YAEL LUSTMANN
Managing Director
William Henry Associates
Yael Lustmann has over 20 years of experience in a wide range of business, advisory and legal environments, including acquisition, financing, joint ventures and restructuring transactions in several industries and countries.
Lustmann was a senior corporate attorney for over 10 years at leading international law firms, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York and Bingham McCutchen LLP in Los Angeles. She led a diverse range of corporate matters, with a focus on private and public M&A, private equity, and acquisition, mezzanine and asset-backed financing. Lustmann worked on deals in media and entertainment, technology, food and beverage, manufacturing and defense. Subsequently, she was a managing director at Cohen & Associates, where she managed the identification, evaluation, marketing and financing of syndicated real estate acquisitions. Lustmann is also an entrepreneur who launched a new frozen dessert retail concept, including financing, branding, product development, and corporate structuring.