Howard S. Goldberg

Career

Howard’s strategic tax planning creates value for clients in their most complex, transformative transactions. From structuring to closing the deal, his comprehensive guidance empowers clients to make informed business decisions.

Howard works with businesses and their principal stakeholders, both domestic and foreign, to optimize their tax results in connection with life-cycle transactions. He is experienced across a broad range of industries, with particular depth and focus in assisting private equity funds and their portfolio companies achieve their tax objectives.

As a high-level strategist with decades of experience and a background in investment banking, clients turn to Howard for practical solutions to their planning challenges. His practice includes domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, private equity transactions, dispositions, capital markets transactions, and restructurings ─ both in and out of bankruptcy. Howard’s hands-on approach and ability to translate the most sophisticated tax concepts facilitates the achievement of his clients’ businesses goals.

Howard co-authored Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolio, No. 764 T.M., Dividends — Cash and Property and previously taught tax law as an adjunct professor. He served several terms as an elected official on his local school board and began his career as an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions group of Salomon Brothers.

Professional Memberships

Member, Tax Section, Philadelphia Bar Association (Chair, 2014)

Personal

Former adjunct professor, Graduate Tax Program, Villanova University School of Law