About Joshua A. Feiger

Josh Feiger helps companies and individuals buy, sell and invest in businesses. Josh successfully guides clients through mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, equity financings, and other strategic transactions in an efficient and effective manner.

A client-focused approach

Josh has vast experience representing public and private companies through complex transactions. Josh also advises clients regarding general corporate matters, and has represented clients across a variety of industries, including liquor, manufacturing, business services, health care, financial services, and technology. Josh takes a practical and efficient approach to his practice, focusing on specific client needs for each unique situation. He helps clients understand the business and legal risks associated with any issue that may arise in the course of a complex transaction and works collaboratively to achieve optimal results.

Josh has represented private equity firms, family offices, independent sponsors, entrepreneurs, investors and public companies. His experience enables him to help clients navigate the complexities of M&A transactions and matters related thereto.

Josh began his career in the Chicago office of an international law firm.

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Practice Focus

  • Merger and acquisitions
  • Dispositions
  • Private equity
  • Joint ventures
  • General corporate matters

Representative Experience

  • Represented a privately held liquor company in its sale to a strategic acquiror.
  • Represented a private equity-owned, service-based systems integrator in multiple acquisitions in the United States and abroad with transaction values in excess of $150 million, in the aggregate.
  • Represented a privately held manufacturer and seller of fitness equipment in its sale to a private equity sponsor.
  • Represented a private equity sponsor in its minority investment in a transportation solutions company for approximately $90 million.
  • Represented an independent sponsor in the acquisition of a transportation services and brokerage provider.
  • Represented a private equity-owned mobile accessory distributor in its acquisition of assets from a publicly traded competitor.
  • Represented a publicly traded packaged meat and frozen food manufacturer in its sale to a publicly traded strategic acquiror for $8.55 billion. *
  • Represented a publicly traded business development company in its sale to a publicly traded acquiror for $3.43 billion. *
  • Represented a publicly traded medical technologies company in its $1.28 billion acquisition of a private equity-owned portfolio company. *
  • Represented a publicly traded biotechnology company in two acquisitions of privately owned, early-stage biopharmaceutical companies with transaction values in excess of $325 million, in the aggregate. *
  • Represented a publicly traded foodservice equipment manufacturer in acquisitions of over 10 domestic, foreign and multinational private companies and divisions of private and public companies. *
  • Represented a publicly traded health care company in its negotiations with an activist investor. *
  • Represented a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate in a strategic joint venture. *
* Experience prior to Katten

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  • The University of Chicago Law School, JD
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois
Recognitions
Recognized or listed in the following:
  • Best Lawyers in America
    Ones to Watch
    Corporate Law, 2024–2025
  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars
    Illinois, 2023
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