Joseph A. Hall
Advises on capital markets transactions, digital asset creation and distribution, and public company governance and reporting matters. Head of ESG practice.
Joe is a member of our Capital Markets team and head of our interdisciplinary ESG practice. His practice includes advising companies and investment banks on IPOs, block trades and investment-grade, high-yield and convertible debt offerings.
Joe has advised on the securities law aspects of blockchain-based digital asset creation and distribution since 2014 and regularly interacts with the SEC on digital asset matters. His clients include companies and funds native to the space as well as companies embarking on digital asset projects and transactions.
An authority on public company governance and SEC reporting, Joe regularly advises on corporate governance and reporting obligations, sensitive C-suite and board matters, and securities law compliance. Joe also advises on the regulation of credit rating agencies.
Earlier in his career, Joe spent two years at the Securities and Exchange Commission, ultimately as Managing Executive for Policy under Chairman William H. Donaldson.
Experience highlights
Selected Representations
- Clarivate $5.3 billion acquisition of ProQuest
- Galaxy Digital $1.2 billion acquisition of BitGo, U.S. domestication and listing
- MicroStrategy $500 million senior secured notes offering
- MicroStrategy $650 million convertible senior notes offering
- Grayscale Ethereum Trust share registration
- Registration of shares of first-of-its-kind Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
- Intercontinental Exchange $920 million block trade
- Intercontinental Exchange $6.5 billion notes offering
- Visa $3.25 billion notes offering
- Clarivate $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global
Insights
News
Credentials
Recognition
IFLR1000 – Capital markets (Debt, Equity), New York
American Crypto Association – Top 25 Crypto Lawyers, 2020
Crain’s New York Business – "Notable LGBTQ Leaders," 2022
Education
- Charles Bathgate Beck Prize
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- James Kent Scholar
- Notes and Comments Editor, Columbia Law Review
- with highest honors
Clerkships
Professional history
- Partner, Davis Polk, 1999-2003 and 2005-present
- Managing Executive for Policy and Market Regulation Counsel for Chairman William H. Donaldson, Securities and Exchange Commission, 2003-2005
- Corporate Counsel, Reuters America, 1994-1996
- Davis Polk, 1989-1994, 1996-2003 and 2005-present
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York