Strategic and practical advice to get deals done

Jon Howard is a strategic negotiator, legal advisor and team leader who represents businesses — local startups to Fortune 100 companies — on middle-market transactions. Carefully assessing and focusing on the unique needs of each client, he works with executives and legal departments to help them complete:

• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in a wide variety of industries, with a special focus on pharmacies and related health care entities, higher education organizations, technology companies and private equity transactions
• Joint ventures, reorganizations and business formations to capitalize on the synergies of existing businesses as well as market opportunities
• Commercial contracts, including high-leverage transactions involving multilayered payment, indemnification, ownership and service provisions

A 15-year veteran of Quarles, Jon has detailed knowledge of the experience of his fellow lawyers, which enables him to put together highly effective and efficient deal teams. Integrating, as necessary, the counsel of real estate, health care, employment, tax and intellectual property lawyers, Jon leads the team through negotiating, documenting and closing the deal.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona

Education

• Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008)
  • William H. Pedrick Scholar

• Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business (B.S., summa cum laude, 2004)
  • Finance

• "Legal Issues to Consider Regarding Charter School Boards and Meetings"
• "The Impact of Earn-Out Provisions on M&A Transactions"
• California Follows the Lead of Other States in Heightening the Scrutiny of Health Care Transactions
• California’s Pre-Closing Health Care Transaction Review Regulations Take Effect: Where Did We Land?

Seminar

• Complex Legal Issues - Recreational & Medical Cannabis
• Quarles' 17th Annual Specialized CLE for In‑House Counsel
• WESTMARC Healthcare Innovation Summit