Joe Schmelter co-chairs the Government Contractor Services Industry Group at Venable.

Mr. Schmelter focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate debt finance and general corporate representation, primarily in the industries of aerospace, defense, government services, IT and financial institutions.  Diligence, thoroughness, and congeniality inform his work on complex matters with clients and their counterparties.

Representative Clients

• Electronic Consulting Services, Inc. (ECS)
• Intersections Inc. (Nasdaq: INTX)

Significant Matters

• Represented Electronic Consulting Services, Inc. (ECS) in its acquisitions of Oak Management, Inc. and Paradigm Technologies, Inc.
• Represented Worldwide Information Network Systems, Inc. (WINS) in its sale to ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq: MANT)
• Represented National Security Partners Inc., an affiliate of private equity firm FedCap Partners, LLC, in its acquisition of Point One, LLC and FuGEN, Inc., former subsidiaries of Xedar Corporation (OTC: XDRC.PK) (May 2011)
• Represented 3Di Technologies, LLC in its sale to L-3 Communications Corporation (NYSE: LLL)
• Represented Skillstorm, Inc. (d/b/a “SGIS”) in its sale to Salient Federal Solutions, Inc., an affiliate of private equity firm Frontenac Company, LLC
• Represented Stanley, Inc. (NYSE: SXE) in its acquisition of Oberon Associates, Inc.