Thinking about selling your company? Michael Howard is a Minneapolis business
attorney who helps Minnesota owners sell their businesses, plan their exits, and protect
what they have built.
Michael is the founder of Pruvent PLLC and concentrates his practice on mergers and
acquisitions (M&A) and outside general counsel work. For owners preparing to sell, he
handles the entire transaction: getting the company "deal-ready," structuring the sale,
drafting and negotiating the letter of intent and purchase agreement, managing due
diligence, and guiding the deal to a clean closing. The goal is simple - help you sell on
the best possible terms with the fewest surprises.
Who does Michael work with? Founders and owners of closely held and family
businesses, startups and emerging companies, and large, publicly traded corporations.
He has acted as outside general counsel for hundreds of companies and as a strategic
M&A advisor on a wide range of buy-side and sell-side transactions, from
straightforward asset sales to complex, multi-party deals and roll-ups.
What does outside general counsel mean for you? Instead of paying for a full-time
in-house lawyer or large-firm overhead, you get an experienced business attorney on
call to handle contracts, employment questions, real estate, financing, regulatory issues,
and disputes, and to be ready when it is time to sell.
Michael earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and has lectured
widely on M&A, negotiation, business sales, restructuring, and workouts. Clients
describe him as practical and business-minded: clear, commercially focused advice
instead of legalese.
Questions Michael often helps owners answer: How do I sell my business in
Minnesota? Should it be an asset sale or a stock sale? How do I limit my liability after
closing? What does the M&A process look like from letter of intent to close? Do I need
outside general counsel as my company grows?
To talk with Michael about selling your business or ongoing legal counsel, call (612)
518-2203. Pruvent PLLC, 80 S. 8th Street, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
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2020
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JD - Juris Doctor
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