Peter M. Howard

He takes particular interest in understanding his clients’ businesses, objectives, and the factors and relationships that impact their decision-making – as all of these are important to being an effective corporate legal advisor. Mr. Howard’s work includes advising clients on acquisitions and other major corporate transactions, banking arrangements, shareholder arrangements, employment and employee incentive agreements, succession and liquidity planning, leases, contracts for the purchase or provision of goods and services, regulatory compliance, licensing, risk management, and litigation management. Mr. Howard is a pragmatic problem solver who takes great pride in assisting his client in achieving their business goals. Mr. Howard’s experience includes:

Acquisitions and Sales
Mr. Howard has represented business, business owners, private equity funds, independent sponsors, searchers, entrepreneurs, and others in business acquisitions and sales in a broad variety of manufacturing and services industries. These transactions have included public and private transactions, cross-border transactions, privatizations, highly leveraged transactions, platform investments, and roll-ups.

Financings
Mr. Howard has represented financing sources in a variety of financing transactions, including equity, mezzanine and senior debt financings. These transactions have included majority and minority equity investments and related shareholder arrangements, multi-round venture capital financings, and multi-layer debt financings and related inter-creditor agreements.

Private Equity
Mr. Howard has represented fund sponsors in the formation of private equity funds, and private equity funds in the subsequent deployment of capital. Mr. Howard was an early participant in efforts to increase the representation of minorities and women in the private equity industry, and has assisted in the formation of several private equity funds controlled by minorities and women and/or focused on investing in minority and women owned companies.

International Experience
Mr. Howard’s corporate practice includes substantial international experience. He has represented both US and foreign companies in cross-border acquisitions. Mr. Howard has represented US companies in connection with the formation of entities in Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru. He has reviewed and/or negotiated contractual arrangements in these and other foreign jurisdictions.

Architecture and Engineering
For many years, Mr. Howard has served as general counsel to an international architectural and engineering services firm. In that capacity, he has represented the firm in connection with a variety of contractual arrangements for the provision of architectural and engineering services, including professional services agreements and subconsultant agreements, and more complex arrangements including design-build, consortia and other multi-party arrangements, including P3 projects.