Howard Dicker is a partner in the Public Company Advisory Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York. He advises numerous companies regarding securities law issues, disclosure and compliance matters as well as on executive compensation and corporate governance. He has had a diverse corporate practice, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, securities offerings, venture capital investments and restructurings. Mr. Dicker is a member of Weil's Financial Regulatory Reform Working Group.
Mr. Dicker is also active in various bar associations and committees and speaks and writes on a variety of topics in corporate and securities law. He is Chair of the Securities Regulation Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He also is Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, American Bar Association. Mr. Dicker’s publications include: “The SEC's New Disclosure Requirements Explained” in the International Financial Law Review (October 2006 corporate governance supplement); and “Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance,” Chapter 3 in A Practical Guide to SEC Proxy and Compensation Rules, 3rd Edition (2005 Supplement), published by Aspen.
Prior to joining Weil in 1989, Mr. Dicker was an auditor and tax consultant at Price Waterhouse in New York. There, he focused on broker-dealers in securities and commodities. He is licensed as a certified public accountant.
Mr. Dicker received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1983 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in both finance and accounting. He then received a Master of Science degree in accounting in 1984 from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1989, he received his Juris Doctor degree with honors from The George Washington University Law School.