Michael D. Makofsky

Overview

Michael Makofsky is McCarthy Lebit’s Administrative Principal and a member of the Board of Directors. He represents diverse businesses in transactional, day-to-day industry matters including those who are selling, acquiring, reorganizing, or merging. Michael assists clients in all aspects of complex mergers and acquisitions, such as structuring the transaction, performing due diligence, securing financing relationships, negotiating terms, and documenting transactions. He also works closely with angel and venture capital funds, corporate strategic investors, family offices, and other institutional investors structuring investments and transactions. He works to provide practical counsel for the unique needs of emerging growth companies.

Michael also represents a broad range of financial institutions and financial service providers, including banks, commercial finance companies, mezzanine, and specialty lenders. Michael counsels borrowers, agents and syndicate members in commercial finance transactions, from large transactions to single-lender, single-borrower transactions. He has significant experience in asset-based lending, cash flow lending, multi-state, multi-currency and cross-border secured financing, financing secured by unusual types of collateral, ESOP loans, letter of credit facilities, health care financing, bond financing, and other capital transactions.

Why McCarthy Lebit?

More Than A Firm. A Vision in Motion. 

After practicing for a decade, Michael Makofsky was looking to broaden his practice focus and take on new challenges. When considering a career at McCarthy Lebit, he found himself looking for a firm that would allow him the structure and support to build his practice into what he had always imagined.

“I chose McCarthy Lebit because they saw my vision and desire to make a greater impact and helped bring it to life. What sets the firm apart is its commitment to support attorneys who want to take initiative, collaborate, and build their practice into something greater than before. It’s through that collaboration and support that I’ve been able to grow my career and step into the role of Administrative Principal. I wholeheartedly believe this level of growth would not have been possible without that support behind me,” shared Michael.

For Michael, McCarthy Lebit isn’t just a workplace, it’s a firm where ambition and ideas can take shape. Here, attorneys are given the support to grow and turn their aspirations into impact.