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Howard has broad transactional experience and has built a practice which focuses on providing pragmatic advice in connection with structuring and negotiating mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations, preferred equity investments, workouts and restructurings. Howard represents private equity sponsors such as Bain Capital, Genstar Capital, Altamont Capital Partners and TPG Capital.
Prior to joining the firm, Howard worked in the Creditors' Rights department of a major New York law firm where his experience ranged from representing a Creditors Committee in a contested multibillion-dollar Chapter 11 proceeding to representing financial institutions and distressed companies in workouts and restructurings.
- Represented Genstar Capital in their acquisition of LexisNexis Risk Solutions insurance software division creating new company Insurity Inc.
- Represented Altamont Capital in its acquisition of insurance loss adjusters McLarens Young International and Airclaims Ltd.
- Represented Avaya, a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners and TPG, in its $915M acquisition of Nortel's enterprise solutions business.
- Represented Bain Capital in its acquisition of OSI Restaurant & Partners, LLC, who own and operates casual and upscale casual dining restaurants primarily in the United States.
- Represented TravelClick, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital, in its acquisition of Rubicon, a provider or market intelligence to the global travel industry, and EZ Yield, a worldwide leader in online hotel channel management software.
- Represented Bain Capital in its $2.2 billion sale of Nutro Products, Inc., a manufacturer pet food.
- Represented Bain Capital in its acquisition of D&M Holdings, a manufacturer of audio, video, and media equipment in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Education
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JD, cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1990; Order of the Coif
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MBA (Accounting), with Distinction, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1990
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BS (Finance), magna cum laude, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1986; Beta Gamma Sigma
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BA (Political Science), magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, 1986
Bar Admissions
- California, 2008
- Massachusetts, 1991
- New York, 1991
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
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