Minneapolis Business Attorneys

Michael Howard represents companies, founders, and private equity sponsors in mergers and acquisitions, financings, and outside general counsel engagements. He has served as lead counsel on transactions ranging from a few million dollars to $2.6 billion, and acts as general counsel to technology, medical device, and manufacturing companies that need senior legal judgment (with or without an existing in-house legal team).

Over two decades he has worked across more than fifty industries. That range is not a menu — it is why he recognizes in diligence what a narrower practice would miss.

Paul has a wide range of experience helping businesses with intellectual property, data privacy, general business law and litigation. Before law, Paul worked in information technology. His real-world IT and business experience allow him to find better ways to help clients adapt to new technologies.

Paul has represented a diverse range of businesses from new startups to businesses that have been trusted for generations. Paul’s clients have come from software, retail, agriculture, marketing, automotive, manufacturing, media, foods, personal care, financial services, and many others. He often uses lessons from one industry to better help clients in other industries.