Jeffrey E. Beck, Partner at our Phoenix law office
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Jeffrey E. Beck

Partner
Biography

With over 30 years of legal and accounting industry experience, Jeff Beck is skilled at helping clients through their most sophisticated SEC reporting and governance issues as well as complex business transactions.

Jeff maintains a robust SEC reporting and corporate governance practice. He advises clients regarding an array of matters such as managing board fiduciary duties and drafting offering and disclosure documents to ensuring compliance with SEC and other regulatory standards. Jeff advises clients on a wide range of capital markets transactions, including bond and equity financing transactions, as well as syndicated revolving credit facilities. He also maintains an active mergers and acquisition practice. As a result of Jeff’s business and legal acumen, he has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law.

Prior to attending law school, Jeff was a senior audit manager at KPMG LLP in Phoenix, Arizona, and audited some of the largest companies in Arizona. Jeff combines his extensive experience as a securities law attorney with his financial acumen gained from his accounting education and experience as a Big 4 auditor to provide trusted guidance to clients as they navigate the legal and financial disclosures required by the various securities laws.

Jeff is also editor of the firm’s newsletter The Corporate Communicator.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona


Education

  • Arizona State University (J.D., magna cum laude)
    • Managing Editor, Arizona State Law Journal
    • Order of the Coif
  • Northern Arizona University (B.S., Accountancy, cum laude)
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law (2013-2025)

Representative Transactions

Capital Raising Transactions

  • Represented Meritage Homes Corporation in multiple Rule 144A senior notes offerings aggregating over $2.5 billion
  • Represented Meritage Homes Corporation in multiple public stock offerings aggregating over $390 million
  • Represented QuidelOrtho Corporation in $3.5 billion term loan and revolving credit facility
  • Represented Shea Homes in $450 million senior notes offering
  • Represented Shea Homes in $300 million senior notes offering
  • Represented Meritage Homes Corporation in $126.5 million convertible notes offering
  • Represented ON Semiconductor Corporation in $690 million convertible notes offering
  • Represented Meritage Homes Corporation in $835 million revolving credit facility
  • Represented CalAtlantic Group in $750 million revolving credit facility
  • Represented Shea Homes in $175 million revolving credit facility
  • Represented Ashton Woods in $350 million revolving credit facility
  • Represented Cavco Industries in $50 million revolving credit facility
  • Represented Swift Transportation Company in sale of $200 million of Series A and Series B senior guaranteed notes
  • Represented Swift Transportation Company in placement of $210 million receivables securitization facility
  • Represented Maracay Homes Arizona in sale of $25 million of senior subordinated notes
  • Represented Global Water Resources in initial public offering

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented Meritage Homes Corporation in seven strategic acquisitions of private homebuilders in California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina aggregating over $600 million
  • Represented The New Home Company in strategic acquisition of private homebuilder in Denver, Colorado
  • Represented CalAtlantic Homes in two strategic acquisitions of private homebuilders in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Represented Quidel Corporation in three strategic acquisitions of private diagnostic companies in California, Florida, and Germany
  • Represented Swift Transportation Company in $2.5 billion shareholder-led leveraged buyout
  • Represented Ventana Medical Systems in $3.5 billion acquisition by Roche Holding Ltd.
  • Represented Sherpa Clinical Packaging in sale to strategic buyer
  • Represented buyer of two luxury resort properties located in Tucson, Arizona, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Previous Professional Experience

  • KPMG LLP, Senior Audit Manager
  • Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH), Vice President, Corporate Counsel

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Certified Public Accountant RET – State of Arizona
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • American Society of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants

Community Involvement

  • The W.A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University, Accounting Advisory Council
  • Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH)
    • Audit Committee member
    • Former Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Law Review Advisory Committee of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy

Representative Presentations and Publications

  • The Snell Wilmer Corporate Communicator, Editor (2008-Present)
  • “Nevada: Delaware of the West?”, Co-Author, DealLawyers (November 2011)
Publications
Oct 09, 2024
Corporate Communicator

Fall 2024 Corporate Communicator

Jul 03, 2024
Corporate Communicator

Summer 2024 Corporate Communicator

Apr 16, 2024
Corporate Communicator

Spring 2024 Corporate Communicator

Sep 21, 2023
Corporate Communicator

Fall 2023 Corporate Communicator