Christopher E Howard

Practice Areas

Chris Howard has a unique combination of technical legal skills and hands-on business and finance experience, enabling him to integrate these disciplines into strategies that match client objectives and provide clients with a competitive advantage. His forte is in managing complex commercial transactions and development projects in time-sensitive environments, and in accessing all sectors of the capital markets. He focuses his practice on four main areas: corporate finance and transactional representation, the resort and hospitality industry, general counsel representation, and insurance regulatory and transactional matters.

Chris focuses his practice in four areas:

Corporate finance and transactional representation: Chris' work involves all aspects of corporate, securities, and commercial law, focusing on representing entrepreneurs and middle-market companies in a wide variety of transactional settings.

Resort and hospitality industry: Chris handles projects in the hospitality sector ranging from resort acquisition and disposition to numerous hotel developments to representation of Maine's first gaming development.

General counsel representation: Chris' experience includes acting as "external" general counsel for several large to midsize companies including two of Maine's largest insurance companies.

Insurance: Chris has an extensive resume representing insurers, reinsurers, agencies, captives and self-funded plans in insurance regulatory and transactional matters. He has a long history of assisting some of Maine’s largest insurers and agencies with their capital raising, transactional and regulatory needs, maintaining a close relationship with the Maine Bureau of Insurance.