GARY RABKIN
Gary has over 20 years of domestic and international experience representing technology companies, with a particular focus on commercial and corporate transactions. He works with companies at all stages, from startups to VC funded and publicly traded. Gary often works with innovative companies as contract counsel, handling a variety of general corporate legal matters. He started his legal career at White & Case where he spent 11 years in their tech transactions and corporate groups.
Previously, he served as the head of the legal department at PCH International, a global manufacturing and supply company, and its Highway 1 hardware accelerator, where he managed a portfolio of equity investments in over 90 startups, Lime Lab hardware engineering design consultancy, and Fab.com internet retail platform.
Prior to that, he was the head lawyer at VYou, a startup social video platform. Gary has also worked as outside counsel with Coinbase, Actian, Imperva, and Payvment.
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Representative Client Transactions:
Coinbase (crypto/blockchain): Represented client in negotiating Custody Agreements, Prime Trading Agreements, listing agreements, and business development agreements. Product counseling, licensing, general corporate commercial matters.
Imperva (network security / hardware): Represented client in negotiating business development, IT, services, license, sales, marketing, Saas and vendor agreements.
Actian (data): Represented client in negotiating sales, marketing, professional services, IT, license, sales, marketing, business development, and vendor agreements.
Payvment (e-retail stores on Facebook): Represented client in negotiatingand drafted business development, e-commerce, licenses, terms of use agreements.
Deutsche Bank on negotiation and drafting of agreements for developing online software platforms for the provision of complex financial data.
Visa Inc. in largest IPO in U.S. history and corporate restructuring and resulting licenses and services agreements with Visa Europe (as “spinout” third party).
Microcell, a leading original design manufacturer for GSM handset devices in its $200 million sale to NASDAQ listed Flextronics, Ltd.
Amkor Technology in connection with its purchase of semiconductor testing assets of IBM in Singapore and China and entering into a long term supply contract for testing and assembly services.
Kisel Microelectronics, a Swedish company in the RF technology industry, in its acquisition by SiRF Technology.
Cirrus Logic, a leading integrated circuits manufacturer, in sale and licensing of video business assets and resulting strategic partnership in the U.S., China and Korea to private equity firms, Investcorp and August Capital.
Cirrus Logic in acquisitions of LuxSonor Semiconductors, Inc., a DVD chip manufacturer; Stream Machine Company, a leading video recording technology company; and of ShareWave, Inc., a leading video streaming company, Peak Audio, a leading digital audio company and sale of patent portfolio to Broadcom.
Broderbund/Riverdeep, an educational software company, in a management buyout.
Indiana University in acquisition of assets of The Foundation Incubator of Silicon Valley.
Public Film Works and Cinimation in corporate formation and private placement for financing of films.
Barry Callebaut, a Swiss company and leading candy manufacturer, in sale of Brach's Confections to Farley's & Sathers Candy Co. and in connection with joint development and joint venture agreements.
Education:
JD, American University, Washington, D.C.
• Upper Class Moot Court Competition: Awarded “Best Written Brief”
• Articles Editor, Human Rights Brief published by the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
BA, University of Oregon