USA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Frank Cannone, Michael Lubben, Peter Flägel and Thomas Rezach Gibbons P.C.
Gibbons P.C. is a full-service law firm based in Newark, New Jersey, since 1926. It has ap - proximately 200 attorneys, more than 15 of whom make up the venture capital and emerg - ing companies team. In addition to its Newark headquarters, the firm has offices in Manhattan; Trenton and Red Bank, New Jersey; Philadel - phia; Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, DC; and West Palm Beach. Gibbons represents ven - ture capital firms and other private equity inves - tors in fund formation and portfolio investments, and regarding issues throughout the investment
cycle. It has represented an array of investors, including insurance companies and public pen - sion fund private investors, in direct and sec - ondary investments in private equity, venture capital and real estate funds. The attorneys ne - gotiate, structure and close venture capital fi - nancings, joint ventures and strategic alliances; help with business plans, organisational struc - tures and investor presentations; and provide the full range of corporate services required by emerging companies as they mature.
Authors
Frank Cannone is corporate group chair at Gibbons, and his practice focuses on M&A, private equity, early-stage and emerging growth companies, and corporate and securities
Michael Lubben is corporate group director at Gibbons and focuses his practice on transactional work, with an emphasis on M&A, financing transactions (including SAFEs
law. He has extensive experience in representing clients regarding public and private capital raising, private equity, M&A (in middle-market transactions), cross-border transactions, venture capital and other early- stage transactions. Frank is a member of the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Board of Advisors, Association of Corporate Growth; Board of Visitors, Seton Hall University School of Law; and Co-Chair, Board of Advisors, Seton Hall University Stillman School Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
and convertible debt) and cross-border transactions. He counsels start-up companies and other 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. Michael has represented institutional and individual investors, financial institutions and governmental authorities, among others. He is a former chair of the Banking Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.
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