Lowenstein Sandler LLP

With more than 300 attorneys, Lowenstein Sandler is a full-service firm with five domestic offices. The firm boasts dozens of practices and is particularly well known for its work with investment funds and in the life sciences and technology areas.

East Coast Roots

Lowenstein Sandler was founded in Newark, New Jersey, in 1961 by five lawyers, including prominent New Jersey attorney Alan V. Lowenstein. Today, the firm is one of the biggest in New Jersey, with more than 180 lawyers located in the Garden State. In fact, the firm is among the top 30 in Vault’s Mid-Atlantic ranking. The firm’s New York office is just as robust with a similar headcount, and these two East Coast locations house more than 85 percent of the firm’s attorneys. But the firm’s other three offices in California, DC, and Utah are mighty despite their size, and they help bolster the firm’s growing national presence.

Crushing It

Lowenstein attorneys have wide-ranging experience—the firm boasts nearly 50 unique practice areas. Among some of these practices are bankruptcy, blockchain, business litigation, insurance recovery, investment management, IP, M&A, trusts and estates, white collar, and more. The firm works across various sectors, including consumer and retail, investment funds, life sciences, manufacturing, private clients, private equity, technology and media, and venture capital.

Among the firm’s standout practices is investment management, for which the firm has received multiple recognitions from the likes of Chambers, U.S. News Best Law Firms, The Legal 500, and more. The practice group focuses on areas including broker-dealer, derivative and structured products, family office, fund formation and structuring, and fund regulatory and compliance. 

When it comes to venture capital, Lowenstein Sandler is at the top of the game, especially when it comes to tech companies. According to the firm, it has closed more than 1,000 angel, growth equity, and private equity investments in the past two years. The firm’s capital markets, M&A, and tech lawyers work together to counsel on matters relating to emerging companies. Through its initiative VentureCrush, the firm also hosts programs and events for startups and investors, with an emphasis on underrepresented founders.

Putting Service at the Center

Through the Lowenstein Center for Public Interest, the firm dedicates thousands of hours to hundreds of clients each year. A partner is dedicated to chairing the center. The firm’s work includes civil rights, criminal justice, housing, immigration, and nonprofits—to name some.

• Represented Figure, an AI robotics company developing autonomous general purpose humanoid robots, in its $675 million Series B funding round at a $2.6B valuation. In conjunction with the investment, Figure entered into a collaboration agreement to develop next generation AI models for humanoid robots.
• Represented Chatham Asset Management LLC, (“Chatham”), a leading private investment firm, in the acquisition of printing and marketing company R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (“RRD”), in which affiliates of Chatham acquired RRD for $10.85 per share in cash, in a transaction with a total enterprise value estimated to be approximately $2.5 billion.
• Represented our longtime client, Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (BKK:IVL), Thailand’s leading global chemical company, in the high-profile $2.1 billion acquisition of the specialty chemicals portfolio of Huntsman Corporation USA (NYSE:HUN). With this transaction, involving the acquisition of five manufacturing sites, Lowenstein has now advised Indorama as lead counsel on the acquisition of a total of 16 facilities since 2003.
• Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) in its two-phase agreement to increase its ownership of DECIEM Beauty Group Inc., the Canadian-based, vertically integrated, multi-brand beauty company, with the completed first phase investment reflecting a total enterprise value of approximately $2.2 billion.

• Best Law Firms for Women 2023 – Working Mother/Seramount ​
• Received a 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index – Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality (seventh consecutive year)​
• Certification (2022- 2023)​ – Utah Center for Legal Inclusion
• Best Place to Work in New Jersey (2023) – NJBIZ
• Best Place to Work in New York City (2023)​​ – Crain’s