Philip K. Howard

Partner

phoward@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
Tel: 212.841.1068


 

Practices

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1974
    • Order of the Coif
    • Law Review
  • Yale University, B.A., 1970

Bar Admissions

  • New York


Philip Howard is a senior corporate adviser and strategist, representing corporations and executives in a wide range of issues, including governance, regulatory disputes, securities litigation, and business transactions. For many clients, Howard acts as coordinator of lawyers in different practice areas, particularly in corporate and litigation matters that have a significant regulatory component. Howard is also one of America’s leading proponents of legal reform, and works closely with public officials, corporate executives, academics, and judges across the country.

Representative Matters

  • KKR in a wide range of issues and disputes.
  • UBS’s merger and acquisition department.
  • Representing ex-Salomon CEO John Gutfreund in SEC investigation.
  • Hostile takeover battles, including The Bank of New York takeover of Irving Trust.

Honors and Rankings

  • Presidential Citation from American Medical Association (2005)

Memberships and Affiliations

  •  Common Good, Chair
  •  Municipal Art Society of New York, Chair
  •  Adviser to the SEC Chairman on Regulatory Simplification (1996-1997)
  •  Adviser to Al Gore’s Reinventing Government Initiative (1995-97)

Publications and Speeches

  • Numerous essays in legal and trade journals
  • Periodic contributor to OpEd pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal
  • "The Collapse of the Common Good," Ballantine (2002)
  • "Common Sense Government," introduction to book by Vice-President Al Gore (1995), Author
  • "The Death of Common Sense," Random House (1995)
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