Noah Beck
Biography

Noah is a member of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association. He is recognized as a leading lawyer for Tax in New York by Chambers USA, where clients note he is “incredibly smart and very thoughtful” as well as “incredibly practical.” He is recommended for US Taxes: Non-Contentious by Legal 500 US and is consistently recognized for Tax by Super Lawyers. Noah is also recognized as a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. He was also listed in Private Funds Management’s “30 Under 40: The 30 Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers Under the Age of 40.” He is the co-author of “The Demise of CoCos and the Tax Consequences of Exchanging Convertible Debt” (Practising Law Institute, Corporate Tax Practice Series).
Representative Transactions:
- Advent Global Technology (AGT) as lead investor in a $160 million Series D funding round for Zenoti, resulting in a post-investment basis valuation for Zenoti of over $1 billion
- Advent International in the $3 billion merger of its portfolio companies Clearent LLC and Transaction Services Group Limited to form Xplor Technologies; its acquisitions of Definitive Healthcare, LLC, an approximately 50% stake in RxBenefits, Inc. and a 45% stake in Conservice, LLC; its sale of its indirect equity interest in Oleoducto Central S.A.; its formation of an investment partnership/platform with James Peck; as lead investor in a $260 million Series C funding round for Thras.io, Inc. (n/k/a Thrasio, Inc.); Sovos Brands in its acquisition of Birch Benders, LLC; and BioDuro, LLC in its acquisition of Sundia Meditech Company Ltd.
- Apax Partners in, together with New Enterprise Associates as lead investors, a $100 million equity and debt funding round for Moda Operandi, Inc.
- ATI Physical Therapy Holdings, LLC (a portfolio company of Advent International) in its $2.5 billion business combination with Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by Fortress Investment Group
- Berkshire Partners in its acquisitions of CrossFit, Inc. and VetStrategy
- The Blackstone Group in the acquisition by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities of Concert Golf Partners
- Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio company, CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc., in CraftWorks’ acquisition of Logan’s Roadhouse; and its sale of Pei Wei Asian Diner LLC
- Churchill Downs, Inc. in tax matters pertaining to its up to $500 million acquisition of a majority stake in Midwest Gaming Holdings, LLC
- Cornell Capital in its acquisition of PureStar
- EQT Infrastructure in its sale of Synagro Technologies, Inc.
- Genstar Capital in its acquisitions of Ohio Transmission Corporation and Truck-Lite Company LLC (n/k/a Clarience Technologies, LLC) and its sale of Pretium Packaging, LLC
- Giant Eagle, Inc. in its acquisition of Ricker Oil Company, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in its acquisition of Restaurant Technologies, Inc.
- Gores Holdings II, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its transaction with Verra Mobility Corporation, with an initial enterprise value of approximately $2.4 billion
- Gores Holdings V, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $8.5 billion business combination with Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A.
- Gores Metropoulos, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Metropoulos & Co., in its $3.4 billion merger with Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Guidepost Growth Equity in its majority investment in ThinkHR Corporation
- Irving Place Capital in its sale of Caribbean Financial Group Holdings, L.P.
- L’Oréal USA in its acquisition of Thayers Natural Remedies
- Mithril Capital Management in, as anchor in a larger financing round, its acquisition of a minority stake in Glance InMobi Pte. Ltd.
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, in, together with Alphabet Inc., an investment in Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
- Providence Equity Partners as lead investor, in, together with Ares Management, a $400 million acquisition of convertible preferred shares of OUTFRONT Media, Inc.; its acquisition of a majority stake in 365 Retail Markets, LLC; and its growth equity investment in TAIT, LLC (f/k/a TAIT Towers Inc.)
- Providence Strategic Growth Partners in its acquisition of Chatmeter, Inc.; its investments in DivvyCloud Corporation, Semarchy SAS and Wagepoint Inc.; its investment, alongside Silversmith Capital Partners, in Validity, Inc.; and the sale of its controlling interest in Tribute Technology Holdings, LLC
- PSP Investments as co-investor, in an Onex-led $1.8 billion investment in Convex Group Ltd.; and, together with ATL Partners, in the sale by Sky Aviation Leasing International L.P. (Sky Leasing) of Sky Aviation Leasing International Limited, with PSP and ATL continuing to own the U.S. Sky Leasing business
- Silver Lake Sumeru in its sales of ForeFlight, LLC and Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.
- SoftBank Group Corp. in its agreement to provide $6.5 billion in debt and equity financing to WeWork, to make a $3 billion tender offer to holders of WeWork shares, other than SBG and its affiliates, and in connection with revisions to the WeWork governance structure
- SoftBank Vision Fund in its $2.25 billion minority investment in GM Cruise Holdings LLC (Cruise), alongside a $1.1 billion investment in Cruise by GM; its $200 million follow-on minority investment in Cruise as part of a further $1.2 billion investment in Cruise by GM and other institutional investors; together with Toyota Motor Corporation and DENSO Corporation, in a $1 billion investment in the Advanced Technologies Group of Uber Technologies Inc.; its $500 million minority investment in Cambridge Mobile Telematrics, Inc.; as lead investor in a $200 million investment round in Pollen, Inc.; and its Series E minority investment in GetYourGuide (GYG)
- TCV, as a selling shareholder, in the $1 billion sale of TastyTrade Inc.
- Topgolf International, Inc. (a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners, Dundon Capital Partners and WestRiver Group) in its $2 billion merger of equals with Callaway Golf Company
- Tower Three Partners in its sale of NTS Communications, Inc.
- TPG Capital in its minority investment in Rodan + Fields
- TPG Global in its minority investment in CeriBell, Inc.
- TPG Growth in its preferred stock minority investment in Calm.com, Inc.; as lead investor in a $300 million Series C funding round for MX Technologies, Inc.; and a $124 million Series B funding round for Prodigy Education
- TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Global, in its $350 million initial public offering
- TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., a SPAC targeting the tech industry sponsored by TPG Global, in its $450 million initial public offering
- TPG Tech Adjacencies (TTAD) in its acquisition of a minority stake in ABC Technologies B.V.; in its investment in FreedomPay, Inc.; its participation as a minority investor in Trumid; and its $400 million funding round for Toast, Inc.
- Trive Capital in its acquisitions of EarthLink, LLC and Triumph Processing, Inc.; and its acquisition and sale of Valence Surface Technologies, Inc.
- Wyndham Destinations, Inc. in its $166 million sale of Wyndham Vacation Rentals LLC to Vacasa LLC
Mr. Beck received his LL.M. and a J.D., cum laude, from the New York University School of Law, where he was a Robert McKay Scholar and a staff editor for the Annual Survey of American Law, and his B.A., cum laude, from Duke University, where he made the Dean’s List with Distinction.
Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Noah Beck Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Tax in New York Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Noah Beck Recommended for US Taxes: Non-Contentious Award Brief — Legal 500 US
- Noah Beck Named “Up & Coming” Lawyer for Tax in New York Award Brief — Chambers USA
Latest Thinking
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Debt Buybacks— A Familiar Tool for New Circumstances
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Joseph M. Pari,
Noah Beck,
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Robert Frastai,
Stuart J. Goldring,
Mark Hoenig,
Jonathan J. Macke,
Graham Magill,
Stanley E. Ramsay and
Mark Schwed
— April 03, 2020
As a result of the recent COVID-19 health crisis and related market volatility, an increasing number of bank loans and high yield bonds are trading below par. These current market conditions present attractive de-levering opportunities for leveraged companies able to buy back their own debt, as well as sponsors seeking to purchase debt of their […]
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Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Gores Holdings V, Inc. in its $8.5B Business Combination with Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. Deal Brief — February 23, 2021
- Weil Advises Advent-Backed ATI Physical Therapy in its $2.5B Business Combination with Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II Deal Brief — February 22, 2021
- Weil Advised Advent International Corporation in its Stake Acquisition of RxBenefits, Inc. Deal Brief — January 19, 2021
- Weil Advised EQT Infrastructure in its Sale of Synagro Technologies, Inc. Deal Brief — December 21, 2020
- Weil Advised Gores Metropoulos, Inc. in its $3.4B Merger with Luminar Firm Announcement — December 02, 2020