Überblick
Joanna Lin focuses her practice on high-stakes corporate transactions and governance matters for public and private companies. Recognized by clients as a “world-class” and “uniquely intuitive” advisor who “can see around corners,” she brings deep experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategic transactions, and as board-level counsel, particularly in complex scenarios such as advising special committees, conflict transactions, cross-border transactions (with experience spanning more than 25 jurisdictions), and joint ventures.
Joanna is a go-to advisor for boards, special committees, and executives navigating transformative deals across high-growth sectors, including artificial intelligence (AI), digital health, life sciences, FinTech, and professional services. Her strategic acumen has earned her accolades such as “M&A Lawyer of the Year” at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards in 2022.
Beyond her practice, Joanna co-chairs the Women in M&A Subcommittee of the ABA M&A Committee, which focuses on the participation, promotion, and retention of women in the M&A field and frequently speaks and publishes on topics in M&A for the American Bar Association.
Referenzmandate
- Represented Delta Electronics, Inc., a global leading provider of smart energy-saving solutions, in its acquisition of Universal Instruments Corporation, a global leader in precision automation solutions for smart manufacturing
- Represented strategic buyers in approximately 30 acquisitions of other accounting firms or professional services firm targets in the last five years
- Represented JLL (NYSE: JLL) in its joint venture with Slate Asset Management to commercialize a technology platform for commercial real estate
- Represented JLL (NYSE: JLL) in its acquisition of Raise Commercial Real Estate, a technology-powered brokerage firm that provides client solutions via a transformative digital real estate platform
- Represented BDO USA in connection with the establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Represented a professional services firm specializing in digital transformation in its acquisition of a leading ServiceNow Partner specializing in advisory, implementation, and optimization solutions related to the ServiceNow platform
- Represented Downtown Music Holdings, a premier music publishing partner for songwriters, storied music catalogues, and emerging artists, in two transformational deals: its acquisition of AVL Digital Group, a leading digital music publishing platform, and its sale of its music catalogue business (more than 145,000 songs by artists including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Mötley Crüe) to Concord Music Publishing
- Represented BDO USA in its establishment of BDO RISE, its first international joint venture in India
- Represented Enleofen Bio Pte. Ltd in its sale of worldwide exclusive rights to Enleofen’s preclinical interleukin-11 platform to Boehringer Ingelheim
- Represented Hakkoda Inc., a leading global data and AI consultancy, in its sale to IBM Consulting
- Represented DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) in its sale of Vegas Sports Information Network, Inc.
- Represented a global tax services provider in its acquisition of property tax and transfer pricing product lines from a major information services company
- Represented Dialexa, a Dallas-based digital product engineering services firm, in its acquisition by IBM Consulting
- Represented a private equity firm in its platform acquisition of a technology consulting and digital transformation firm and three subsequent add-on acquisitions, all of which are IT and digital services firms
- Represented a life sciences company in its acquisition of a clinical research software company that developed the clinical trial management system that improves the ease, quality, and efficiency of conducting clinical research at study sites
Auszeichnungen
- Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024-2025
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer, 2024-2025
- Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, Band 5, 2023-2025
- Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2022, 2024-2025
- IFLR1000, M&A, 2022-2023
- Euromoney, Americas Women in Business Law Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year, 2022
- Texas Lawyer, Most Effective Dealmaker, 2022
- The M&A Advisor, Emerging Leaders and International M&A Awards M&A Deal of the Year, 2019
Mitgliedschaften
- American Bar Association Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, Women in Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee, co-chair
- Helms Hope Foundation, board member
Qualifikation
Education
Boston College Law School, JD, 2008
University of California – Irvine, BA, cum laude, 2004
Admissions
Texas
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Mandarin Chinese
