Joe Longino is a Managing Director of Commerce Street Capital, LLC. His practice includes: merchant banking, private placements of debt and equity capital, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Commerce Street in February 2016, Mr. Longino was Managing Partner of White Oak Capital Partners, LP, an entity he founded as successor to White Oak Partners, LP, which he established in 1987. The White Oak companies served as independent sponsors in acquisitions of lower middle market operating companies from January 1987 to March 2016, completing fourteen acquisitions. Before establishing White Oak, Mr. Longino was President of MVenture Corp, the jointly-owned private equity subsidiary o