Joel L. Rubinstein is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s New York office. He has broad experience in corporate and securities matters.
Joel represents companies in public offerings of securities, private placements of securities (including PIPEs), mergers and acquisitions, going-private transactions, joint ventures, compliance with reporting requirements under U.S. securities laws, compliance with stock exchange rules and other general corporate matters.
Joel also represents private equity, venture capital and other private investment funds and their portfolio companies in investments, buyouts, exit transactions and fund formation. In addition, he regularly counsels institutional investors and fund-of-funds in connection with their investments in private equity and venture capital funds.
Joel has significant experience representing issuers, underwriters and hedge funds in connection with the initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, as well as business combination transactions between SPACs and operating companies.
Joel has substantial experience representing Israeli companies and investors in Israeli companies.
During law school, Joel was article editor of the Michigan Journal of International Law. At Wayne State University, he was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Representative Experience
Private Equity and Venture Capital Transactions
Representation of Riverwood Capital in its Series B and Series C investments in CloudBlue Technologies, an IT asset disposition company.
Representation of Pluna, a Uruguayan airline that is a portfolio company of Riverwood Capital, in obtaining equity financing from Jazz Air.
Representation of Galen Partners, a healthcare focused private equity fund, in its investments in:
- InTouch Technologies, Inc.
- Unisyn Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates, Inc.
- PeriGen
Representation of Spirit Music Group, Inc. in obtaining an equity investment from Babcock & Brown.
Representation of Pegasus Partners in financing the acquisition of assets by Classic Media, Inc. from Golden Books Entertainment, Inc.
Representation of ASPEED Software Corporation, a private software company, in obtaining Series A funding from Kodiak Venture Partners and Castile Ventures.
Representation of Rawflow Inc. in obtaining Series A funding from Benchmark Capital.
Fund Formation and Fund Investor Representation
Representation of Hilco Equity, a middle-market buyout fund, in its formation.
Representation of Tamir Fishman Ventures II, an Israeli venture capital fund, in its formation.
Representation of PMT, the Dutch metalworkers pension fund, as lead investor in over $150 million of investments in U.S. real estate investment funds.
Representation of RWB Private Capital, a German fund-of-funds, in investments in over 80 leading private equity and venture capital funds.
Representation of Chalkstream Capital in a secondary sale of a private equity fund interest.
SPAC IPOs
Representation of Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. in its $190 million IPO.
Representation of JWC Acquisition Corp. in its $125 million IPO.
Representation of Grassmere Acquisition Corporation in its $75 million IPO (in registration).
Representation of Oakmont Acquisition Corp. in its $51 million IPO.
Representation of Global Technology Industries in its $80 million IPO (filed but not completed).
Representation of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan as representative of the underwriters in:
- the $40 million IPO of Arcade China Acquisition Corp. (in registration)
- the $40 million IPO of L&L Acquisition Corp.
- the $55 million IPO of 57th Street General Acquisition Corp.
- the $60 million IPO of General Finance Corporation
- the $50 million IPO of Camden Learning Corporation
Representation of Banc of America Securities as representative of the underwriters in:
- the $250 million IPO of FIG Acquisition Corp. (filed but not completed)
- the $150 million IPO of Transformation Capital Corp. (filed but not completed)
PIPEs
Representation of Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC as the lead investor in a senior secured debentures and warrants PIPE investment in Global Aircraft Solutions Ltd. (GACF.OB), an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul provider and aircraft and engine broker.
Representation of RiT Technologies Ltd., Top Image Systems Ltd. and TTI Team Telecom International Ltd., each an Israeli high technology company listed on NASDAQ, in separate PIPE transactions raising private capital from various investment funds, and in subsequently registering the shares issued for resale.
Representation of NationsHealth Inc., a healthcare services provider listed on NASDAQ, in a PIPE transaction raising private capital from investment funds in exchange for convertible notes.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Representation of XLNT Veterinary Care, Inc. in its $120 million reverse merger with Echo Healthcare, Inc., a publicly traded SPAC.
Representation of IDT Entertainment, Inc. in its acquisitions of:
- Mainframe Entertainment, Inc., a Canadian publicly traded digital animation studio
- DKP Effects, Inc., a Canadian digital animation studio
- Film Roman, Inc., an animation studio
Representation of IDT Corporation in its acquisition of the assets of Winstar Communications Inc. pursuant to a sale order by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Other Experience
Represented Steel City Products, Inc. in going private, including related SEC filings.
Represented Thales Group in joint venture with L-3 Communications Systems relating to traffic collision avoidance systems.
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1994
- Wayne State University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1990
