Howard E. Berkenblit

Representative Client Work

• $300 million public preferred equity offering in the hotel REIT industry
• $400 million public senior note offering in the office REIT industry
• $400 million public common equity offering in the senior living facility REIT industry
• 2 million convertible note PIPE by Israeli software company
• Representation of a foreign software company in the acquisition and going private transaction involving a public U.S. software company
• $150 million 144A offering and A/B exchange in the information storage and protection industry
• Served as Senior Corporate Counsel for Stream International, Inc., a provider of CRM and technical support services
• Design of governance charters, policies and procedures for senior living services company
• Switch of Nasdaq listed financial services company to listing on NYSE
• $450 million national bank holding company merger in public stock for stock transaction
• $1.6 billion acquisition of an information storage and protection services company in public stock for stock transaction
• Initial public offering of a transportation company

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1995
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Publications

• Companies may be slow to warm to Web-only disclosure, say lawyers., Corporate Finance (August 4, 2008)
• 2nd UPDATE: SEC OKs Guidance On Use Of Corporate Web Sites, Dow Jones Newswires (July 30, 2008)
• SEC: cos. may put investor info exclusively on Web, Business Week (July 30, 2008)
• Nothing to fear in XBRL, Corporate Secretary (June 2008)
• Smoothing the path, Corporate Secretary (October 2007)
• Changes To Pay Disclosure Rules May Be Imminent, Securities Law360 (June 7, 2007)
• New Sec. 16 Guidance; SEC Ponders Global Markets, Compliance Week (June 5, 2007)
• A Conversation on Guidance with... Howard E. Berkenblit, The SMA Counselor (January 14, 2004)
• The Costs and Conflicts of Internal Control Reports and Attestations, Securities Regulatory Update (August 4, 2003)
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act's Regulation of the "Gatekeepers", Journal of Taxation of Financial Institutions (March 27, 2003)
• "Another Break for FPIs; Nasdaq Rules," Compliance Week (quoted) (January 23, 2008)
• "Proxy.com: SEC enables online investor notification," Boston Business Journal (quoted) (March 30-April 5, 2007)
• "Companies Tweak Director Communications Processes," Compliance Week (quoted) (May 24, 2005)
• "Private Companies Cannot Ignore Sarbanes-Oxley," 21 Mass. High Tech (April 28-May 4, 2003)

Teaching & Speaking Engagements

•  “What are the Best Practices to Prepare for your Audit Committee Meeting?,” sponsored by Financial Executives International (FEI) (March 2008)
•  “SEC Offering Reform - New Avenues for Fundraising,” sponsored by The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA) (February 2008)
•  “Recent Initiatives and Developments by the SEC Division of Corporation Finance,” sponsored by the Boston Bar Association (April 2007)
• “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Update on Boards and Committees,” sponsored by Lorman Education Services (April 2007)
• "Ethics and Corporate Governance – Tips and Strategies," sponsored by Financial Executives International (FEI) (January 2007)
•  “E-Proxy – What Companies Need to Worry About (and not worry about),” sponsored by MCLE Business and Securities Law Conference (October 2007)
• "The Rest of the Story…2005-06 SEC and SRO Developments," sponsored by MCLE Business and Securities Law Conference 2006 (October 2006)
• "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Evolving Best Practices," sponsored by Lorman Education Services (April, August and September 2006)
• "Mastering your External Marketing Strategies," New Partner Forum, sponsored by American Conference Institute (ACI) (June 2006)
• "The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Private Companies," sponsored by the Boston CEO Club (December 2005)
• "Adapting to SOX: Governance and Compliance in Private Companies," sponsored by Financial Executives International Private Company Forum (October 2005)
• "Sarbanes-Oxley Act," sponsored by Lorman Education Services (August and September 2005)
• "Leveraging IT Standards for Regulatory Compliance Requirements," sponsored by Object Management Group (June 2005)
• "Managing Risk: Current Legal, Accounting and Disclosure Issues Impacting Israeli Companies in the US," sponsored by The Wall Street Transcript (moderator) (June 2005)
• "The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Private Companies," sponsored by the Route 128 Practitioners Forum (June 2005)
• "Representing Issuers and Purchasers of Private Company Securities," sponsored by MCLE (January 2005)
• "Investing in Israel (Legal, Accounting & Financial Issues Impacting Investing in Israel)," sponsored by The Wall Street Transcript (June 2004)
• "Corporate Governance Update: Governing in the Shadow of Scandal," sponsored by the Boston Bar Association (April 2004)
• "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Its Impact on Clients of Commercial Records Centers," sponsored by PRISM International (March 2003)

Awards & Honors

• Madison Who's Who of Executives and Professionals (2006)
• "Rising Star," Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2006, 2007)
• Legal 500 U.S. (2008)

Professional & Civic Activities

• American and Massachusetts Bar Associations
• Co-Chair, BBA Securities Law Committee, Boston Bar Association, 2006-
• Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education

Education

• J.D., summa cum laude, 1995, Boston College Law School
• B.A., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1992