Ayanna Joseph focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters, representing clients in a range of complex business transactions and corporate matters.
Her experience includes private equity fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, emerging company/venture capital transactions, and securities and capital markets matters. She has drafted and negotiated a variety of fund formation and closing documents, including entity formation documents, pooling agreements, transfer agreements and subscription materials.
Ayanna has worked on significant, complex transactions, including the $12 billion merger of two global asset management firms.
Prior to joining Morrison Cohen, Ayanna was a Fellow at Urban Strategies LLC, where she conducted legislative, budget and real estate policy research and supported legal matters involving corporate and real estate transactions. She previously served as a law clerk in the Asset Management Group at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.