Mr Michael Lubowitz > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Michael Lubowitz
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Position
Head of Weil’s M&A practice
Career
Michael Lubowitz is Head of Weil’s Mergers &Acquisitions practice and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. He has extensive experience representing public and private companies and private equity sponsors in a broad range of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of public companies, portfolio companies of private equity sponsors and entrepreneurial businesses, strategic investments, hostile tender offers, spin-offs, director governance advice and in- and out-of-court restructurings.
Education
Brandeis University (B.A., 1987); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1990).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
Drawing on a network of attorneys specializing in tax, antitrust, IP, and real estate law, the team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP combines firmwide expertise with core transactional capabilities to advise on all aspects of cross-border M&A. The firm has cultivated a strong network of offices across the US, enabling it to routinely assist major domestic and international corporations from across the tech, finance, and pharmaceutical sectors. Acting on behalf of an array of financial institutions, private equity firms, and boards of directors, the New York-based co-heads Michael Aiello and Michael Lubowitz are experienced handling all aspects of corporate governance matters, spin-offs, and hostile tender offer. Similarly based in NY, Matthew Gilroy routinely represents special committees and investment banks in multi-jurisdictional acquisitions. Frederick Green retired from the partnership in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense