Robert Benowitz, Partner

Phone: (212) 422-0488
E-mail: rbenowitz@ricksteinerlaw.com
Fax: (212) 422-0158

Robert Benowitz is an accomplished business attorney, having represented executives, public and private corporations, start-ups, and not-for-profit organizations on a range of legal matters for over 30 years. Mr. Benowitz’s principal areas of practice are general corporate, securities, and employment law. He has substantial experience developing and negotiating employment, severance and non-competition agreements for executives in a wide range of industries, including securities, asset management, insurance, health care, and media.

Prior to RSF&B, Benowitz was a partner with Rubin Baum LLP.

As a former attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission, he has special expertise in SEC enforcement matters, securities industry arbitrations and litigation, and SEC compliance and governance issues. His practice covers a broad spectrum of transactional work including mergers and acquisitions, formation and financing of new ventures, strategic alliances and joint ventures, and licensing, distribution, outsourcing and marketing arrangements.

Mr. Benowitz also has also worked extensively with insurance companies, third-party insureds, and third-party advisors on liability and risk management issues.

Mr. Benowitz served as an attorney with the SEC in the Division of Corporate Finance and the Division of Enforcement for six years.

Mr. Benowitz earned his JD from New York University School of Law and his BA from American University School of Government and Public Administration.

He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

Areas Of Practice:
Securities, Corporate & Business Services
Executive Compensation and Related Employment Matters
Employment Law
Healthcare
Nonprofit Organizations

Bar Admissions:
New York, 1972
Southern District of New York

Education:
New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1971
J.D.

American University School of Government and Public Administration, 1968
B.A.

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, Advance Concepts in Business and Finance, New York University Department of Laws and Taxation, 1988 - 1989