Joseph Waala

Joseph Waala

Business & Startup Lawyer

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Licensed in
DC, NY, PA, OH
Georgetown

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About
* Full range of legal services for startups and small to mid-size businesses, including business formation, contract review and drafting, trademarks and copyrights, equity and lender financing, tax and other compliance
* Experience and knowledge necessary to handle a broad array of legal and business matters when needed, without the expense of having a full-time attorney on staff
* High-quality, timely and effective service
* Practice areas include business formation, commercial contracts, licensing, financing, corporate governance, credit, intellectual property, real estate, energy marketing and trading, and renewable energy
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"Joe has been great to work with. I would definitely recommend him for anyone looking for contract review/dispute resolution"

Other Commercial Contract Matter
Posted on Apr 1, 2022
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"5 Stars !!"

Demand Letter
Posted on Aug 10, 2021
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"Joseph help us to avoid all kinds of problems I highly recommend him."

DE franchise taxes
Posted on Mar 2, 2020
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"Love working with Joe over many projects over the years!!"

Business Formation Consults
Posted on Nov 2, 2019
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"Joe helped to dissolve my s-corp business. Easy communication and thorough processing. Highly recommend Joe for professional and stress-free legal work."

Corporate Dissolution
Posted on Sep 26, 2019
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"Joe has been an awesome partner for us throughout the lifecycle of our company. He helped us get off the ground and navigate the legal waters that come with starting a business, such as incorporating, drafting TOCs, privacy agreements etc. Ultimately, we ended up winding down the business, and Joe was a great a help as well. He's super responsive, meets deadlines, and very reasonable in terms of pricing. I look forward to working with Joe again on the next project and would highly recommend!"

Restructure LLC
Posted on Dec 4, 2018

Work History

Talen Energy Corp.

Assistant General Counsel

Jun 2015 - May 2017

-Responsible for all commercial and IP matters: commodity trading and energy marketing, credit and finance, multi-state retail business, procurement and transportation, copyright, trademark, software licensing, corp. governance
-Managed team of commercial lawyers and other professionals
-Organized, staffed and managed new legal department
-Created and conducted compliance and training programs

Jun 2015 - May 2017

PPL Corporation

Senior Counsel

May 2011 - Jun 2015

-Lead attorney for commodity, energy marketing and trading operations and related credit issues, including structured power transactions, energy management and asset management agreements, master trading agreements, multi-state gas and electric retail business, environmental products, fuel procurement, transportation, and commodity trading compliance
-Also supported supply-chain and IP matters

May 2011 - Jun 2015

Phillips Lytle

Associate

Jan 2008 - Aug 2010

-Concentrated practice in commercial litigation and business disputes, with a focus on contract and warranty claims, employment matters and fraudulent trade practices.
-Also performed significant commercial transactional work on intellectual property matters and real estate.

Jan 2008 - Aug 2010

King & Spalding

Associate

May 2000 - Feb 2007

-Broad-based transactional and tax practice with a focus on M&A, sale/leasebacks, joint ventures, private equity investments, licensing agreements, financing documents, corporate, partnership and LLC formation, and general corporate counseling
-Also supported litigation matters involving securities litigation, commercial and tax disputes

May 2000 - Feb 2007

Baker Hostetler LLP

Associate

Sep 1999 - May 2000

Practiced transactional tax and corporate planning
-Assisted clients with structuring, negotiating and documenting corporate, partnership and LLC formation, M&A and other strategic transactions

Sep 1999 - May 2000

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