Shiri Ben-Yishai

As General Counsel, Shiri offers more than 20 years of experience to her current role leading the full range of legal affairs across the entire Fanatics global enterprise. Shiri oversees the global legal, regulatory and compliance functions for the Fanatics family of companies and businesses, including commerce, collectibles, betting and gaming, and NFT’s.

Prior to Fanatics, Shiri was Chief Legal Officer for MacAndrews & Forbes and oversaw legal, compliance and regulatory matters for its family office and holding company of a diversified portfolio of public and private companies, including governance, transactional and strategic affairs and partnerships, structuring, negotiation, and execution of M&A, complex licensing and joint venture agreements, financings, and other transactions.

After serving in the air force intelligence branch of the Israel Defense Forces, Shiri began her legal career at Gornitzky & Co. in Tel-Aviv. Upon moving to the United States, Shiri practiced corporate and M&A law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and before joining MacAndrews & Forbes served as Managing Director at UBS.

Shiri earned her law degree and Master of Laws from Tel-Aviv University and serves on the New York City Bar Association Committee on Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Control Contests.