Joseph W. Marx

Partner

Joseph Marx is a corporate lawyer in Frankfurt with a broad range of experience in international finance and securities. He has represented public and private issuers, underwriters, investors, placement agents, selling shareholders and depositaries in multijurisdictional equity and debt offerings.

Joseph Marx also regularly advises clients on a wide variety of US securities law issues, including US securities law aspects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions and provides general corporate law advice to international corporate clients based in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Before practicing law, Mr. Marx served as a foreign policy assistant to former President Richard M. Nixon and as speechwriter to President Bush’s 1992 reelection campaign.

Selected Activities and Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Kentucky State Bar Association

Publications

  • "Limited to 300," International Financial Law Review, May 2008 (with Matthias von Oppen).
  • "Alternative Ways to Access US Capital Markets," Going Public Magazine, May 2006 (with Philipp von Ilberg).
  • "US Delisting and Deregistration Process – A Simplification of the Rules is Likely," Going Public Magazine, January 2005.
  • "Leaving US Capital Markets for Foreign Private Issuers is Complicated," Börsen-Zeitung, October 2003.

Education

  • Duke University School of Law, 1996, JD, Richard M. Nixon Scholar
  • The Johns Hopkins University, 1990, MA, John Olin Fellow
  • University of Notre Dame, 1988, BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • District of Columbia
  • Kentucky

Languages

  • English
  • German