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BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Mr Howard Berkenblit
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Work Department
Corporate/Capital Markets
Position
Howard is the leader of the firm’s Capital Markets Group. He specializes in counseling both public and private companies involved in equity and debt financings, including IPOs and follow-on public offerings as well as private placements, and regularly advises clients regarding ongoing corporate governance and disclosure matters, stock exchange listing standards and Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act compliance.
Howard advises companies in a number of industries including real estate investment trusts (REITs), technology and life sciences companies. As part of his practice, Howard frequently advises Israeli and other international companies that seek to have their securities traded in the United States. His clients vary in size from smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies to well-known seasoned issuers and are listed on Nasdaq, NYSE and OTC.
Howard excels at deciphering complex SEC rules and advising clients in how to apply them. He efficiently works through “gray” areas with clients to achieve an appropriate balance of business goals within the parameters of legal constraints. Howard’s goal is to help companies and their executives effectively negotiate transactions and achieve well-honed communications and disclosures as part of their overall strategies.
Howard writes and speaks extensively on many securities and governance topics. He is also the editor of The SEC Pulse, a blog that provides updates and commentary from our Capital Markets Group on issues affecting publicly traded and privately owned businesses, investment banks, foreign companies, boards of directors and company officers.
When not advising on Capital Markets matters, Howard enjoys long-distance running and acting in community theater productions.
Career
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Memberships
- American and Boston Bar Associations
- Co-Chair, BBA Securities Law Committee, Boston Bar Association, 2006-2008
Education
- Boston College Law School (J.D., summa cum laude)
- University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
A mix of public companies, private companies, trusts and not-for-profit organizations turn to the team at Sullivan & Worcester LLP for its ability to offer advice on a host of matters, including ongoing legal counsel to investment funds and general ongoing board counselling. Nicole Crum focuses on the representation of boards and board committees, regularly advising them on all aspects of governance and compliance, while Boston’s Howard E Berkenblit handles ongoing corporate governance and disclosure matters, stock exchange listing standards and Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act compliance. Both David M Leahy and David Mahaffey are frequently engaged by independent directors, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds. Practitioners are based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Finance > Fintech
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)