Joshua E. Porte
Joshua E. Porte is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office who advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, and private equity investments, with a focus on legal services transactions. He is best known for structuring management services organization (MSO) deals that allow outside investment in law firms, having closed over 15 such transactions in a six-month period alongside ethics partner Trisha Rich. He also counsels private equity firms and investors on investments in AI-native law firms and other legal services businesses.
“'The vast majority are not publicly announced,' Porte said. 'It's really the tip of the iceberg—then everything else is below the waterline.'”
Source→“Trisha Rich and Josh Porte, partners at Holland & Knight, said their team closed seven MSO deals last year as advisers and 17 or 18 so far this year, with roughly 100 in progress.”
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