Mr Howard Beber > Proskauer Rose LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE, 14TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02110-2600
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Howard J. Beber is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and co-head of the Private Funds Group. His practice focuses on representing private funds sponsors in all aspects of their business, including fund formation and ongoing operations and internal structuring and compliance. His practice includes buyout, growth equity, venture capital, private credit, secondary and fund-of-funds, ranging from some of the largest and well known sponsors in the industry to newly-formed managers.

He advises clients on a broad range of secondary transactions, including the acquisition and sale of partnership interests, tender offers, preferred equity financings, continuation funds, fund restructurings and other GP-led transactions, and has worked with several management teams on large spin-out transactions. Howard routinely represents some of the most active institutional and fund-of-fund investors when investing in venture capital, growth equity, buyout, private credit and other private investment funds, as well as co-investment transactions.

Howard has been an active member of the Private Investment Funds industry for many years. He is frequently tapped to weigh-in as an industry expert and has been invited as a guest speaker at Harvard Law School and on a panel mentoring members of the Young Jewish Professionals association, amongst other major industry events. Howard has also authored numerous articles regarding managing and investing in private investment funds, and is a contributing author to “The Business of Venture Capital,” a leading book on the venture capital industry.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)

(Leading lawyers)

Howard Beber – Proskauer Rose LLP

A ‘highly experienced, cohesive and super responsive team‘ at Proskauer Rose LLP acts for private funds and their advisors in fund raising across all types of funds, representing committed capital, and advising on primary investments. The firm’s prolific, global practice in this area is represented in the United States primarily by its offices in Boston and New York. At the former, three lawyers are part of the practice group’s leadership team: the ‘truly exceptionalRobin Painter , who has great experience in advising fund managers and institutional investors in the private equity and venture capital space; Howard Beber, who ‘provides practical and actionable advice‘; and David Tegeler, another experienced name in fund formation, complex secondaries transactions, and asset manager M&A. Rounding out the team of four practice heads is New York-based Monica Arora, a specialist in advising sponsors on buyout, private credit, distressed debt, growth equity, real estate and infrastructure and energy funds. From the firm’s sizeable pool of lawyers in Boston, Mike Suppappola stands out for his secondaries funds practice, and Camille Higonnet is singled out for praise by clients.