Noah Kressler has a national practice advising clients on a wide range of business and financing transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, securities law, and corporate governance matters. He has advised clients on over $50 billion in transactions.
Noah's clients include middle-market companies, family businesses, financial institutions, multinational corporations, private equity sponsors and sponsor-backed companies, non-profits and high-growth startups in numerous industries, including health care, technology, hospitality, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services, insurance, franchising, gaming, consumer products, food and beverage, entertainment and media. He represents clients across the country, including many of Louisiana's most well-known established and emerging companies. He has been listed annually in Chambers USA as a leading Corporate/M&A lawyer in Louisiana since 2020 and is regularly recognized as one of the state's most prominent transactional lawyers.
He has extensive experience advising clients nationwide on complex mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including with private equity firms, joint ventures, strategic investments, public and private offerings of equity and debt, including initial public offerings, venture capital financings, private placements, municipal bond offerings, and acquisition and commercial financings.
Noah serves on the Firm's Diversity Leadership team and chairs the New Orleans Hiring Committee. He is a Board and Executive Committee member of the New Orleans Business Alliance and served as chair of the Business Financing Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. Since 2014, he has been an adjunct professor of law at Tulane Law School. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, he practiced in New York and London at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP for nearly a decade.