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Jo Watson Hackl

Wyche, P.A.
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    Corporate Compliance Law...
  • Law School:
    Millsaps College
  • Website:
    http://www.wyche.com
  • E-mail:
    jhackl@wyche.com
  • Location:
    44 East Camperdown Way
    P.O. Box 728
    Greenville, SC 29602-0728
Jo represents clients in corporate, securities, and employment law matters. Her practice has an emphasis on corporate governance issues. She has served as lead counsel on public registrations representing over a billion dollars and has substantial experience in cross-border corporate acquisitions.  Jo also counsels clients on employment matters, focusing on reducing the risk of employment-related litigation.

Lawyer Bio

Jo represents clients in corporate, securities, and employment law matters. Her practice has an emphasis on corporate governance issues. She has served as lead counsel on public registrations representing over a billion dollars and has substantial experience in cross-border corporate acquisitions.  Jo also counsels clients on employment matters, focusing on reducing the risk of employment-related litigation.
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Education:

  • Millsaps College, BA, graduated 1985

Bar Admissions:

  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
  • South Carolina, South Carolina Bar

Affiliations:

  • Camperdown Academy - Board of Directors
  • Greenville Area Development Corporation - Past Chair, Board of Directors
  • Leadership Greenville - Past Forum President
  • Liberty Fellowship - Economic Development Forum Co-Chair
  • The Community Foundation of Greenville - Chair, Board of Directors
  • The Emrys Foundation - President and Board Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Corporate Law, Greenville (2017)
  • Corporate Governance Law, Greenville (2016)
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Greenville (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
 

Awards:

  • Selected as one of Greenville Business Magazine's 50 Most Influential: 2010, 2011
  • Selected as a 2010 Woman of Achievement by the YWCA
  • Liberty Fellow, Class of 2008
  • Recipient of the Richard Riley and the South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Award
  • Selected as one of 35 in the inaugural class of "Best and Brightest" by Greenville Magazine

Federal Clerkships:

  • United States Court of Appeals
 

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Firm Details

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Wyche, P.A.
http://www.wyche.com
 
Headquarters
44 East Camperdown Way
P.O. Box 728
Greenville, SC 29602-0728
(864) 242.8200
3 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

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South Carolina

South Carolina

Columbia, SC

801 Gervais Street, Suite B

P.O. Box 12247

Columbia, SC 29211-2247

United States

(803) 254.6542

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Spartanburg, SC

172 East Main Street, Suite 301

Spartanburg, SC 29306

United States

(864) 242.8305

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Attorney Case History

Representatve matters include

  • Represented an international public company in connection with a shelf registration statement covering up to $750 million of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, stock purchase contracts, stock purchase units, warrants, debt securities and trust preferred securities.
  • Represented an international public company in connection with 144A private placement of $400 million of notes and subsequent registered exchange offering.
  • Represented an international public company in connection with a $250 million offering of floating rate notes. This offering was a takedown from the shelf registration statement described above.
  • Represented a public company in connection with a tender offer and consent solicitation relating to its Senior Notes (approximately $31 million in aggregate amount then outstanding).