William G. Pearlstein

Speaker/Author

• Author, “Congress, Cultural Property, Customs and the Courts,” Who Owns the Past?, American Council of Cultural Policy, Rutgers University Press(2005)
• 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,” Santa Fe, NM, August 2004, 2005, 2008
• Panelist, Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Institute, NY County Bar Association, November 2008
• Speaking engagements regarding cultural property issues and art market issues

Prior Legal Experience

• Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP
• Milgrim Thomajan & Lee PC
• Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Corporate and Commercial Law

Mr. Pearlstein is experienced in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions and financings, including:

• Private Equity transactions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Reorganizations and Restructurings
• Corporate Governance
• Commercial Transactions
• Licensing of Software and Intellectual Property.

Representative recent transactions:

• Represent PE funds in disposition by merger of controlling interest in food-industry software vendor
• Represent PE fund in acquisition by merger of radio traffic and billing software company
• Represent PE fund in private placement of serial preferred in a publicly-traded US trading platform
• Represent Indian pharmaceutical company in acquisition of controlling interest in a publicly-traded US pharmaceutical company
• Corporate restructuring of privately-held international footwear company
• Post-acquisition restructuring of affiliated TV and radio traffic and billing software entities
• Represent PE fund in multiple, leveraged acquisitions of publishing assets
• Represent electronic funds processor in serial license and service agreements

Art Law

Mr. Pearlstein represents leading private collectors and dealers in transactions, disputes and regulatory matters involving fine art and antiquities, including:

• Acquisitions and dispositions of fine art and antiquities
• Regulatory issues relating to the antiquities market
• Authenticity disputes

Significant matters:

• 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
• Special counsel to ARIS Corporation in connection with formulation of art title insurance policy
• Amicus Curiae brief to the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in US v. Schultz
• Amicus Curiae brief to the US Court of Appeals for the 4nd Circuit in ACCG v. US