Kenneth A. Louard
Partner
Cleveland | New York
Biography
Kenneth A. Louard received an A.B. from Harvard University and earned his joint J.D.-M.B.A. from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. Mr. Louard began his career as an Associate in Dean Witter Reynolds’ Mergers & Acquisitions Department. He has held several legal and business positions throughout his career, including the Managing Partner and COO for two investment firms and was the Director, Business Operations and Chief Counsel for the Cleveland Browns. Mr. Louard has also worked at the law firms and government entity: Andrews & Kurth LLP, Kutak Rock & Campbell, Brown & Wood, and the General Counsel’s Office of the Manhattan Borough President.
Mr. Louard has extensive experience in general corporate and securities work, with emphasis on public offerings of debt and equity securities and public and private mergers and acquisitions. Since joining Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan, Mr. Louard has been working on traditional public finance matters, as well as conduit issues from the perspectives of bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, and underwriters’ counsel. He has represented underwriters and issuers in over $4 billion of public offerings. During 2009 and 2010, he has represented agencies in bond issues totaling more $1.5 billion and $1.8 billion respectively. Some of the agencies he has represented include Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), New York Housing Finance Authority, City of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
Mr. Louard also has extensive experience providing advice and counsel regarding various strategic operational functions, as well as with contract negotiations. He has advised clients concerning contractual, banking, and other finance matters. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and serves in leadership positions on numerous not for profit boards. Mr. Louard is licensed to practice in New York.
Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, Joint J.D.-M.B.A.
- Harvard University, A.B.
Bar Admissions
- New York
