Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has launched an intellectual property and technology transactions practice with the hire of Harry Rubin, a former Ropes & Gray corporate partner who will head the new group based in New York.

Kramer Levin announced Rubin’s hire in a statement Monday, describing the partner as an experienced adviser to businesses of all sizes and life stages, from startups to multinationals. Rubin is also fluent in four languages—German, French and Hebrew, in addition to English—and has focused part of his practice on deals in the European and Israeli markets, as well as domestic transactions in the U.S.