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Joseph D. Clark

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Corporate Law
    Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Website:
    http://www.hsblawfirm.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (803) 779.3080
  • E-mail:
    jclark@hsblawfirm.com
  • Location:
    1201 Main Street, 22nd Floor
    P.O. Box 11889
    Columbia, SC 29211-1889

Joe Clark helps clients find practical legal solutions that achieve their business objectives.

He assists corporations, limited liability companies and other business associations by:

  • helping them raise equity capital in compliance with federal and state securities laws - through private placements, exempt offerings and registered public offerings of securities
  • drafting and reviewing corporate and commercial contracts
  • advising on organizational and internal governance
  • assisting with purchases and sales of business assets, interests in business entities, and goods and services

He provides legal counsel to professionals, owners of closely held businesses, farmers and landowners, and other families and individuals in developing practical strategies for transferring assets between generations using wills, trusts and family entities, and minimizing estate and gift taxes. He assists families in probating wills, administering estates and trusts, and complying with probate court and tax requirements.

RECENT MATTERS

  • Mr. Clark recently assisted a private bank-holding company in a private sale of its stock.
  • He assisted with the organization of a real estate investment fund that employed a private equity offering for its initial capitalization.
  • Mr. Clark handled a joint-venture transaction where his client invested in a software company, and the software company is developing software for use by the client and for licensing to others.
  • He assisted a closely held business with the sale of assets of a line of business to a strategic buyer.

A LEADER IN HIS FIELD

  • Mr. Clark serves as the Columbia, SC representative on Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s three-member Management Committee.
  • Recipient of the Leadership in Law Award from South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

BEFORE HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD
Mr. Clark worked for First Union National Bank (1989-1992) and First National Bank of South Carolina and South Carolina National Bank (1983-1989).

PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, South Carolina Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (4th ed. 2012)
Co-author, South Carolina Corporate Practice Manual (2nd ed. 2005)

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Lawyer Bio

Joe Clark helps clients find practical legal solutions that achieve their business objectives.

He assists corporations, limited liability companies and other business associations by:

  • helping them raise equity capital in compliance with federal and state securities laws - through private placements, exempt offerings and registered public offerings of securities
  • drafting and reviewing corporate and commercial contracts
  • advising on organizational and internal governance
  • assisting with purchases and sales of business assets, interests in business entities, and goods and services

He provides legal counsel to professionals, owners of closely held businesses, farmers and landowners, and other families and individuals in developing practical strategies for transferring assets between generations using wills, trusts and family entities, and minimizing estate and gift taxes. He assists families in probating wills, administering estates and trusts, and complying with probate court and tax requirements.

RECENT MATTERS

  • Mr. Clark recently assisted a private bank-holding company in a private sale of its stock.
  • He assisted with the organization of a real estate investment fund that employed a private equity offering for its initial capitalization.
  • Mr. Clark handled a joint-venture transaction where his client invested in a software company, and the software company is developing software for use by the client and for licensing to others.
  • He assisted a closely held business with the sale of assets of a line of business to a strategic buyer.

A LEADER IN HIS FIELD

  • Mr. Clark serves as the Columbia, SC representative on Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s three-member Management Committee.
  • Recipient of the Leadership in Law Award from South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

BEFORE HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD
Mr. Clark worked for First Union National Bank (1989-1992) and First National Bank of South Carolina and South Carolina National Bank (1983-1989).

PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, South Carolina Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (4th ed. 2012)
Co-author, South Carolina Corporate Practice Manual (2nd ed. 2005)

  • Bar Admissions
  • Affiliations
  • Award List
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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge

Bar Admissions:

  • South Carolina, South Carolina Bar

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • State-Specific Component of the Uniform Bar Examination for South Carolina - Speaker, Corporations, Agency, Partnership
  • University of South Carolina School of Law - Adjunct Professor

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

  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, Columbia, SC (2018)
  • Corporate Law, Columbia, SC (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Corporate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

Special Focus:

  • Corporate
 

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Firm Details

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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
http://www.hsblawfirm.com
 
Headquarters
1201 Main Street, 22nd Floor
P.O. Box 11889
Columbia, SC 29211-1889
(803) 779.3080
5 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

South Carolina

South Carolina

Charleston, SC

134 Meeting Street, Third Floor

P.O. Box 340

Charleston, SC 29402-0340

United States

(843) 722.3366

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Florence, SC

135 South Dargan Street, Suite 300

P.O. Box 6617

Florence, SC 29502-6617

United States

(843) 669.6002

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Greenville, SC

One North Main, Second Floor

P.O. Box 2048

Greenville, SC 29602-2048

United States

(864) 240.3200

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Myrtle Beach, SC

2411 North Oak Street, Suite 305

Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

United States

(843) 626.5700

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