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Mitchell  McDonald

Mitchell McDonald

Counsel

Mitchell McDonald’s business law practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions. He also counsels private equity, strategic company, and sm...

Darren  Goodman

Darren Goodman

Partner
Vice Chair, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Darren Goodman regularly advises corporate and individual clients on executive compensation matters, such as employment, equity, change-i...

Marina  Portnova

Marina Portnova

Partner
Chair, Software & Electronics

Technology innovators call on Marina Portnova for assistance in building and managing their patent portfolios, from identifying technical...

Alex D. Leibowitz

Alex D. Leibowitz

Partner

Alex Leibowitz represents companies, venture funds, strategic investors, and strategic acquirers in complex securities transactions, incl...

Brian  Head

Brian Head

Transaction Manager, Mortgage & Structured Finance

As a Mortgage & Structured Finance Transaction Manager, Brian is responsible for all aspects of deal management, including negotiatin...

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Practices & Sectors

FDA Regulatory

Our highly experienced team guides life sciences clients through every aspect of the complex and evolving FDA regulatory landscape. With extensive understanding of the development and life cycle management of pharmaceutical products and medical de...

Executive Compensation

Our Executive Compensation practice advises both employers and C-suite and other executives on the full range of compensation matters, including: Drafting and negotiating employment compensation packages, employment agreements, separation pay pac...

Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits

Our Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Group advises clients on all aspects of the employment relationship – from attracting and retaining high-caliber talent with leading-edge compensation and benefits packages to managing complex...

Life Sciences

Participants in the life sciences sector operate in an increasingly challenging environment that requires a broad spectrum of sophisticated legal services. Our life sciences lawyers counsel emerging and mature companies, investors, and investment...

Export Controls

The federal government has established a complex system of regulations governing the export and re-export of U.S.-origin goods, technologies, and services. We regularly advise clients on the Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regu...

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Newsletter

Crypto Brief - March 6, 2025

Crypto Brief - February 27, 2025

Crypto Brief - February 20, 2025

Crypto Brief - February 13, 2025

Crypto Brief - February 6, 2025

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News & Insights

January 8, 2026 | Demystifying Regulation S-P & U.S. Privacy Requirements

With the SEC’s recent amendments to Regulation S-P, there are increased requirements around data governance, vendor oversight, breach identification, incident response, and notification to affected parties. Amended Regulation S-P became effective...

January 8, 2026 | Lowenstein Represents Cerity Partners in Merger with SOL Capital Management

Lowenstein Sandler represented leading national independent wealth management firm Cerity Partners in its merger with SOL Capital Management, a Rockville-based investment advisory firm focused on serving high and ultra-high net worth individuals a...

January 8, 2026 | Lowenstein Represents Pomelo Care in $92M Series C Funding Round, Reaching $1.7B Valuation

Lowenstein Sandler represented Pomelo Care, the national leader in evidence-based healthcare for women and children, in its $92 million Series C funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.7 billion and setting a new national standard fo...

January 7, 2026 | Lowenstein Represents Marubeni in Acquisition of UK Footwear Brand Jacobson Group

Lowenstein Sandler represented Marubeni Corporation in the acquisition of Jacobson Group Limited, a UK-based footwear brand owner with a portfolio of multiple brands, as part of its initiative to build a lifestyle brand business platform anchored...

January 7, 2026 | Lowenstein Represents Protege in $30M Series A Funding Round Lead by a16z

Lowenstein Sandler represented Protege, an AI data platform unlocking access to trusted, real-world data at scale, in its $30 million Series A-1 funding round led by a16z with participation from returning investors including Footwork, CRV, Bloombe...

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Podcasts

“Parents Under Pressure”: The Surgeon General’s Warning About Parental Stress and How Law Firms Should Address It
November 21,2024 | “Parents Under Pressure”: The Surgeon General’s Warning About Parental Stress and How Law Firms Should Address It

In this episode of “Real Talk,” Lowenstein lawyers Megan Monson, Nicole Fulfree, and Rachel Moseson Dikovics discuss the Surgeon General’s recent advisory titled “Parents Under Pressure,” which described the state of American parents’ mental healt...

Stock Options and Section 409A: What You Need to Know
November 14,2024 | Stock Options and Section 409A: What You Need to Know

On this episode of Just Compensation, Jessica Kriegsfeld  speaks with Darren Goodman and Taryn E. Cannataro about stock options and Section 409A of the tax code, a complicated set of rules regulating the taxation of non-qualified deferred com...

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Videos

An Update on the SEC Cyber Rules: Confusion and More Questions Than Answers
March 21,2024 | An Update on the SEC Cyber Rules: Confusion and More Questions Than Answers

In this episode, Kathleen A. McGee and Ken Fishkin provide their assessment on the latest SEC 8-K and 10-K filings, and how companies have been reporting their breach disclosures now that the SEC’s cybersecurity rules have been in effect for a few...

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Other Results

Immigration sijs

Having lost class actions around the country challenging its illegal refusal to grant SIJS to older juveniles, the government pivoted to another attack on immigrant children seeking to escape unfit families and remain safely in the United States: the government has taken the position that such children are subject to deportation even after USCIS has granted them SIJS.

Nonprofit flag

Front Line Appreciation Group (FLAG) of Chatham and Madison started out as a local community response to provide simultaneous support to frontline workers and local restaurants during the pandemic. When FLAG was created, the pandemic had hit New Jersey hard–the state had the second-largest number of verified cases and deaths from COVID-19 in the nation.

Nonprofit avidd

Avidd Community Services of NJ is a charitable organization that develops and manages group homes and provides other programming and services to individuals who are intellectually and developmentally disabled.

Nonprofit nrdc

The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC), one of the world’s leading environmental advocacy organizations, has more than 700 employees who work in vastly different capacities. The organization identified a need to train its large team on how to distinguish confidential legal advice that needs to remain private from newsworthy material that can be shared with external stakeholders.

Criminal justice reinforcing warrant requirement

The N.J. Supreme Court unanimously reversed and dismissed our client’s criminal conviction, finding constitutional violations by police who entered a home without a warrant or permission and arrested our client.

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