing all forms of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital financings, public and private debt and equity offerings, structured financings, joint ventures, international financings and transactions, private equity fund formations, and other corporate and business transactions. Joseph has represented all categories of transactional parties, including sellers, acquirers, management teams, issuers, underwriters, venture capital and private equity funds, family offices and public, private and distressed companies. He serves as the outside general counsel to various closely held corporations.
Joseph holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the Law School at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Korean American Bar Association. He speaks on corporate and M&A matters, including presentations at The Entrepreneurship Institute’s Presidents’ Symposium and the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting. Joseph regularly teaches continuing legal education classes in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital.
Legal 500 United States has recognized Joseph in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts—M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m) and the Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate and Commercial—M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m) categories. He has also been selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Mergers & Acquisitions from 2013 to 2021.
Joseph lives in the Fulton Market district of Chicago with his wife and two sons.