Joe serves as General Counsel and Director of Asset Management for Twain Financial Partners. In this role, he oversees the company’s legal affairs and supports the management of Twain’s portfolio of tax credit, structured finance and real estate investments. His responsibilities include asset management, risk mitigation, compliance, corporate governance and the resolution of complex legal and operational matters across Twain’s investment platforms.
Prior to Twain, Joe was Senior Associate General Counsel at Brookfield Properties, where he negotiated leases and managed legal matters arising out of a portfolio of shopping centers in Hawaii and Las Vegas. Prior to joining Brookfield Properties, Joe was an associate at various Washington, DC law firms where he represented developers, lenders, investors, landlords and tenants in the diligence, acquisition, financing, structuring, leasing and sale of commercial real estate of various asset types. Before law school, Joe taught Algebra I at Soldan International Studies High School in St. Louis.
Joe earned his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School, a Master of Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and a Bachelor of Arts in English, Psychology and International Studies from Saint Louis University. Joe is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Illinois.