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Theodore B. Howell

Associate

E-mail: tbh@psh.com

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Mr. Howell is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. His practice includes contract negotiation, business formation, equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, employment and consulting arrangements, buy/sell arrangements and business succession, technology transfer and licensing, and commercial borrowing and lending.


Mr. Howell has organized an internal group designed to provide effective legal advice to entrepreneurs, and participates in the Firm’s GreenMatters™ Program, a firm initiative designed to advise the firm as well as clients on legal matters relating to sustainable practices. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Howell received his Bachelors of Science and Engineering in the field of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he was a technical consultant at the Gillette Company in its South Boston, Massachusetts, manufacturing facility.


REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS: Mr. Howell has represented small, medium and large business enterprises in a wide range of projects. More recent representative transactions include:

  • Merger of a software company pursuant to a tax-free exhange.
  • Multi-million dollar asset sale of a multi-state food distribution business.
  • A 10-year management buyout of a multi-million dollar manufacturing business.
  • Private placement of securities for an issuer specializing in the medical device industry.
  • Representation of a US-based banking subsidiary of a foreign bank in connection with the terms and conditions of various contracts related to the origination, servicing, guaranty and securitization of student loans.

Mr. Howell is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He received his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Howell received his Bachelors of Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he was a technical consultant/writer at the Gillette Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Howell is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, Business Organizations Section, and the Massachusetts Bar Association. He is Director and Legal Counsel of the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association. He is Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Amos Fleisher Memorial Scholarship Foundation.