Ruben A. Vassolo

Ruben Vassolo is a transactional business and real estate attorney. His passion is solving business problems and adding value to business and real estate transactions. Mr. Vassolo thrives by using his legal skills and business acumen to maximize the business objectives and legal rights of clients; minimize their risk and legal obligations; and help them develop, execute, and improve key business strategies.

Mr. Vassolo is a graduate of Harvard Law School and University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to founding Vassolo Law, he headed three in-house legal departments (including a public company’s); practiced law at the then largest law firm in the world; and represented a broad array of businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Vassolo is comfortable with numbers and has a strong business, math, economics, and accounting background. He also has native proficiency in Spanish and English. Mr. Vassolo has negotiated and drafted complex corporate, technology, and intellectual property contracts in Spanish and English throughout Latin America, including on behalf of some of the world’s largest media companies.

Mr. Vassolo's interest in continuing legal education dates back to his young associate days at Baker McKenzie in Los Angeles. As a third year associate, he authored his first CEB publication titled "Security Interests in Leaseholds After Taylor v Boussiere: A Guide for Lenders." (California Business Law Practitioner/CEB/Volume IV, Number 1 - Winter 1989.) Mr. Vassolo credits former CEB Editor Jo Sherlin for her expert and generous guidance throughout the writing process. He served as chair arbitrator in NASD (now FINRA) arbitrations and taught Business Law at University of California, Los Angeles Extension to hundreds of students, including corporate law, contracts law, real estate law, and commercial law.