Howard J. Beber is the co-chair of the Corporate Department and co-head of the Private Funds Group, which is recognized by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Law360 and Secondaries Investor, among other publications. 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 over 25 years. He is the host of Proskauer’s podcast – Private Market Talks, a monthly podcast with industry leaders shaping the future of alternative investments. He is frequently tapped to weigh-in as an industry expert and has been invited as a guest speaker at Harvard Law School and Boston College Carroll School of Management and is on the Alumni Board of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. 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.
Education
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Boston College Law School, J.D.
cum laude
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Boston College Graduate School of Management, M.B.A.
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Washington University, B.S.
Admissions & Qualifications
- Massachusetts
- New York
Memberships
Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis (Alumni Board)
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in America "Lawyer of the Year" 2023
Best Lawyers in America 2013-2025
Chambers Global: USA: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation 2020-2025
Chambers Global: USA: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation 2020-2025
Chambers USA: Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation 2012-2025
Chambers USA: Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation 2020-2025
Chambers USA: Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation 2015-2023, 2025
The Legal 500 United States: Leading Lawyer 2022-2023
The Legal 500 United States: Investment Fund Formation & Management, Private Equity Funds 2008, 2011-2023
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific China: Investment Funds: Foreign Firms 2024
The Legal 500 United States: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital): Leadiung Lawyer 2024-2025
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2009-2018
Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star 2005-2007
Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Private Funds 2024
The Capital Commitment
Proskauer on private fund litigation
Edited by Timothy W. Mungovan, Howard J. Beber, Michael R. Hackett, Stephen T. Mears, Kevin J. Perra and Joshua M. Newville