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Gary M. Wingens

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Best Lawyers Advisory Board Member
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Banking and Finance Law
    Securitization and Structured Finance Law
  • Website:
    http://www.lowenstein.com
  • Location:
    One Lowenstein Drive
    Roseland, NJ 07068

Gary Wingens has served as Chairman and Managing Partner of Lowenstein Sandler since 2008, leading its continued expansion as a national firm with over 300 lawyers working from offices in New York, New Jersey, Washington DC and California. Gary believes that what makes Lowenstein Sandler different from other leading law firms is the intensity of the firm’s commitment to its people, its clients and its communities. Under Gary’s leadership, and following his example, Lowenstein Sandler’s lawyers regularly invest their skills and passion to support their colleagues, advance their clients’ businesses and strengthen their communities. Gary successfully inspires this dedication among his firm’s lawyers because he lives each of these values.

As a highly experienced and widely respected structured finance lawyer, Gary built Lowenstein Sandler’s mortgage finance practice; he is recognized by his peers as a highly effective dealmaker and negotiator. Focused primarily on a client base of participants in the mortgage finance market (many of which are owned or controlled by hedge funds and private equity funds), Gary’s transactional practice spans the areas of structured finance, mortgage finance and commercial real estate, overseeing acquisitions, dispositions and financings of properties, mortgage loans, and servicing rights valued in the billions of dollars. Early on in his practice Gary made the commitment to immerse himself in the mortgage finance industry and understand every step of the mortgage operations and investor reporting process, in order to provide his clients with service and advice distinguished by pinpoint accuracy and complete relevance to their business needs. Today, he teaches Lowenstein Sandler’s lawyers to make the same personal commitment to understanding their clients’ industries and business processes, in order to ensure they can deliver better and more relevant solutions.

Gary is also passionate about the firm's commitment to public interest and pro bono work. It was his vision that inspired the 2008 creation of the Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest to strategically channel all the firm's public interest efforts. Gary ensures that Lowenstein Sandler makes the same kind of volunteer commitments in each community in which it expands, most recently in Palo Alto and Washington, DC. 

Gary personally serves the community by providing leadership to several local and national organizations. He is a member of the board of the Victoria Foundation, a leading foundation that funds programs to break the cycle of poverty, reform education, and revitalize families and neighborhoods. Gary also serves as member of the board of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit organization that provides pro bono legal services to children who enter the US immigration system alone. He chairs the strategic planning committee and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest. Most recently, he was named to the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice’s Board of Directors. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Public Media NJ (an affiliate of WNET New York), and the Brandeis University Alumni Association, and has served as Board President of Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union, where he and his wife were honored for their volunteer activities.

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Gary Wingens has served as Chairman and Managing Partner of Lowenstein Sandler since 2008, leading its continued expansion as a national firm with over 300 lawyers working from offices in New York, New Jersey, Washington DC and California. Gary believes that what makes Lowenstein Sandler different from other leading law firms is the intensity of the firm’s commitment to its people, its clients and its communities. Under Gary’s leadership, and following his example, Lowenstein Sandler’s lawyers regularly invest their skills and passion to support their colleagues, advance their clients’ businesses and strengthen their communities. Gary successfully inspires this dedication among his firm’s lawyers because he lives each of these values.

As a highly experienced and widely respected structured finance lawyer, Gary built Lowenstein Sandler’s mortgage finance practice; he is recognized by his peers as a highly effective dealmaker and negotiator. Focused primarily on a client base of participants in the mortgage finance market (many of which are owned or controlled by hedge funds and private equity funds), Gary’s transactional practice spans the areas of structured finance, mortgage finance and commercial real estate, overseeing acquisitions, dispositions and financings of properties, mortgage loans, and servicing rights valued in the billions of dollars. Early on in his practice Gary made the commitment to immerse himself in the mortgage finance industry and understand every step of the mortgage operations and investor reporting process, in order to provide his clients with service and advice distinguished by pinpoint accuracy and complete relevance to their business needs. Today, he teaches Lowenstein Sandler’s lawyers to make the same personal commitment to understanding their clients’ industries and business processes, in order to ensure they can deliver better and more relevant solutions.

Gary is also passionate about the firm's commitment to public interest and pro bono work. It was his vision that inspired the 2008 creation of the Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest to strategically channel all the firm's public interest efforts. Gary ensures that Lowenstein Sandler makes the same kind of volunteer commitments in each community in which it expands, most recently in Palo Alto and Washington, DC. 

Gary personally serves the community by providing leadership to several local and national organizations. He is a member of the board of the Victoria Foundation, a leading foundation that funds programs to break the cycle of poverty, reform education, and revitalize families and neighborhoods. Gary also serves as member of the board of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit organization that provides pro bono legal services to children who enter the US immigration system alone. He chairs the strategic planning committee and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest. Most recently, he was named to the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice’s Board of Directors. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Public Media NJ (an affiliate of WNET New York), and the Brandeis University Alumni Association, and has served as Board President of Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union, where he and his wife were honored for their volunteer activities.

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Education:

  • Brandeis University, BA, cum laude, graduated 1985

Bar Admissions:

  • New York, New York Bar
  • District of Columbia, District of Columbia Bar
  • New Jersey, New Jersey Bar

Affiliations:

  • Board of Trustees, Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union - President (2004-2006)
  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) - Board of Directors
  • Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest - Board of Trustees
  • New Jersey Institute for Social Justice - Board of Directors
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Council of Trustees
  • Victoria Foundation - Board of Trustees

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Banking and Finance Law, Newark (2017)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Special Focus:

  • Structured Finance
 

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Lowenstein Sandler LLP
http://www.lowenstein.com
 
Headquarters
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
(973) 597.2500
5 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

California

California

Palo Alto, CA

390 Lytton Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

United States

(650) 433.5800

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20037

United States

(202) 753.3800

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New York

New York

New York, NY

1251 Avenue of the Americas, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10020

United States

(212) 262.6700

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Utah

Utah

Centerville, UT

520 North Marketplace Drive, Suite 100

Centerville, UT 84014

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