Joe Basile is managing partner of Weil's Boston office and a member of the firm's Corporate department. He specializes in representing sophisticated international corporations and private investment funds in their most challenging transactional matters. Mr. Basile's practice focuses on complex cross-border M&A transactions, control and minority investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Mr. Basile also advises publicly held companies regarding securities law issues, disclosure and compliance matters and corporate governance.
Mr. Basile is also active in non-profit and civic affairs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, the Board of Fellows of Stonehill College, the Board of Trustees of St. Columbkille Partnership School and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Advisory Council and co-chair of the Board of Advisors of the Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Institute for Law and Society. He is also a former member of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.
Mr. Basile has been regularly recognized for Corporate/M&A by PLC Which Lawyer?, for Private Equity Buyouts by Chambers USA and for Hedge Funds by both Chambers USA and Chambers Global. Mr. Basile was also selected as one of the 2010 Burton Award winners in the Legal Writing category.