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MIchael D. Makofsky

Michael D. Makofsky

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Overview

Michael D. Makofsky is a Principal at McCarthy Lebit. He represents diverse businesses in transactional, day-to-day industry matters including those businesses who are selling, acquiring, reorganizing, or merging. Michael assists clients in all aspects of complex mergers and acquisitions (M&A), 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 designed 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 ranging 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.

2024 Best Lawyers McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA

Awards

  • Ohio Super Lawyers®, 2023-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America©, 2021-2024
  • Crain’s Cleveland Business 40 under Forty, 2011

Affiliations

  • Alliance of M&A Advisors, Board Member
  • Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Cleveland Chapter, Member
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Member
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member & Chair of Business Law Section

Articles

Presentations

  • The Law & COVID-19: A small business's Q&A on matters of Employment, Finance & Real Estate, Greater Cleveland Partnership, April 2020
  • Capital Financing Solutions, Cleveland Accounting Show, October 2013

Client Testimonials

"As an aggressive entrepreneur, I was looking for legal counsel that could adapt and adjust to the fast-paced nature of our business. McCarthy Lebit Delivers just that. When I trust an issue to Mike Makofsky or his partners, I know it's handled. I don't even have to think about it." Evan Schumann | President & CEO, L'uva Bella Winery & Brands

"As our trusted advisor, Mike Makofsky's advice and experience is critical to the success of our company. He has supported us through our evolution from a start-up to a growing enterprise. His high-quality legal expertise and his interest in understanding our business goals absolutely results in better outcomes for us." Don Greenberg | CEO, The 72 Chocolate Collection

"Mike and his staff helped with all aspects of selling our business and industrial estate associated with the business. They were easy to work with, thorough, and took great care to explain and look out for our best interests. Mike was always prompt and readily available." Mike Hawk & The Hawk Family | Die Co., Inc.

MIchael D. Makofsky

Practice Area(s)

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts

Admissions

Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

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