About RAETZER PLLC

Institutional Deal Experience for Businesses Making the Next Move.

A client centric law firm founded by Joseph J. Raetzer, MBA, JD

NY & TX LICENSED

$100+ billion in deals

20+ yEARS EXPERIENCE

Professional background

Wall Street Foundation.

Commercial Perspective.

Mr. Raetzer started on Wall Street in 2004 at Thacher Proffitt & Wood, a top asset backed securitization and capital markets law firm, where advised clients in its Corporate Structured Finance group.

Global powerhouse London-based Clifford Chance's recruited him 2 years later to advise clients in its Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions group in Manhattan, where he also continued working on capital markets deals.

In 2013, he began launching startups and scaling them to multi million dollars in revenue, one netting a 7-figure exit in less than 3 years.

He formed RAETZER PLLC to offer his institutional legal and business experience to small and medium sized businesses.

2004

Thacher Proffitt & Wood

Structured Finance and Corporate Transactions

2006

Clifford Chance

Corporate M&A and Capital Markets

2013

RAETZER PLLC

Advising small and mid-market businesses

wIDE INDUSTRY Transaction experience

The Range is the Point.

Mr. Raetzer has worked on $100+ billion in deals over his 20+ year career. He brings a depth of industry transactcional experience having directly advised on domestic and inernational transactions for public and private companies, financial institutions, venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, high net worth individuals, startups and small to middle market businesses.

His advisory work spans capital raises, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, redemptions, fund launches, securities offerings, structured finance, regulatory matters and corporate transactions.

RAETZER PLLC engages clients in any industry/sector other than crypto and marijuana.

01 / Financial institutions

Negotiated for a group of 12 global financial institutions with $13 billion exposure to securities to mitigate financial losses.

02 / Deutsche Bank

Advised Deutsche Bank in several acquisitions and dispositions of multi-billion-dollar portfolios of assets, domestic and international.

03 / Victorian Funds

Represented Australia-based Victorian Funds Management Corporation to redeem its investment in a publicly traded $2 billion fund.

04 / Mapfre S.A.

Drafted transactional documents for European-based Mapfre S.A. in its $2.6 billion acquisition of publicly traded U.S.-based The Commerce Group.

05 / ambac Securitization

Restructured a $2.1 billion securitization portfolio for Ambac and Assured, including replacement of the lead investment manager.

06 / Munich Re

Represented Munich Re in a structured transaction involving formation of an Irish-listed SPV and subsequent issuance of Rule 144A notes.

07 / JP Morgan

Advised JP Morgan and others as underwriters in MBIA's $1.1 billion common stock offering and $1 billion surplus note offering.

08 / Fortis

Represented Fortis in a consortium transaction with several private equity firms to acquire U.S.-based publicly traded The BISYS Group.

09 / Index.dev

Drafted transactional documents for UK-based Index.dev in its acquisition of U.S.-based Codemotion Ninjas to expand its network to 180 countries.

10 / Morgan Stanley

Represented Morgan Stanley and others as book-running managers in MBIA's $1.1 billion Rule 144A unsecured subordinated notes offering.

11 / Apollo Management

Advised Apollo Management in its potential acquisition of a $3.4 billion portfolio of assets.

12 / IXIS

Represented IXIS in launching a $600 million offshore fund.

13 / kredete.io

Represented a global finance platform in negotiating a multiyear lease for commercial office space on Wall Street.

14 / Rent a coop

Represented equity owners in the sale of 100% of their entire ownership interest in a B2C business to a private equity firm.

15/ capital advisors fund

Completed a $50M Regulation D Rule 506c exempt securities offering for capital raise used in real estate development.

16 / antigravity fitness

Successfully negotiated business divorce for NY based global fitness company resutling in 100% equity ownership.

* Past results do not guarantee future success. Some matters handled prior to Raetzer PLLC.

Why RAETZER was built

Senior Judgment, Close to the Decision

Raetzer PLLC was established as a business law firm to serve small and medium-sized businesses. Its mission is to offer practical, results-driven solutions tailored to the unique challenges faced by business buyers, sellers, and operators.

Mr. Raetzer's goal is to leverage his legal and business expertise to work closely with leadership and stakeholders to achieve their business objectives. That can mean one-on-one support or a team of multiple professionals, depending on what the matter requires.

Client Centric Service

Approach each engagement around the business goal and the decision in front of it.

Expertise Across Industries

Legal services for buying and selling companies/ assets and raising capital.

A Team You Can Trust

Support for high stakes transactions and the everyday needs around them.

New York + TexaS

A Senior Legal Relationship for the Next Chapter

Mr. Raetzer is licensed in New York and Texas. RAETZER PLLC provides remote representation and transactional support subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, with a direct, practical service model for founders, operators, investors, investment funds, business buyers and sellers, and growing companies.

The working relationship

Start with the business objective. Bring clarity to the legal and commercial choices. Stay close as the business moves.

The next decisioN

Bring the question.

A considered step

START WITH THE RIGHT READINESS ASSESSMENT

RAETZER PLLC

Led by a corporate and securities lawyer with more than 20 years of transactional experience across $100+ billion in transactions, we bring institutional deal discipline to businesses that want sophisticated counsel without building an in-house legal department. Sophisticated counsel for the decisions that move a business forward — from first formation through its next chapter.

Office MAILING ADDRESSES

224 W 35th St, Suite 500 #2320

New York, NY 10001

1910 Pacific Ave

Suite 2000 #1625

Dallas, TX 75201

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