With more than 30 years of experience structuring and negotiating complex corporate transactions, Eve Howard has been a trusted advisor to public company clients when they embark on financing and other strategic transactions. Howard is a Senior Counsel at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, one of the world’s largest law firms and is the Global lead for Corporate & Finance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Howard has represented both issuers and leading investment banking firms in the issuance of investment grade, high yield, and convertible notes offerings across a wide spectrum of industries in both public offerings and private placement transactions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | Capital Markets |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Capital Markets |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Capital Markets |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | Capital Markets |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | Capital Markets |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2021 | Capital Markets |
Howard served as the Global Head of the firm's Capital Markets practice, combining a client-focused business practicality with substantial knowledge of the structuring and negotiation of debt securities. From 2016 to 2020, Howard served on the firm's senior leadership team as the Regional Managing Partner for the Washington, D.C. region, which includes the D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia, Boston, and Louisville offices. Howard has also held a number of other roles at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, leading on important firm issues such as agile working, diversity and inclusion, partner development and advancement, as well as recruitment in the D.C. office. For her work on agile working, she has been recognized by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance and continues to serve on their Advisory Council.
Howard is currently on the board of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCOI), where she serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and sits on two nonprofit boards, DirectWomen and Reading Partners DC. She also served as Chair of the Board of Lowell School, an independent K-8 school in Washington, D.C. where she also served as trustee for seven years.
Howard is a graduate of Duke Law School, where she currently serves on the Board of Visitors, and Dartmouth College.