Shani Rivaux and Justin Rubin Discuss Pillsbury’s Israel Practice at Inaugural Tech & Invest Conference in Miami

At the conference, Rivaux and Rubin sat down with CTech, Calcalist’s tech column, to discuss the firm’s involvement in the Israeli tech industry.

“We really think about ourselves as a lifecycle firm where we work with a lot of Israeli companies, from startup to funding,” Rivaux said. “Whether it’s companies that are coming to invest in the United States or companies that are growing in Israel that are looking for funding, we work with every aspect and really look to be that strategic partner.”

In the area of advocacy and lobbying for Israeli companies, Rubin explained his role in helping companies that are emerging into the U.S. markets.

“We will work with the companies, identify the government budget and opportunities, and look at how we take that budget and match that up to capabilities companies have,” he said. “We meet with members of Congress regularly, both Democrats and Republicans. We're a very bipartisan practice, working with the Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security, who are the buyers and customers, working with program managers and others figuring out how to create that demand.”

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Pillsbury advises companies and investors doing business in Israel’s thriving market as well as Israeli companies doing business in the US and with commercial interests worldwide. The team draws on the firm’s leading strengths in the fast-growing technology, national security trade, and defense contracting, life sciences, financial and energy industries. Clients include multinational technology and life sciences businesses, including some of the most well-known tech names in the world, U.S. subsidiaries of Israel’s largest and most innovative defense and homeland security contractors, and hundreds of large and mid-cap public companies.

To learn more about Pillsbury’s Israel practice, click here.