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FN:Joel N. Ephross
TEL;WORK:713.402.3920
TEL;FAX:713.513.5742
EMAIL;WORK;PREF:JNEphross@duanemorris.com
N:Ephross; Joel
TITLE:Special Counsel
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
ADR;INTL;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;;Duane Morris LLP<br />Suite 3150<br />3200 Southwest Freeway<br />Houston, TX  77027-7534<br />USA<br />
URL;WORK:http://www.duanemorris.com
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Joel N. Ephross practices in the area of corporate law with an emphasis on corporate finance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate. He has engaged in a wide range of general business transactions, real estate, corporate work, and physical and financial trading transactions, and has structured and documented debt financing transactions by institutional investors, banks and other financial institutions, including project finance, real estate lending, leveraged and non-leveraged lease financings, structured finance, asset securitization, corporate and commercial lending. His project finance experience includes diverse projects ranging from pipeline and power plants to vessels and wind farms. He has represented developers, financial institutions, buyers, sellers and tenants in all aspects of commercial real estate, including leases, acquisitions and divestitures, mortgage easements, deed restrictions, condominium declarations, and title and survey issues. He has provided services in connection with domestic and cross-border financings, merger and acquisition related financings, asset based financings, letters of credit, trade finance and credit enhanced transactions, office leases, mortgages, title insurance and zoning issues, as well as bankruptcy and restructuring activities. Mr. Ephross has represented strategic funds and institutional sources of private capital in connection with fund formation, portfolio investments and asset disposition transactions. He has specific experience in debtor-in-possession financing arrangements, asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, real estate, private equity and debt finance transactions. 

Mr. Ephross' practice includes corporate governance matters, including advising shareholders, boards of directors, special committees, individual board members and senior management on issues of corporate governance, fiduciary responsibilities, Sarbanes-Oxley matters and FCPA issues.  He has represented special committees conducting investigations and advising on strategic alternatives.  His corporate governance practice also involves rendering advice on indemnification protection and employment arrangements for senior management.

Mr. Ephross is a 1993 magna cum laude graduate of South Texas College of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Lytae. He holds an M.B.A. from Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business, and is a graduate of Yale University.

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