Joseph
P.
Noack
Shareholder; Business Law
Based in our Minneapolis office, Joe is a shareholder and a member of the Business Law Section. He is a former member of the Board of Directors at the firm and practices principally in the areas of:
- Corporate and business law
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Closely-held businesses
- Business financing and tax planning
- Business succession planning
Joe’s extensive knowledge and experience in business and tax planning comes from working for national CPA firms during law school and for two years following graduation. Joe concentrated in tax and estate planning for five years before transitioning into corporate and business law where he has practiced for more than 25 years.
Joe works extensively on advising business clients in a broad array of business and finance matters, including commercial transactions and contract negotiations of all types, capitalizations, reorganizations and restructurings, dissolutions, equity and debt financings, and management compensation. He advises management, directors, shareholders, and other equity holders in governance and fiduciary duties, voting trusts, buy-sell agreements, and other equity holder arrangements. Joe also regularly represents clients in acquisitions, sales, and mergers of businesses, including the sales of closely- held-businesses to equity funds and publicly traded companies.
Business Financing and Tax Planning
Joe’s accounting and tax background serves him well in representing closely-held businesses in all phases of their formation, development, financing, operations, and succession planning, including subchapter S-corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. His representation includes manufacturers and distributors, automobile dealership groups, professional service providers, agricultural businesses, regional retail companies, and start-up companies.
Joe’s background in estate and tax planning uniquely qualifies him to advise his business clients in analyzing, developing, and completing equity and debt financing solutions. He also acts as a resource for overall tax planning on corporate and business transactions of closely-held businesses.
Joe has been designated as a “Super Lawyer” by Minnesota Law & Politics. He also was recognized as one of the top 40 lawyers in business and commercial law in 2005.
Joe is a member of the Hennepin County, Minnesota state and federal bar associations and has lectured for continuing legal education courses on business matters. Throughout his career, Joe has served on and counseled boards of for-profit and non-profit organizations, and he also was a member and president of his parish’s pastoral council.
He graduated from St. John’s University with a B.A. in economics and accounting. Following a tour in Vietnam as a U.S. Army armor officer, Joe received his law degree from Notre Dame Law School. He worked in business and tax planning at Arthur Andersen & Co. for two years before beginning his practice of law in 1977 with the law firm of Levitt, Palmer, which merged with Briggs in 1983.