Michael J. Lubben
Recognized since 2008
Newark, New Jersey
Practice Areas
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Michael J. Lubben is a Director of Gibbons P.C., practicing in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm's Distressed Situations Group.
Mr. Lubben has had extensive experience with financial, corporate and business matters for a variety of private and public companies including healthcare companies, banks, governmental authorities and charter schools. Mr. Lubben’s practice focuses on transactional work, with an emphasis on real estate financing transactions, issues relating to the Uniform Commercial Code and cross-border transactions. He is also actively involved in the representation of companies in the healthcare field, both on a transactional basis and for general counsel purposes. He regularly counsels clients with respect to joint ventures and strategic alliances, shareholder disputes, sales, distribution and agency agreements, the formation and structure of business entities, and the merger, acquisition and disposition of business interests. He has represented investors, banks and other financial institutions, governmental authorities, and businesses in, among other matters, secured commercial financings, lease securitizations and financings (including mezzanine lending, sale-leasebacks and lease-leasebacks), syndications and participations in multi-lender financings, trading of distressed debt, bond indenture financings, securitizations, workouts of C & I loans, real estate loans, letters of credit, restructurings of large businesses and foreclosures.
Mr. Lubben was elected chair of the Banking Law Section of the NJ State Bar Association in 2013 for a 2 year term.
Mr. Lubben has had extensive experience with financial, corporate and business matters for a variety of private and public companies including healthcare companies, banks, governmental authorities and charter schools. Mr. Lubben’s practice focuses on transactional work, with an emphasis on real estate financing transactions, issues relating to the Uniform Commercial Code and cross-border transactions. He is also actively involved in the representation of companies in the healthcare field, both on a transactional basis and for general counsel purposes. He regularly counsels clients with respect to joint ventures and strategic alliances, shareholder disputes, sales, distribution and agency agreements, the formation and structure of business entities, and the merger, acquisition and disposition of business interests. He has represented investors, banks and other financial institutions, governmental authorities, and businesses in, among other matters, secured commercial financings, lease securitizations and financings (including mezzanine lending, sale-leasebacks and lease-leasebacks), syndications and participations in multi-lender financings, trading of distressed debt, bond indenture financings, securitizations, workouts of C & I loans, real estate loans, letters of credit, restructurings of large businesses and foreclosures.
Mr. Lubben was elected chair of the Banking Law Section of the NJ State Bar Association in 2013 for a 2 year term.
Contact & Links
- E-mail: mlubben@gibbonslaw.com
- Direct Phone Number: 973-596-4500
- Phone Number: 973-596-4500
- Lawyer Page: https://www.gibbonslaw.com/professionals/michael-j-lubben
Location
- One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102-5310
Education
- New York Law School, graduated 1996
Bar Admissions
- New York, New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
Affiliations
- Build with Purposes, Inc. (formerly Real Estate and Advisory Development Services, Inc.) - Secretary and Board Member
- NJ State Bar Association - Chairman, Section on Banking Law, 2013
Headquarters:
Newark, New Jersey
54 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
Special Focus:
- Acquisition Finance
- Asset-Based Lending
- Commercial Finance
- COVID-19
- Derivatives
- Finance
- Loan Documentation
- Real Estate
- Restructurings
- Syndicate Transaction Lending
- Synthetic Leasing
- Uniform Commercial Code
Awards:
- Cornerstone Honoree of Build with Purpose, Inc., 2013
- AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Additional Areas of Practice:
- International Mergers and Acquisitions
Publications
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