Education and Honors
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law (1984), Notes and Comments Editor, Journal of International Law & Business, Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Student Writing
- B.A, cum laude, Yale College (1979)
Prior Legal Experience
- Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP
- Milgrim Thomajan & Lee PC
- Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Practice Area
Bar Admissions
- State of New York
Professional Activities
- Strategic Advisory Board, ARIS Corporation
- American Council for Cultural Policy (former Trustee)
- Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association (former member)
- International Cultural Property Committee, American Bar Association (former member)
Publications Available on this website...
- "Antiquities, Archeology and Cultural Diplomacy in the 21st Century," Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Institute, November 21, 2008
- "President's Cultural Property Advisory Committee, Washington DC," September 8, 2005
- "Visual Arts & the Law," August 11, 2005
- "President's Cultural Property Advisory Committee, Washington DC," February 17, 2005
Speaker/Author
- Author, "Congress, Cultural Property, Customs and the Courts," Who Owns the Past?, American Council of Cultural Policy, Rutgers University Press (2005)
- Contributing Editor, Art, Culture & the National Agenda: Preserving Our Heritage, Center for Arts and Culture (2001)
- Author, "Claims for the Repatriation of Cultural Property: Prospects for a Managed Antiquities Market," 28:1 Georgetown Journal of Law & Policy in International Business (1997)
- Author, "Jeanneret v. Vichey, Sales of Illegally Exported Art Under the Uniform Commercial Code," 6 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 275 (1984)
- Panelist, Continuing Legal Education, "Visual Arts & the Law," Sante Fe, NM, August 2004 and 2005.
- Panelist, Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Institute, New York County Lawyers' Association, New York, NY, November 21, 2008.
- Numerous interviews and speaking engagements regarding cultural property issues and art investment funds.
William G. Pearlstein
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-7020
t: 212.907.7385
f: 212.754.0330
wpearlstein@golenbock.com
Mr. Pearlstein is a seasoned corporate attorney with experience in a broad variety of corporate and commercial transactions and financings; including private equity transactions; mergers and acquisitions; reorganizations and restructurings; securities law reporting and compliance; corporate governance; commercial transactions; and licensing of software and intellectual property.
In addition, Mr. Pearlstein represents collectors, dealers and auction houses in transactions, disputes and regulatory matters involving fine art and antiquities, including purchases and sales of fine art and antiquities, regulatory issues relating to the antiquities market; attribution, authenticity and provenance; art title insurance; and art investment funds.
Recent representative corporate transactions handled by Mr. Pearlstein include:
- Corporate restructuring of well-known, privately held international footwear company.
- Representation of significant Indian pharmaceutical company in a phased acquisition of controlling equity position in a publicly traded US pharmaceutical company.
- Representation of private equity fund in acquisition by merger of a leading traffic and billing software company.
- Post-acquisition restructuring of affiliated traffic and billing software entities.
- Representation of private equity fund in multiple, leveraged, private acquisitions of publishing assets.
- Representation of private equity fund in leveraged, private acquisition of stove company assets.
- Representation of electronic funds processor in serial license and service agreements.
Recent transactions related to fine art and antiquities handled by Mr. Pearlstein include:
- Acting as special counsel to Sotheby's in connection with the application of The People's Republic of China for US import restrictions on Chinese cultural objects.
- Acting as special counsel to ARIS Corporation in connection with formulation of art title insurance policy.
- Filing of Amicus Curiae brief to the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in US v. Schultz.
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