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Theodore B. Howell

Partner

E-mail: tbh@psh.com

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Mr. Howell is the Co-Chair of the Corporate Group.  He counsels small to medium-sized, privately held businesses, and concentrates on technology start-up companies.  He advises clients on business formation, equity financing, securities, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, employment and consulting arrangements, buy/sell arrangements and business succession, technology transfer and licensing, and general contract negotiation.  Mr. Howell is active in the local entrepreneurial community, and is co-founder of the RI-CIE Office Hours program, which is designed to give very early stage start-up companies access to a panel of advisors from multiple professional disciplines.  He also represents lending institutions with respect to debt financing.  He frequently serves as outside counsel to several large, public and privately held companies in the region.   

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.

 

HONORS

  • Named a "Rising Star" in the Business/Corporate practice area by Rhode Island Super Lawyers.

REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS:

  • Representation of the seller in the merger of a software company pursuant to a tax-free exchange.
  • Representation of the seller in the multi-million dollar sale of substantially all of the assets of a multi-state food distribution business.
  • Representation of the purchasers in the $25 million purchase of substantially all of the assets of a manufacturer of extruded medical polymer tubing.
  • Representation of a software company in a Series Seed Financing.
  • Representation of a medical device company in a Series A Financing.
  • Representation of lenders and borrowers in restructuring debt lending facilities.

EDUCATION
Boston University School of Law, J.D.
   cum laude, 1999

University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, B.S.E. 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Massachusetts Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association
   Business Organizations Section
American Bar Association

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
"Energy Projects Continue to Qualify for Tax Credits, Tax Grants Extended Another Year", Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note e-Alert, February 2011 

"New Mandates for Contracts Regarding Renewable Energy In Rhode Island”, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note e-Alert, July 2009

"2009 Stimulus Bill: New Federal Grants Available to Taxpayers for Renewable Energy Projects”, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note e-Alert, February 2009

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
The RI Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RI-CIE)
   Advisory Services Volunteer
   Office Hours Volunteer
RIMES

   Member, Board of Directors

Amos Fleisher Memorial Scholarship Foundation
   Board of Directors
   Vice President
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club
   Member
Sherman Woods Homeowners' Association
   Board of Directors, President

BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Rhode Island, 2002
Massachusetts, 1999