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Lowell A. Citron

Lowell A. Citron

Partner
Chair, Debt Finance

Lowell A. Citron is a trusted advisor to financial institutions, private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, and large operating compan...

Diane  Moss

Diane Moss

Counsel

Diane Moss is counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and focuses on commercial transactions and Artificial Intelligence policies and regulations....

Stephen  Zapf

Stephen Zapf

Counsel

Stephen Zapf advises clients on corporate transactions and securities laws, with a particular emphasis on life science companies. His tra...

Charles  Harned

Charles Harned

Associate

Charles Harned represents private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and privately-owned businesses in a broad range of transacti...

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...

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Practices & Sectors

Appellate

We represent clients in a variety of appeals involving civil and white collar matters. We have an outstanding record of successful outcomes, both in defending clients in appeals of lower-court rulings favorable to them and in obtaining reversals o...

FinTech, Crypto, Trading & Markets

Lowenstein Sandler’s FinTech, Crypto, Trading & Markets group is at the forefront of the rapidly evolving financial landscape, advising innovative startups, established financial institutions, digital asset ventures, funds, and their investors...

Private Client Services

Lowenstein’s Private Client Services group provides an interdisciplinary approach to advising clients seeking to preserve and grow wealth for generations to come. We offer practical and sophisticated legal and business advice, crafting tax-efficie...

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...

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

Lowenstein Sandler’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) group provides a tailored approach to the legal strategies and services essential for the successful launch, growth, and culmination of new enterprises. Our collaborative, multid...

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Newsletter

Crypto Brief - June 19, 2025

Crypto Brief - June 12, 2025

Crypto Brief - June 5, 2025

Crypto Brief (May 29, 2025)

Crypto Brief - May 22, 2025

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News & Insights

January 21, 2026 | Dirty Dirt Law Update: In a Boon for Environmental Consultants (and Others), Amendment Clarifies the Law’s Reach to ‘Brokers’

On Jan. 20, just ahead of Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s inauguration, now former Gov. Phil Murphy signed a slew of legislation into law, including an amendment (Amendment) that clarifies and narrows the definition of “broker” under New Jersey’s Dirty Dirt...

January 21, 2026 | False Claims Act Enforcement Hits All Time High in 2025

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced recoveries exceeding $6.8 billion under the False Claims Act (FCA) in 2025.1 This total—the highest in the FCA’s 160-year history—underscores the DOJ’s continued commitment to prioritize FCA enf...

January 21, 2026 | Lowenstein Represents Life Sciences Coaching Platform PraxisPro in Series Seed Round

Lowenstein Sandler represented PraxisPro, a data intelligence and sales coaching platform for the life sciences industry, in its $6 million seed round led by AlleyCorp. The round included participation from Flybridge, South Loop Ven...

January 21, 2026 | OBBB Update for Estate Planners

Lowenstein Private Client Services National Chair Beth Shapiro Kaufman will be discussing impacts of recent tax updates. What does the OBBBA mean to estate planners? What provisions are opportunities and what are concerns? Join us in January...

January 21, 2026 | When It Breaks: Bankruptcy, Big Fraud & the Aftermath 

Join this timely discussion examining how major fraud cases unravel and move through the bankruptcy process. The panelists will explore the immediate fallout, investigative process, stakeholder impact, and how professionals manage complex recoveri...

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Podcasts

Navigating Employment Considerations in M&A Transactions
February 27,2025 | Navigating Employment Considerations in M&A Transactions

In this episode of "Just Compensation," Megan Monson, Taryn Cannataro, and Jessica Kriegsfeld of Lowenstein's Executive Compensation, Employment and Benefits practice group discuss employment and employee benefit considerations in t...

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Videos

Tarnishing One’s Reputation: The Perplexity AI Case
January 22,2025 | Tarnishing One’s Reputation: The Perplexity AI Case

Host Bryan Sterba speaks with Matthew P. Hintz, partner in Lowenstein’s Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets & Advertising practice, about the recent case brought by The Wall Street Journal and New York Post against Perplexity AI. In addition...

When Does AI Violate Copyright Law: Recent Cases and New Causes of Action (1)
January 07,2025 | When Does AI Violate Copyright Law: Recent Cases and New Causes of Action

Bryan Sterba addresses a variety of legal challenges that arise in the context of generative AI. Sterba describes several recent lawsuits against companies using AI for such claims as copyright infringement, violating celebrities’ right to publici...

Welcome to Lowenstein AI: A-I Didn’t Know That
December 10,2024 | Welcome to Lowenstein AI: A-I Didn’t Know That

Host Bryan Sterba, a partner in Lowenstein Sandler’s IP & Tech Transactions, Lowenstein AI, and Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practices, introduces the firm’s new video series. Each episode will offer perspective and legal analysis...

Are Make-Whole Claims Allowable in Bankruptcy? The Impact of the Hertz Decision in the Third Circuit
December 09,2024 | Are Make-Whole Claims Allowable in Bankruptcy? The Impact of the Hertz Decision in the Third Circuit

In this episode of "Lowenstein Bankruptcy Lowdown," partners Daniel B. Besikof and Gianfranco Finizio discuss “make-wholes:” provisions in an indenture or a credit agreement that compensate lenders for the time they will not earn interest as a res...

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Other Results

Immigration celebrating victories

In 2019, many clients of the firm became citizens or obtained a safe pathway to citizenship.

Nonprofit allen levithan

Allen Levithan was an innovative thinker, strategic problem solver, and firm leader who worked hard for his clients. When he passed away in late 2018, Allen left behind a multidecade career in corporate law and a commitment to serving communities that would otherwise go unrepresented.

Acknowledgments

Lowenstein works with and contributes to a wide array of nonprofits. The firm also partners with corporate legal departments and vendors in its pro bono program.

Immigration protecting afghan refugees

Lowenstein represented two individuals who escaped Afghanistan with the assistance of the U.S. military and its allies, submitting asylum applications and representing them in interviews in the asylum office.

Children they

The YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood (the Y) is a multi-service community center that, for more than 100 years, has provided educational, recreational, and social services to families, including a summer camp for children age two and up. The firm prepared an agreement among the Y and partner organizations that allowed them to create and run a virtual day camp during the pandemic.

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