Mr George C. Howell, III > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr George C. Howell, III
Work Department
Tax & Erisa
Position
Partner and Chair Emeritus of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Career
George Howell is Chair Emeritus of the firm’s Executive Committee and former head of its Tax and ERISA practice. George’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of REITs, private investment funds, securitizations, and complex financial products. He is recognized nationally for his in-depth experience in the formation, structuring and financing of REITs. He is a former chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section and a former president of the American College of Tax Counsel. George has been active in REITs and real estate capital markets for more than 30 years.
Memberships
- Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation, Class of 2018
- Former Chair, American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section
- Former Chair, American College of Tax Counsel
- Former Vice Chair (Communications), ABA Tax Section
- Former Chair, Tax Shelter Committee, ABA Tax Section
- Former Chair, Committee on Financial Transactions, ABA Tax Section
- Former Chair, Asset Securitization Subcommittee and REMIC Task Force, ABA Tax Section
Education
JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 1981
AB, Princeton University, magna cum laude, 1978
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings