Howard Bobrow

Howard Bobrow


Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Recognized since 2007

Cleveland, Ohio

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Venture Capital Law

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Howard Bobrow is chair of Taft's Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice. His practice is primarily devoted to mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital.

Howard is a trusted advisor to private equity funds, venture capital funds, and emerging growth companies. He counsels private equity and venture capital funds and other institutional investors, as well as angel investors, on all aspects of acquisitions, dispositions, capital formation, and private placements.

Howard has a wide range of experience with structuring and closing a myriad of early-stage and growth-stage capital formation transactions, including technology validation, technology transfer, technology licensing, seed investment, early-stage investment and follow-on investment transactions.

Howard also represents private equity and venture capital funds in connection with their organization and formation, the fundraising process, governance matters, investments in portfolio companies, and compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers of Act of 1940.

Howard serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Venture Association. He has also guest lectured at the Weatherhead School of Management on the topics of the economics and structure of private equity and venture capital.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 200 Public Square, Suite 3500
    Cleveland, OH 44114-2302
Education
  • Miami University, graduated 1992

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Venture Capital Law, Cleveland (2024)
  • Venture Capital Law, Cleveland (2020)
  • Venture Capital Law, Cleveland (2017)
  • Venture Capital Law, Cleveland (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Venture Capital Law
Special Focus:
  • Biotechnology
  • Corporate Finance
  • Fund Formation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Private Funds
  • Venture Capital
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

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