• Harry Rubin is chair of the Technology and IP Transactions practice and a globally recognized authority in his field. He leads the firm’s Artificial Intelligence group. Harry represents clients in IP-centric transactions, global IP protection, monetization and commercialization strategies, and artificial intelligence (AI) counseling.

    Harry has represented leading private equity firms; wealth management and investment advisers; REITs; and technology, life sciences, medical device, fashion and luxury products, metaverse, electronic, media, entertainment, and hospitality companies in acquisitions, mergers, spinouts, restructurings, sales financings, strategic alliances, collaborations, joint ventures, co-development, technology transfers, licensing, outsourcing and high-stakes dispute settlements.

    Harry has been extensively involved in global matters, especially with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, India, Canada, Switzerland and China. He is co-chair of the firm’s Israel practice.

    Harry’s extensive fintech experience encompasses corporate and asset acquisitions, development, and in-and out-licensing of trading platforms, enabling technologies, analytics, big data and AI, including multiple transactions for BlackRock.

    Harry has published and lectured extensively on international business transactions, outsourcing, joint ventures, web scraping, technology transfers, fintech, licensing, SaaS, cloud computing, internet law and intellectual property. His book International Technology Transfers (Kluwer Law International) is widely considered the standard reference text in the field. He is a frequent speaker on these topics at leading conferences worldwide.

    From 1978 to 1980, Harry served as staff sergeant, assistant chief of operations, in the External Relations Department of the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence.

    Experience

    • Represented VICI Properties Inc., an NYSE-listed REIT, in its acquisition of the real estate assets associated with Fitz Casino & Hotel and WaterView Casino & Hotel for approximately $293.4 million, and the simultaneous leaseback to subsidiaries of Foundation Gaming and Entertainment, LLC.

    • Advised BlackRock in its strategic collaboration with Rhodium Group on climate analytics.

    • Advising BlackRock in its acquisition of Aperio Group, a pioneer in customizing tax-optimized index equity accounts, from Golden Gate Capital for $1.05 billion.

    • Advising VICI Properties Inc. in its pending $17.2 billion strategic acquisition of MGM Growth Properties LLC (NYSE: MGP).

    • Advised VICI in its $4 billion acquisition of the Venetian Resort’s real estate from Las Vegas Sands.

    • Advising Capstar SPAC in its merger with Gelesis, a biotherapeutics weight management company using proprietary biomimetic superabsorbent hydrogel technology, in a $1.3 billion transaction.

    • Advised BlackRock in a minority investment in SpiderRock, a leading provider of customized options strategies.

    • Represented BlackRock in the $1.3 billion acquisition of eFront, the world’s leading end-to-end alternative investment management software and solutions provider.

    • Advised BlackRock in a strategic investment in iCapital Network, a financial technology platform focused on driving access and efficiency in alternative investing. 

    • Advised Alliant Insurance Services in its acquisition of Confie, the largest personal lines insurance distributor in the U.S.

    • Advising leading Israeli life sciences fund Pontifax on numerous IP financing transactions with U.S. and European public biotech companies.

    • Advised The NPD Group, a global market information provider, in its acquisition by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.

    • Advised NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC in its acquisition of certain assets of Housing & Healthcare Finance LLC, including its FHA multifamily and healthcare origination business and its loan servicing portfolio. 

    • Advising Stanhope Capital in its merger with FWM Holdings — owner of Forbes Family Trust, LGL Partners and Optima Fund Management  to create one of the world’s largest independent wealth management advisory firms, overseeing $24.2 billion in assets.

    • Advising SitusAMC Holdings in its acquisition of ReadyPrice.

    • Represented Stone Point Capital in its acquisition of GreyLion Capital of Hyphen Solutions, provider of cloud-based residential construction management software.

    • Advised Stone Point Capital in the acquisition of Bullhorn, a global leader in software for staffing and recruitment.

    • Represented SitusAMC in the acquisition of LogicEase Solutions.

    • Advised Mitchell | Genex in its acquisition of Coventry Workers’ Comp Services, a provider of cost containment technology, clinical service and disability management, from CVS Health.

    • Represented Oasis Outsourcing Acquisition Corp. in its acquisition by Paychex Inc., provider of human resource outsourcing services, for $1.2 billion.

    • Advised Stone Point Capital and its Trident funds in the acquisition of PrismHR.

    • Represented a European investor group in the acquisition of the Oxbow Activated Carbon business, with facilities in the U.S., the Netherlands and France.

    • Represented Premier Brands Group in the sale of Anne Klein to WHP Global, the brand management platform backed by Oaktree Capital. 

    • Represented Paine Schwartz Partners in establishing an Animal Health & Nutrition investment platform, with the strategic acquisition of Warburton Technology, a leading producer of trace-mineral injections for cattle.

    • Advising Bluespring Wealth Partners LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kestra Financial in the acquisition of Believeland LLC.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., Columbia Law School, 1988
      • Associate Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
      • International Fellow, Columbia University
      • Parker School Certificate of Achievement in International Law
    • B.A., Government, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1985
      • Phi Beta Kappa
      • John Harvard and Harvard College honorary scholarships for academic achievement of the highest distinction

    Bar Admissions

    • California, 2001
    • District of Columbia, 1990
    • New York, 1996
    • Massachusetts, 1988

    Professional Affiliations

    • International Bar Association (IBA): Presidential Task Force, COVID Legal Policy Assessment, initiator and co-chair; IBA President’s Task Force, The Future of Legal Services, member; IBA Technology Committee, former co-chair

    Languages

    • German
    • Hebrew
    • French
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