Described as a “phenomenal and practical deals lawyer” with a “wide mastery of trends in the industry” by Chambers, David Rubinsky advises both executives and employers on all aspects of executive compensation and other employee benefit matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions, as well as with individual and group employment and severance negotiations. He has extensive experience representing both private equity investors and management in their portfolio companies in structuring equity compensation and employment arrangements. David also advises public companies and their executives on employment, severance and change-in-control arrangements as well as on ongoing disclosure requirements for stock ownership.
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Work Highlights
- Numerous transactions for EQT and related entities, including its acquisitions of Zeus Company, Certara, Waystar, Madison Energy Investments, Cypress Creek Renewables and Lumos Networks, a majority of Heritage Environmental Services, acquisitions and sales of Aldevron and Press Ganey, and sales of Contanda and Clinical Innovations
- Numerous transactions for Hellman & Friedman and related entities, including its acquisitions of At Home Group, The NPD Group, Checkmarx, Edelman Financial and SnapAV, investment in Sprinklr, merger of Kronos and Ultimate, and sales of Renaissance Learning and Ellucian
- Numerous transactions for KKR and related entities, including its acquisitions of Simon & Schuster, Boasso Global, S&P Global’s Engineering Solutions business, Barracuda Networks, Overdrive, PetVet Care Centers, PharMerica Corporation, Covenant Surgical Partners and US Insurance Services, acquisition and sale of Epicor Software Corporation, and sales of Audiobooks.com and RBmedia
- DigitalBridge in their acquisition of Switch with IFM Investors and Landmark
- Numerous transactions for Stone Point Capital, including its acquisition of Ascensus, a minority stake in Truist Insurance Holdings and Focus Financial Partners with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- TCF in its merger with and Huntington
- CAVA, Snap One, Certara, PPD, Grocery Outlet, National Vision, Gardner Denver, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, La Quinta, First Data and Blue Buffalo in their IPOs
Education
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New York University School of Law, 1997 LL.M.
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Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 1996 J.D.
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Washington University, 1993 B.S.
Associations
- New York State Bar Association, Tax Section
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
Admissions
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District of Columbia 1999
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New York 1998
David Rubinsky is a Partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. David regularly advises both executives and employers on all aspects of executive compensation and other employee benefit matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and individual and group employment and severance negotiations.
David has extensive experience representing both private equity investors and members of management of their portfolio companies in structuring equity compensation and employment arrangements. He also regularly advises public companies and their executives in connection with employment, severance, and change in control arrangements, as well as with ongoing disclosure requirements with respect to stock ownership.
Representative transactions on which David has advised include:
- Numerous transactions for EQT and related entities, including its acquisitions of Zeus Company, Certara, Waystar, Madison Energy Investments, Cypress Creek Renewables and Lumos Networks, a majority of Heritage Environmental Services, acquisition, sale of Press Ganey, and sales of Aldevron, Contanda and Clinical Innovations
- Numerous transactions for Hellman & Friedman and related entities, including its acquisitions of At Home Group, The NPD Group, Checkmarx, Edelman Financial and SnapAV, investment in Sprinklr, merger of Kronos and Ultimate, and sales of Renaissance Learning and Ellucian
- Numerous transactions for KKR and related entities, including its acquisitions of Simon & Schuster, Boasso Global, S&P Global’s Engineering Solutions business, Barracuda Networks, Overdrive, PetVet Care Centers, PharMerica Corporation, Covenant Surgical Partners and US Insurance Services, acquisition and sale of Epicor Software Corporation, and sales of Audiobooks.com and RBmedia
- DigitalBridge in their acquisition of Switch with IFM Investors and Landmark
- Numerous transactions for Stone Point Capital, including its acquisition of Ascensus, a minority stake in Truist Insurance Holdings and Focus Financial Partners with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- TCF in its merger with and Huntington
- WW International in its acquisition of Weekend Health (d/b/a Sequence)
- TransUnion in its acquisition of Verisk Financial Services
- CorePoint Lodging in its sale to a joint venture between affiliates of Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management
- CAVA, Snap One, Certara, PPD, Grocery Outlet, National Vision, Gardner Denver, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, La Quinta, First Data and Blue Buffalo in their IPOs
David is ranked as a leading lawyer in employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Chambers USA, which notes that David has a “wide mastery of trends in the industry and provides good solutions to problems” and “is a phenomenal and practical deals lawyer” who can “distill facts very quickly.”
David received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He received his J.D. from Washington University School of Law and his B.S. from Washington University. David is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.