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Mr Michael Weinberger

Position
Michael Weinberger is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Weinberger’s practice focuses on real estate law, with a particular focus on real estate finance, workouts, restructurings and commercial mortgage securitization. He frequently represents lenders, borrowers and issuers in complex multi-state mortgage and mezzanine loan transactions involving office buildings, hotels, shopping centers, multi-family, industrial, casino and other property types.
Career
Mr. Weinberger joined the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 2000.
Memberships
Mr. Weinberger is a member of the Bar in New York.
Education
Mr. Weinberger received a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, in 1991 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Yale University in 1988. Mr. Weinberger also served as law clerk to the Honorable Leonard Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
(Leading partners)The real estate group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP excels in assisting clients both domestically and globally with real estate transactions. The practice assists clients with a wide scope of matters including real estate capital markets and joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of all asset types, debt and equity financing, as well as real estate M&A. The firm is sought out by lenders, operators, developers, and investment firms to handle their complex financing, hospitality and leisure sector transactions, and sales. Sovereign wealth funds and family offices are also a part of the firms client base. Real estate expert Eric Feuerstein leads the practice from New York alongside Los Angeles-based Jesse Sharf. Feuerstein is well-versed in a number of financing issues including joint ventures, debt purchases, and restructurings, while Sharf represents mezzanine lenders, construction lenders, CMBS lenders, and portfolio lenders in real estate transactions. Part of the New York team, Noam Haberman is key to representing banks and funds in origination, purchase and sale of balance sheets, and securitization, Andrew Lance is noted for his expertise in real estate capital markets, Aaron Beim advises institutional real estate investors, and Steven Klein is knowledgeable about real estate transactions and REIT issues. In Los Angeles Mark Osher focuses on capital markets and balance sheet financing. San Francisco-based Kahlil Yearwood is noted for representing portfolio lenders, debt fund managers, and private equity firms in transactions. Real estate finance specialist Michael Weinberger joined the firm in July 2023 from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and is based in New York. Since research concluded, Victoria Shusterman has left the firm.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism