Joel Buchanan

Senior Associate

Joined HKW

2024

Sector Focus

  • Business Services
  • Industrials
  • Tech-Enabled Services

Education

  • University of West Georgia (BA)
  • University of Georgia (JD)

Joel’s primary responsibilities as a senior associate include identifying, evaluating and executing investment opportunities, debt and equity structuring, add-on acquisitions and portfolio management.

Prior to joining HKW, Joel worked as an Associate in the Industrials group at Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, he held corporate development positions at Daniels Health and Pitney Bowes. Additionally, he also practiced law as a corporate attorney at Martin LLP, focusing on mergers & acquisitions, debt financing and general corporate representation.

Joel lives in Naperville, IL and splits his time working out of the New York and Indianapolis offices. Outside of the office, Joel enjoys traveling, outdoor activities and spending time with family.