Henri Benaim

Henri Stéphan Benaim is associate general counsel at Mellon. As a member of the Foundation’s legal team, he advises on matters related to nonprofit law, governance, grant structuring, and legal issues related to advancing diversity and equity in the Foundation’s grantmaking.

Previously, Henri was an associate in the Estate Planning and Tax Exempt Organizations practice at Milbank where he represented clients in complex estate planning, charitable planning, and art related matters. He began his professional career in the contemporary art world as the director of an internationally recognized art gallery in Beijing, China.

He holds a BA cum laude in literature and East Asian studies from Yale University and a JD from Columbia Law School where he was a Kent Scholar.