Richard N. Bernstein

Richard N. Bernstein

Richard N. Bernstein focuses on corporate finance, including debt and equity, strategic and venture capital financings; mergers and acquisitions; distribution, licensing and technology transfer transactions; joint ventures; strategic partner transactions; and general corporate matters. He represents companies at all stages of development, with a wide range of industry experience including defense procurement, homeland security, software, Internet, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, aviation, and textile businesses. Richard also counsels private and public companies in a variety of matters including formation, financing, intellectual property, and strategic alliances. He has managed mergers and acquisition transactions and technology licensing matters in the U.S., Israel, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Areas of Concentration

· Mergers and acquisitions

· Venture capital and private equity

· International and cross border transactions

Significant Representations

· Successfully represented Argentina's Argencard SA, a credit card payment processor in Argentina and Uruguay, in its $200 million sale to First Data Corp., an electronic commerce and payment services company.

· United States General Counsel for a $3 billion Argentine private equity firm.

· Lead counsel in matter involving €50.0 million Euro denominated debt offering on behalf of Latin American foreign bank issuer.

· Special counsel to government of the United Kingdom involving a $480 million privatization transaction.

· Lead United States acquisition counsel for $10 billion foreign national airline carrier's repair and maintenance division.

· United States lead counsel for $60 million Israeli-based technology venture capital fund.

· Corporate counsel for reorganization matters for National Basketball Association franchisee, Miami HEAT.

· General Counsel for private aircraft developer in strategic partnership with Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.

· General Counsel for FTAA/Florida.

· General Counsel for the Miami Art Museum.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Dade County Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, The Florida Bar

· Member, Business Law Section

· Member, International Board of Trustees, The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University

· Member, Advisory Board, Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund

· Vice President, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

· Member, Board of Governors, Jewish Agency for Israel

· Founder and Chairman, Florida-Israel Chamber of Commerce

· Chairman, United Jewish Communities' Argentinean Relief Effort

Awards & Recognition

· Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law firm in Miami as selected by corporate directors, in the annual "Legal Industry Research Study" by Corporate Board Member magazine (eighth consecutive year), 2002-2009

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2004-2009

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, 2005-2007

· AV® Peer Review Rated

· Robert Russell Foundation Fellow, 1991

· Stanley C. Meyers Young Leadership Award, 1990

Other Experience

· Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1978 (inactive)

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Featured, "Greenberg shareholder guides $200M sale of Argentina company," Daily Business Review,December 27, 2006

Speeches

· Speaker, "US and European Privacy Laws Pertaining to E-Commerce," Annual Commercial Law Workshop of the Caribbean, 2001

· Speaker, "United States Privacy Laws," Center for International Studies, Salzburg, Austria, 2001

· Speaker, "Gramm-Leach-Biley and E-Commerce Privacy Laws," Leading Edge Alliance, 2001