Rebecca Fine

CEO at Athena Art Finance

Speaker

Rebecca Fine is the CEO of global art lender, Athena Art Finance, and a leader in the fused worlds of art, finance and law. Athena Art Finance recently ranked as the only non-bank lender among the top 5 US art lenders.

Prior to founding Athena in 2015, Rebecca was a law partner, representing world-renowned art galleries, museums, foundations, and private collectors, and litigated disputes involving title, authenticity, attribution and restitution claims. Prior to that, Rebecca was a litigator at the law firms of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Wilmer Hale, where she acted as counsel to corporations and UHNWIs in complex multijurisdictional matters. She is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.

She and her all-women art finance team also manage Art Investments for Yieldstreet, a private market alternative investments platform. Since joining Yieldstreet in 2019, Rebecca’s team has launched 8 diversified art debt offerings, and 5 diversified art equity funds.