Biography

Howard Dicker is Co-Head of the Firm’s Public Company Advisory Group and is based in New York. Howard advises numerous companies regarding securities law issues, disclosure and compliance matters as well as on executive compensation and corporate governance. He has a diverse corporate practice, including mergers and acquisitions, proxy fights, financings, securities offerings, private equity investments and restructurings.
Howard is also active in various bar associations and organizations and speaks and writes on a variety of topics in corporate and securities law. He is a former Chair of the Subcommittee on Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Section 16 of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, American Bar Association. He is also a former Chair of the Securities Regulation Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Howard is a member of the Advisory Committee to the NY Chapter of the Society for Corporate Governance. He is a frequent contributor to Weil’s Governance & Securities Watch.
Prior to joining Weil, Howard 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.
Howard is recognized as a leading lawyer for Securities: Regulation: Advisory by Chambers USA, where clients note he is “extremely knowledgeable.” He is recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for Corporate Governance by Legal 500 US, where he is described as “exceptional” with “extraordinary depth of knowledge and the ability to get to the heart of an issue.” Howard is also recommended for Securities & Corporate Finance by Super Lawyers.
Education
Howard received his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University School of Law, his M.S. in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany, and his B.S. in finance and accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Howard Dicker Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Securities: Regulation: Advisory in the U.S. Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Howard Dicker Named a “Leading Lawyer” for Corporate Governance Award Brief — Legal 500 US
- Howard Dicker Named Among New York’s Super Lawyers Award Brief — New York Super Lawyers
Speaking Engagements
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TheCorporateCounsel.net’s “20th Annual Executive Compensation Conference”
Speaker(s):
Howard B. Dicker
September 21, 2023 — Howard B. Dicker — Weil Public Company Advisory Group Co-Head Howard Dicker spoke on a panel titled "The Top Compensation Consultants Speak" as part of TheCorporateCounsel.net and CompensationStandards.com's 20th Annual Executive Compensation Conference.
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TheCorporateCounsel.net’s “Proxy Disclosure Conference”
Speaker(s):
Howard B. Dicker
September 20-21, 2023 — Weil Public Company Advisory Group Head Howard Dicker spoke on two panels titled "Proxy Disclosures: 12 Things You’ve Overlooked" and "Insider Trading & Buybacks: What You Need to Do Now" as part of TheCorporateCounsel.net’s Proxy Disclosure Conference.
Latest Thinking
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Rules Governing Beneficial Ownership Reporting Alert — Governance & Securities — By Howard B. Dicker, Adé Heyliger, Alicia Alterbaum and Steven Bentsianov — PDF — October 13, 2023
- SEC Adopts Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules as Security Incidents Become More Frequent Alert — Governance & Securities — By P.J. Himelfarb, Lyuba Goltser, Howard B. Dicker, Steven Bentsianov and Shira Barron — PDF — July 28, 2023
- Upcoming Form 10-Q or Form 10-K – New Disclosures for Rule 10b5-1 and NonRule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements of Directors and Section 16 Officers Updating of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Required Alert — Governance & Securities — By Howard B. Dicker, Steven Bentsianov and Shira Barron — PDF — July 11, 2023
- NYSE and Nasdaq Propose Compensation Clawback Listing Standards Alert — Governance & Securities — By Howard B. Dicker, Lyuba Goltser, P.J. Himelfarb and Shira Barron — PDF — March 01, 2023
- Disclosure Developments and 2022 Form 10-K Disclosure Locator Alert — Governance & Securities — By Howard B. Dicker, Catherine T. Dixon, P.J. Himelfarb, Shira Barron and Julie Rong — PDF — January 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Blue Bird and American Securities on $52.5M Block Trade Deal Brief — September 18, 2023
- Weil Advises Mudrick Capital in Financing for Getaround Deal Brief — September 11, 2023