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Mr Mitchell Lowenthal

Position
Mitchell A. Lowenthal is a partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, resident in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Lowenthal specializes in the prosecution and defense of complex civil litigations, with an emphasis on disputes arising out of securities and M&A transactions.
Career
Mr. Lowenthal joined the firm in 1981 and became a partner in 1990. Mr. Lowenthal is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Urban Justice Center, a member of the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York, a former chair of the Association’s Committee on Securities Litigation (2007-2010), and a member of the American Law Institute. Mr. Lowenthal is also a former member of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the New York State Bar Association.
Memberships
Mr. Lowenthal is a member of the Bar in New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.
Education
Mr. Lowenthal received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 1981, where he was an officer of the Cornell Law Review. He also served as law clerk to the Honorable Edward Weinfeld of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense