Washington, District Of Columbia 20036
United States
Hever "Joby" M. Bascon, Jr. is a special counsel in Steptoe's Washington office, where he is a member of the Corporate, Securities & Finance Group.
Mr. Bascon's practice focuses on investment funds, multilateral financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He has represented clients as to the full range of their private equity business activities, including negotiating and documenting the formation, operation, management, portfolio investment and divestment, liquidation and dissolution of private equity investment funds. He has advised funds in connection with the negotiation of securities purchase, subscription, loan and shareholder agreements as well as diverse fund-related issues such as fund structure, administration, operations, management fees and distributions of proceeds of portfolio investments. For over 15 years, he has represented a lender in connection with its secured debt financing of billions of dollars to numerous private equity investment funds operating in emerging markets.
Mr. Bascon also advises clients in technology licensing and distribution, equipment acquisitions, start-up business ventures, joint ventures, corporate consolidations and restructurings, municipal tax-exempt lease-purchase financings, due diligence reviews, proxy solicitations, Securities Act registrations, and other general corporate and business matters. In addition, he has advised clients on the commercial, privatization, government procurement, labor, and criminal laws of the Philippines.
In the Philippines, he served as Chief Legal Advisor to the Secretary of Tourism and concurrent Deputy General Manager for Operations of the Philippine Tourism Authority. He was also Advisor to the Secretary of Trade where he assisted in formulating policies and procedures for the privatization of former US military bases in Subic and Clark.
Areas of Practice | 1) Corporate, 2) Securities & Finance, 3) Mergers & Acquisitions, 4) Multilateral Agency Financing and 5) Project Finance & Infrastructure |
Law School | The George Washington University Law School (LL.M., 1994); Ateneo de Manila University (LL.B.,1988) |
Education | University of the Philippines (B.S., 1984) |
Bar Member / Association | District of Columbia Bar Association, New York State Bar Association |
Most recent firm | Steptoe & Johnson |
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