Joseph Erdos is an associate in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in New York. Joe participates in the representation of clients on a wide range of corporate transactions and commercial matters across numerous industries, with a particular focus on sports, media, and entertainment. Joe's experience includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, growth equity and venture capital transactions, secondary transactions, and minority investments. He has been involved in representing clients such as private equity firms and institutional investors in complex deals within the sports and media sectors as well as other more traditional sectors including consumer, finance and health.
Joe has been part of the teams advising:*
- Advent International in its acquisition of Definitive Healthcare, LLC
- ALDO Group, alongside Authentic Brands Group, in its acquisition of Sperry
- The Blackstone Group in the sale of the U.S. Claims business of DRB Financial Solutions to Further Global, and the related financing transaction of DRB Capital
- Dynasty Equity as co-leader in series A investment round for TMRW Sports
- EQT Partners in its $485 million sale of Dorner Manufacturing Corporation
- The Facilities Group in its acquisition of United Service Companies
- Fenway Sports Group and a consortium of American Sports team owners in a multi-billion dollar partnership with PGA Tour to launch PGA Tour Enterprises
- Gigafund Management Company in connection with numerous preferred equity investments in early stage companies
- International Finance Corporation in connection with numerous strategic equity investments
- KIK Custom Products, Inc. (a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners) in its sale of its KIK Personal Care business
- Major League Pickleball in its merger with the PPA Tour to form the United Pickleball Association
- Michele Kang in building Kynisca, her multi-club women’s soccer organization, as well as in her purchase of Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
- Morgan family in their purchase of limited partnership interest in the Philadelphia Phillies
- Oak Hill Capital Partners in the acquisition by EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants of Integro Holdings Inc.
- Paladin Capital on multiple venture investments
- Prime Movers Lab in connection with numerous convertible and preferred equity investments in early and late stage companies
- PSP Investments in its minority investment in Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.; and, together with Searchlight Capital Partners, WaveDivision Capital, BcIMC, and CPP Investments, in the consortium's $1.4 billion acquisition of the Northwest operations and assets of Frontier Communications Corporation
- Reveal in its merger with Crossbeam
- RTW Investments in connection with numerous preferred equity investments in late stage companies
- Tiger Global Management in connection with numerous preferred equity investments in early and late stage companies
- TPG Global in its agreement with Sixth Street Partners
,to become independent, unaffiliated businesses, with TPG retaining a passive minority economic stake in Sixth Street - T.Rx on multiple venture investments
- TurnKey Vacation Rentals, Inc. in its merger with Vacasa LLC
- Vytal Global in its acquisition of certain assets and team members from TURN, and its expansion into the U.S. market thereafter
Prior to re-joining Weil, Joe was an associate at another international law firm.
Joe received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of The Cardozo Law Review and a member of the Tech Startup Clinic. He received his B.A. in Film Production from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College.
*Includes matters handled prior to re-joining Weil.