Neil Ruben
Partner
o: (203) 325-5010
nruben@fdh.com
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Neil advises private equity sponsors, venture and growth investors, boards of directors, founders, and companies at every stage of growth on transactions and strategic business matters.
He helps clients navigate acquisitions, investments, financings, recapitalizations, and governance issues with practical, business-focused advice tailored to their objectives. Known for his responsiveness and collaborative approach, Neil works closely with clients to manage time-sensitive matters efficiently while keeping commercial priorities at the forefront.
Drawing on experience across industries including AI, software, trades, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, professional services and consumer products, Neil quickly develops an understanding of each client's business and the challenges they face. His practice includes representing private equity, venture capital, and growth equity sponsors, as well as emerging and established companies, in complex transactions and ongoing corporate matters.
Neil has recently advised sponsor firms such as L Catterton, Gridiron Capital, and Dynamic Core Capital Partners, on acquisitions, investments, portfolio company matters and exits.
Recognized as a thought leader in the M&A community, Neil serves as co-chair of the NYSBA Business Law Section M&A Committee and frequently moderates panels and speaks at industry conferences and CLE programs on evolving transaction trends, market dynamics and deal execution strategies.
Neil regularly assists clients with:
- Acquiring and selling businesses
- Executing leveraged buyouts and add-on acquisitions
- Raising venture capital and growth equity financing
- Structuring co-investments and special purpose vehicles
- Navigating governance, equity, and day-to-day corporate matters
- Forming joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Managing recapitalizations, restructurings, and shareholder liquidity events
- Resolving corporate and commercial disputes
Honors
- Ranked in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers to Businesses in the area of Corporate/M&A (2025)
- Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer (Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisitions) in Fairfield County (2026)
- “Up and Coming” for Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners (2023, 2024)
Associations
- American Friends of Jordan River Village Foundation (a unique overnight camp for children living with serious illnesses and special needs and part of Paul Newman’s world-wide SeriousFun Children’s Network), Board of Directors (2016 – 2022)
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Fairfield County Bar Association
- Vice Chair of the NYSBA Business Law Section M&A Committee (2024)
- Co-Chair of the NYSBA Business Law Section M&A Committee - 2025 to Present
- Member of Executive Committee of NYSBA Business Law Section – 2025 to Present
Publications
- “Fiduciary Duty And Drag-Along Pitfalls And Drafting Tips, Deal Points – The Newsletter of the ABA Mergers and Acquisitions Committee,” (Fall 2017) (co-authored with Austin Pendleton)
- "Duty to Creditors in Insolvency and the Zone of Insolvency: Delaware and the Alternatives," NYU Journal of Law & Business, Volume 7-1 (2010), as cited in Quadrant Structured Products Co., Ltd. v. Vertin, 102 A.3d 155 (Del. Ch. Oct 01, 2014)