Mr. Bartlett is Of Counsel in the New York City office of Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Mr. Bartlett’s focus is on alternative investments, including venture capital, particularly for high-technology companies. He has been profiled in trade publications as one of the leading practitioners in venture capital nationwide. His practice focuses on emerging companies, initial public offerings, corporate restructurings, private equity finance and buyouts. For the past 47 years Mr. Bartlett has practiced in the corporate securities/finance sector. His representations ranging from multi-billion dollar reorganizations (Tandem Computer into Compaq; DBL Liquidating Trust, disposing of Drexel assets) to the organization of start ups and assisting in the seed round. His published materials and teaching assignments focus on the corporate finance journey from the ‘embryo to the IPO.’
Academic and Civic:
Courtesy Professor, Johnson School of Business, Cornell University; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Member, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Montefiore Medical Center; Co-Chair Children’s Hospital at Montefiore; Chair of Legal and Compliance Committee, Montefiore Medical Center; Board Member, Wurzweiler School of Social Work; Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Member American Law Institute; Board Member Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
Formerly:
President of Stanford Law Review; Order of the Coif; Acting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law; Instructor in Law, Boston University Law School; Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School; Board of Visitors, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Board of Visitors, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; President, Boston Bar Association; Senior Professional Fellow, NYU Center for Law and Business
Federal Government:
Law Clerk, Chief Justice Earl Warren, United States Supreme Court (1960 term); Undersecretary (promoted from General Counsel), United States Department of Commerce, Director, Office of Foreign Direct Investment; Chairman, Health, Education & Welfare Task Force on Universal Social Security Coverage
State Government:
Counsel to the Commissioner of Administration, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Special Counsel, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
City Government:
Special Counsel, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Books:
Leveraged Buyouts, ALM (September 2007); Joseph W. Bartlett, Peter L. Korn, Jr., David Mittelstadt, Cathy L. Reese, and Michael Rueda
Compensation Structures for Venture Backed Companies- How to Structure Compensation, Stock Options, Retirement, Debt & Bonus Plans for Management and EmployeesJoseph Bartlett and Ross P. Barrett, Aspatore (2004; Supps. 2220-2008)
Advanced Private Equity Term Sheets and Series A Documents (American Lawyer Media, Law Journal Press, November 2003; Supps. 2004-2008), edited by Joseph W. Bartlett, Ross Barrett and Michael Butler
Raising Capital For Dummies(Hungry Minds, 2002), Joseph W. Bartlett, Peter Economy
Fundamentals of Venture Capital, (Madison, December 1999), Joseph W. Bartlett
Equity Finance: Venture Capital, Buyouts, Restructurings and Reorganizations,
(Aspen, 1995, Supps. 1996 2008), Joseph W. Bartlett
Corporate Restructurings: Reorganizations and Buyouts, (Wiley, May 1991, Supps. 1992-1993)
Venture Capital: Law, Business Strategies, and Investment Planning,
(Wiley, 1988, Supps. 1989 1994), Joseph W. Bartlett
The Law Business: A Tired Monopoly(Rothman, 1982), Joseph W. Bartlett
Numerous articles in major publications.
Education:
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1951
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1955, A.B.
Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, 1960, L.L.B.
Founder, Chairman, VC Experts.com, Inc.
Editor-in-Chief, The Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital (see www.vcexperts.com)