Mr. Howe leads the firm's Restructuring Tax Service initiative, which works with A&M’s core restructuring business to assist distressed companies with complex tax matters. He has a deep understanding of tax matters pertaining to troubled companies, bankruptcy reorganizations, workouts and restructurings. Mr. Howe was part of the A&M team that advised on the federal tax aspects of numerous out-of- court restructurings and in-court Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Mr. Howe leads the national Section 382 practice and is a subject matter specialist in NOL preservation and planning. He has advised a significant number of public and private “loss” companies (both pre- and post-bankruptcy) on the viability of their tax attributes, including Section 382 (l)(5) planning and the effect of debt discharge income and application of the consolidated return rules.

Mr. Howe also has significant experience with transactional and general corporate tax matters. He brings experience in private equity, corporate tax and accounting, tax planning and tax controversy matters, and in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, tax due diligence, cash tax modeling, complex carve-out transactions, capital structure planning, reorganizations, group structure changes, entity rationalization, cash and effective tax rate optimization, and integration of existing and acquired businesses.

Mr. Howe earned a BBA from Northeastern University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Massachusetts and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).