Adv. Adam Kadesh is a partner in FISCHER’s tax practice. Adam has over 13 years of experience in the taxation field, and holds extensive knowledge in all areas of taxation, including corporate taxation, individual taxation, international taxation, taxation of mergers and acquisitions, trust taxation, VAT, land taxation, and the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law.
Adam provides legal advice and tax planning services to companies and individuals, residents of Israel and foreign resident. Adam represents clients in front of the ITA in various aspects, including for the purpose of obtaining preliminary approvals (“pre-rulings”), filing tax objections and managing assessment proceedings, voluntary disclosure proceedings, and more.
Adam has extensive experience in representing taxpayers against the tax authorities in front of the competent courts, including income tax appeals, VAT appeals, appeals under the Land Taxation Law, and representation of taxpayers in front of the Supreme Court in groundbreaking tax cases.
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Mr. Berman is a partner at FBC, specializing in U.S. and Israeli securities, corporate and commercial law.
His areas of practice include public offerings in the U.S., public and private M&A transactions, venture capital transactions (representing issuers and funds) and ongoing representation of hi-tech companies.
Alex’s practice also includes fund formation and representation and counseling of funds. Alex obtained his J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Alex was a partner at Sharir, Shiv & Co. until the firm joined FBC . Prior thereto, Alex spent seven years at the New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he worked in the Capital Markets Group, focusing on equity and debt financings, and in the Israeli Practice Group, concentrating on Israeli IPOs in the U.S. capital markets.
Ms. Korman Gafni is an associate in the Planning and Zoning practice at FBC.
Ms. Korman Gafni specializes in real estate and planning and zoning. Within this context, she handles the preparation and submission of plans, objections in various planning proceedings and appears before various legal entities, including district appeal committees, administrative and quasi-legal courts, critical appraisers, the Israel Land Authority and more.
Ms. Korman Gafni represents clients of the practice, including, developers and landowners, at all stages of the planning process.
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FBC - Amir Chen
Mr. Chen serves as FBC’s Managing Partner and heads the Real Estate and Planning & Zoning Department.
He focuses on the planning and execution of large-scale and complex real estate projects, real estate-related financing, and real property tax matters.
Mr. Chen is recognized as one of Israel’s leading deal-makers and is consistently ranked by international and domestic indices as one of the pre-eminent Israeli real estate attorneys. Mr. Chen advises and comments upon legislation in the real estate sector and frequently provides interviews, publishes and lectures on current trends in the Israeli real estate market.
Mr. Chen serves as Chairman of the Property and Real Estate Committee of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association, is a director and the academic coordinator at the Practical Law College, and is the academic director of the advanced real estate management course at the Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute at the IDC Herzliya.
Mr. Chen is active in a number of non-profit organizations and led FBC’s establishment of the Senior Citizen Support and Social Facilitation Clinic at the IDC Herzliya.
Mr. Amir Varon is a partner in FISCHER’s Aviation & Maritime and Hotels & Tourism practices.
He has special expertise in commercial litigation, class actions and commercial transactional matters involving, among others, consumer related claims, contractual claims and commercial law.
Mr. Varon represents major foreign airlines and other foreign and local companies operating in the tourism industry, in a variety of areas related to international aviation law, private international law, Israeli law and Israeli consumer-related and aviation-related regulatory matters.
FBC - Amit Pines
Mr. Pines is the head of FBC’s Liquidation & Receivership practice and Sports Law practice.
Mr. Pines has an extensive and diverse experience in complex and comprehensive insolvency cases, and has broad experience in all matters relating to insolvency procedures.
Mr. Pines acts from time to time as liquidator, receiver or trustee of companies or other entities and, especially on behalf of commercial banks. Mr. Pines has handled, in various positions, some of the most complex and major insolvency cases (including liquidation and restructuring) in Israel.
Mr. Pines has vast experience in non-profit organizations` laws, after serving as liquidator and/or special administrator to substantial amount of non-profit organizations, including political parties and sport enterprises.
Mr. Pines represents major clients in complex and comprehensive commercial disputes, and deals with diverse legal matters, including representation in civil and commercial cases in court, arbitrations and serves as an arbitrator.
Mr. Dat is the head of the Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice in FBC’s Corporate Department.
Mr. Dat’s practice concentrates on technology oriented legal matters. He provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies and public companies (local and multi-national) with respect to intellectual property, information technology, privacy, data protection, information security, commercial activities in the cyberspace, internet law, gaming, and media and entertainment law.
Mr. Dat has extensive experience in advising clients on various types of intellectual property transactions, including investment in companies whose primary asset is IP, development agreements, purchasing and licensing of intellectual property, content and data transfers, as well as services in the arena of big data, web intelligence industry and other information oriented transactions.
Mr. Dat is a member of the Israel group for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Mr. Bechler is a Senior Associate in FBC’s Labor & Employment practice, regularly advising domestic and multinational clients on various labor and employment related matters, including in complex litigation proceedings in different courts and tribunals. In particular, he has experience in representing employers in collective disputes and class actions in the field of labor and employment law.
Mr. Bechler has experience in accompanying employers in collective negotiations, reorganizations and layoff procedures. In addition, he provides general counsel to corporations and individuals on a wide scope of collective and personal employment matters.
Mr. Bechler leads the Firm’s immigration practice and is proficient in the various procedures for obtaining work permits and work visas for foreign employees in Israel. He regularly accompanies and guides multinational companies in proceedings for relocating employees to Israel. His extensive labor and employment law experience provides clients a comprehensive and full-range service in all aspects relating to the employment of workers in Israel, including negotiating and drafting employment contracts, and advice regarding employment terms and legal rights of foreign employees in Israel.
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FBC - Anat Shavit
Ms. Shavit is the head of FBC's Tax Department, recognized by international and domestic indices as one of Israel's leading tax practitioners.
Her diverse practice encompasses income tax, VAT, real estate tax, international tax matters, taxation of provident funds, tax implications of employee benefit plans, and compensation packages.
Ms. Shavit has considerable experience working with governmental and regulatory agencies involved in privatizations and restructurings.
Ms. Shavit has broad experience in handling complex M&A, financing, and capital markets transactions, and in the representation of venture capital and private equity funds in fund formation matters, as well as regarding investments in portfolio companies.
Ms. Shavit’s on-going work for Israeli and multinational clients includes advising on cross-border tax structuring, representation before the Israeli tax authorities in ruling requests and settlement agreements, and providing opinions on tax-related issues.
Ms. Shavit is Co-Chair of the Tax Committee of the Central District of the Israel Bar Association.
Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho is a partner in our Real Estate practice.
Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho has extensive expertise and a prominent reputation in leading significant large-scale construction projects, including residential projects, income-producing properties, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, and offices and hotels.
Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho has vast experience in complex real estate financing transactions and is skilled at representing both entrepreneurs and financial institutions.
Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho specializes in providing legal advice throughout all stages of real estate projects, including land purchase and due diligence, changes in the property's designation, issuing of building permits, handling infrastructure, raising financial support for the project, marketing of the project, and executing agreements with builders and contractors.
In addition, Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho advises her clients in all proceedings vis-à-vis relevant governmental and municipal bodies.
Mr. Gabay is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department, where he advises various foreign and Israeli venture capital and private equity funds, strategic investors and buyers with respect to their acquisitions and investments in Israel.
In addition, Mr. Gabay provides day-to-day general counseling to startup and mature technology & life science companies in diverse corporate and commercial matters, and has been involved in numerous complex international and domestic transactions; including equity investments, debt financing, venture lending, technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions and other corporate matters.
Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Gabay was an associate in the hi-tech department of a leading Israeli law firm.
Mr. Gurman is a senior associate in FBC’s Insolvency & Restructuring and Sports Law practices. He specializes in navigating complex legal issues surrounding company dissolutions and recoveries, bankruptcy, receiverships, and corporate reorganizations.
advises individuals, private and public companies, on intricate disputes across insolvency & restructuring, banking, commercial, and civil law matters. He also represents court-appointed officers, companies, shareholders, creditors, and investors in insolvency proceedings, including stays, creditors' arrangements, liquidations, and receiverships.
His multidisciplinary approach, honed through extensive experience representing sports bodies and in legal fields like litigation, insolvency, commercial, and corporate law, allows Aviad to provide clients with comprehensive and successful legal representation.
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FBC - Avraham Well
Mr. Well is the head of FBC’s Corporate practice. With over 25 years of experience, he is ranked by international and domestic indices as one of Israel’s premier corporate attorneys, specializing in debt restructuring, capital markets, banking & finance, corporate governance, securities regulation and M&A.
Mr. Well has been involved in numerous high-profile M&A transactions, including representing the Government of Israel in the privatization of major banks in Israel, advising the Eurocom Group in the acquisition of the controlling interest in Bezeq for NIS 6.5 billion (one of the largest M&A transactions ever in Israel), and advising The Bright Food Group in its acquisition of the controlling intesret in Tnuva (one of the largest Chinese investments in Israel).
Mr. Well has been involved in virtually all of Israel’s most significant restructurings, aggregating to billions of NIS of debt, and he is the first and only Israeli member of the International Insolvency Institute.
Mr. Well is frequently consulted by major Israeli regulatory agencies to develop and comment on proposed legislation and regulations, and appears frequently at conferences organized by the Israeli Securities Authority and the Israeli Formal Receiver.
Mr. Well was selected as a member of a committee appointed by the Ministry of Finance to examine the regulatory framework of tailor-made lending by institutional investors.
Ms. Reich-Mina is a partner in the Litigation practice in our firm.
Ms. Reich-Mina represents her clients in complex disputes in a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation proceedings.
Ms. Reich-Mina has unique expertise and in-depth experience in the field of administrative law. Within this framework, she manages and leads a variety of petitions submitted to the High Court in a broad range of areas, as well as administrative petitions in the field of tenders.
Ms. Reich-Mina provides ongoing legal counsel to public bodies that conduct tenders, to tender participants and tender committees.
Ms. Reich-Mina is considered an expert with an illustrious reputation in this field. She regularly lectures on a wide variety of litigation related matters and takes part in drafting various bills relating to tender law.
In recent years, Ms. Reich-Mina has won a number of complex precedent-setting petitions submitted to the High Court, on a variety of issues, including the application of the law on tenders to local corporations, and a petition establishing the illegality of external property tax collection agencies providing collection services for municipal authorities – which was chosen by “TheMarker”, a leading financial website in Israel, as one of the six most important rulings handed down by the High Court in 2018, and was labeled the "activist" among them.
Ms. Reich-Mina is the Legal Adviser of the Israel Export Institute. Within this context, she provides representation to all the Institute's activities, including to its Tenders Committee.
Ms. Reich-Mina served as Deputy Chair of the Bar Association's Courts Forum and was a member of the Bar Association's Litigation Committee, for six years.
Ms. Reich Mina interned with Adv. Hanan Melcer, the retired Vice President of the Supreme Court.
FBC - Barak GlickmanMr. Glickman is a partner in FBC’s Regulatory practice, representing Israeli and multinational commercial entities in regulatory matters in various areas, particularly communications, energy and food.
FBC - Boaz Noiman
Mr. Noiman is a partner in FBC’s Corporate Department, where his practice focuses on M&A, capital markets, debt restructuring and private equity.
Mr. Noiman provides general corporate counsel and legal opinions to public and private multinationals and domestic companies with respect to their ongoing business operations and interaction with the Israel Securities Authority and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Mr. Noiman has been involved in Israel’s most significant and complex restructurings, representing both companies and bondholders, as well as in many major public offerings and private placements.
Mr. Tavor is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department. His practice concentrates on development projects in Israel, sale and lease of income-yielding properties (office buildings, commercial centers and industrial parks) and other real estate assets.
Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Tavor served as an associate in an Israeli law firm and specialized in real estate and planning & zoning.
Ms. Cohen is a senior associate in FBC’s Litigation Department, her practice concentrates on litigating commercial and administrative disputes.
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Cohen worked as a legal clerk in the legal department of the Supreme Court of Israel, following her legal internship there. She also completed a legal internship in the criminal department of the State Attorney's Office.
During her academic studies, Ms. Cohen acted as a teaching assistant in various fields and served as a member of the "Hukim" Law Review editorial board.
Recently Ms. Cohen acted as a frontal teaching assistant for Dr. Uri Ben-Uliel in the area of Contract Law at the College of Law and Business.
FBC - Dikla Lavy Fischer
Ms. Lavy-Fischer is a partner in FBC’s Corporate Department and specializes in banking and finance transactions.
Ms. Lavy-Fischer represents both lenders and borrowers in domestic and international financing transactions, such as syndicated finance, mezzanine loans, and complex secured debt transactions. In addition, she also counsels Israeli and foreign financial institutions with respect to financial regulation issues.
Ms. Lavy-Fischer also advises on debt financing arrangements, and has advised on one of the largest debt financing arrangements in Israel.
Mr. Kol is a partner in the Litigation Department, where he specializes in commercial litigation and commercial disputes, with particular expertise in libel and slander, privacy law, media law and gag orders.
Mr. Kol served as an assistant lecturer in criminal law and civil procedure at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) as well as in the IDC's annual moot court program.
During his legal studies, Mr. Kol served as a research assistant at the IDC Herzliya, Faculty of Law, as well as a member of the editorial board of the IDC Herzliya Law Review.
FBC - Dror Matatyahu
Mr. Matatyahu is a partner and the head of FBC's White Collar Department, where he represents companies and individuals before various courts and tribunals in connection with allegations of committing criminal offenses. He also provides in-depth expert opinions in this field.
Mr. Matatyahu is recognized by Israel's leading indices, D&B and BDI, as one of Israel's most prominent white collar crime attorneys, and was selected by a leading Israeli newspaper as "One of the Best" and most promising lawyers in the field.
Mr. Matatyahu serves as the head of the Law and Communications Committee of the Israel Bar Association, which deals with issues relating to white collar crime, including gag orders, information leaks to the media, and invasion and violation of privacy. In addition, he serves as a member of the National Criminal Bar Association and the Anti-Money Laundering Committee.
Mr. Levy is a partner in the firm's Real Estate Department, specializing in real estate law (including real estate taxation) and planning and zoning law.
Mr. Levy regularly advises clients on some of the most noteworthy real estate transactions in Israel. He brings a combination of legal and business perspective to the table helping clients to develop overall legal and commercial strategy to achieve their business goals.
Mr. Levy represents clients in real estate transactions of all types, often valued in the billions of shekels, including residential, office and commercial projects, complex mixed-use projects and office/residential campuses, tenders (including under the government’s subsidized apartment program), rights transfer transactions, income producing properties, purchase groups, hotels and buildings designated for presentation and others.
Mr. Levy also specializes in real estate taxation and planning and construction laws and is regularly involved in major real estate transactions in the Israeli market.
Mr. Levy has extensive experience in advising clients at all stages of complex projects - purchasing the land, obtaining required permits, financing, and registration.
Mr. Levy also specializes in advising clients in various proceedings with local authorities.
In addition, Mr. Levy represents leading Israeli banks and private parties regarding the financing of real estate transactions.
Mr. Levy provides ongoing legal counsel to all his clients, participating in negotiations and managing transactions in a variety of commercial areas.
In addition to his work at the firm, Mr. Levy lectures at the Lahav Management Development Program, at Tel Aviv University.
FBC - Efrat Sharon
Ms. Sharon is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department, where her practice concentrates on planning & zoning matters.
Ms. Sharon's practice handles the initiation, promotion and support of major city planning. Her practice supports its clients in each stage of the planning approval process, starting from the initial and conceptual stages of the plans, through the promotion of the plans in the various planning committees, and culminating in the actual construction phase.
Ms. Sharon's practice also deals with planning-related litigation proceedings, such as the handling of objections and appeals regarding the city plans at all levels; "betterment" tax; claims for damages regarding city plans under Section 197 of the Planning and Zoning Law, and more. In addition, her practice handles the various stages of construction licensing and building permits.
Mr. Koresh is a multidisciplinary lawyer (“ALL-AROUND PLAYER”) and among the well-known and most influential ones in the Israeli legal arena.
Mr. Koresh has an exceptional reputation in multiple areas of law, which he has accumulated over many years of comprehensive, complex, and varied professional activity.
Mr. Koresh has unique expertise in all aspects of Commercial Law with extensive experience in various aspects of the real estate field.
Mr. Koresh’s ability to execute complex transactions, in an ever-evolving business and regulatory environment, has made him an essential point of contact for his clients, which are among the largest corporations in the Israeli market, and abroad. Within this framework, Mr. Koresh provides his clients with comprehensive strategic, regulatory, economic commercial and financial advice.
In recent years, he has represented a long list of transactions, projects, and procedures in the fields of real estate, infrastructure, communications, antitrust, gas, energy and more, among the most significant and precedent-setting in the Israeli market.
Mr. Koresh represents his clients in their day-to-day dealings with regulatory bodies, including representing legislative and privatization procedures that have a significant impact on corporate activity.
In addition, Mr. Koresh represents senior executives in both the private and public sectors, in complex and sensitive proceedings; leads multinational transactions, while crafting creative solutions that combine a wide range of legal practices; represents intergenerational transfer procedures, advises family businesses, and specializes in crisis management, representing businesses and legal crisis issues.
Mr. Koresh advises and represents his clients in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (arbitration and mediation) and has a unique specialization in political litigation.
FBC - Eran YanivMr. Yaniv is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department, acting for clients in a variety of cross-border corporate transactions with an emphasis on technology, life sciences and venture capital investments.Mr. Yaniv has a particular expertise in hi-tech and complex international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and public offerings. He is involved in the structuring and representation of venture capital, mezzanine, and hedge funds operating in Israel and the United States, and has significant experience in restructuring, debt financing, and spin-offs. He regularly advises public and private companies on strategic collaborations, technology licensing, and securities issuances.Mr. Yaniv serves as the Co-Chairman of the Corporate Committee of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association.Mr. Yaniv lectures as part of the graduate program in Business Management at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and serves as the joint chairman of the Corporate Committee of the Israel Bar Association.
Eran Reichman specializes in corporate and commercial law. His primary areas of practice include venture capital transactions and providing ongoing advice to corporate clients.
FBC - Etti DolevMs. Dolev is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects in Israel and abroad, sale and lease of income-yielding properties (office buildings, commercial centers and industrial parks) and other real estate assets (large-scale residential projects, including urban renewal projects), combination transactions, real estate taxation, and real estate litigation.Ms. Dolev advises on all aspects of initiating and establishing residential and commercial projects, including planning the outline of the acquisition; financing the acquisition and establishing the project; managing negotiations and finalizing agreements with contractors, service providers and financial institutions; and advising on relations with municipal councils and planning authorities.
Mr. Sharir is co-head of FBC’s Hi-Tech, Technology & Venture Capital Department and a partner in the firm's Corporate Department.
Mr. Sharir specializes in corporate, securities and commercial law. His primary practice areas include ongoing representation of start-ups and mature corporate clients, including in connection with commercial and strategic transactions, venture capital and other private equity transactions and M&A transactions.
Mr. Sharir represents investors in venture capital limited partnerships and advises international investors and venture capital funds with respect to their investments in Israel.
Mr. Sharir has been involved in the high-tech and venture capital industries since the initial stages of their emergence in Israel in the early 1990’s. The breadth of his legal and practical experience has made Galai a respected advisor by corporate clients and investors alike.
Mr. Sharir obtained his LL.B. from Tel Aviv University, where he served as an editorial staff member of the Iyunei Mishpat Law Review.
Mr. Sharir was a co-founder at Sharir, Shiv & Co. until the firm joined FBC.
Ms. Shitzer is a partner and Co-Manager in the Planning and Zoning practice of our firm.
Ms. Shitzer has over 20 years of comprehensive experience in all aspects of planning and zoning, including representation of residential, commercial, and industrial developers, on behalf of both landowners and construction companies; providing extensive legal advice, both private and institutional, and appearing before various planning institutions. Ms. Shitzer also advises clients with respect to dispute resolution matters and appears in courts and before appeal committees.
Throughout her years of experience, Ms. Shitzer has served as outside general counsel to local planning and zoning committees. Within this context, Ms. Shitzer has provided extensive representation to local committees and developers and appeared before the various planning committees, appeal committees, administrative courts and the High Court.
In addition to her vast expertise in the field of planning and zoning, Ms. Shitzer also has extensive experience in the field of civil litigation and appears in all the various courts.
Within this framework, Ms. Shitzer handles the preparation and approval of city building plans before the planning institutions and provides representation regarding the implementation of such plans, from start to finish. Ms. Shitzer also advises with respect to Section 197 of the Planning and Zoning Law, for claims of damages valued at tens of millions of NIS and in claims concerning expropriations compensation and seizures of power in expropriated land, as well as various legal proceedings regarding betterment levies, including appearances before crucial appraisers and appeal committees, as well as representation in complex planning and licensing procedures.
Ms. Shitzer’s clients include some of the largest and most prominent real estate companies and developers in the Israeli market.
Ms. Shitzer lectures at conferences and seminars in the field of planning and zoning, before real estate appraisers and lawyers, and is regularly interviewed in leading economic newspapers in Israel for her expertise in the field of planning and zoning.
Ms. Shitzer also serves as a certified Mediator on behalf of the Bar Association.
Ms. Seroussi's represents companies and individuals before various courts and tribunals in connection with allegations of committing international criminal offenses and cross-border white collar crime offenses, including tax fraud, money laundering and cyber offences.
Ms. Seroussi studied law at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her international profile enables her to provide in-depth expert opinions in international criminal cases and especially in the ones involving France and Israel.
Ms. Seroussi serves as Deputy Chair of the International Forum - Israel and France of the Israel Bar Association.
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FBC - Dr. Gil Orion
Dr. Orion, co-head of FBC’s Litigation Department and the head of the Class Actions & Derivative Suits practice, is recognized by international and domestic indices as one of Israel’s most highly-regarded litigators and one of the leading practitioners in the area of class actions and derivative suits.
His practice spans the field of complex commercial litigation, securities law matters, and international and domestic arbitrations, and he is a well-known speaker and author on a range of topics related to commercial litigation and class action defense.
Dr. Orion received his doctorate in 1996 from Harvard Law School in the fields of corporate law and securities regulation. He has also served as an assistant lecturer for contract law and held the position of editor and member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review.
Dr. Orion serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Israel Bar Association's Class Actions Committee.
FBC - Gilad Winkler
Gilad Winkler is a partner in FBC's corporate practice and the co-head of its project finance and energy practice, one of the leading practices in Israel. He advises many of the world's most prominent companies in Israel's most significant infrastructure, projects and energy matters, totaling billions of dollars.
Mr. Winkler is ranked by Chambers and Partners as an outstanding lawyer and one of the leading energy practitioners in Israel; he is also ranked as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 and by IFLR 1000.
With over 15 years of experience, Mr. Winkler has been involved in many of the highest-profile and largest transactions in the Israeli market, and has represented leading Israeli and multinational companies in a wide range of industries and sectors, including energy, finance, infrastructure, transportation, natural gas, water and the photovoltaic (PV) energy field, with particular focus on the complex regulatory and real estate aspects that are integral to this sector.
Mr. Winkler has been involved in many large-scale infrastructure and energy projects in Israel and abroad, including projects concerning the construction and operation of roads, railways, power plants, and renewable energy facilities, such as the Tel Aviv Light Rail project, the Gilboa Pumped Storage Plant, as well as other various energy projects utilizing renewable energy technologies and gas infrastructure.
In addition to Israel, Mr. Winkler's countries of legal expertise in the infrastructure and energy field include England, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Mr. Hezi Kattan is a partner in our Infrastructure, Project Finance & Energy practice.
Mr. Kattan has more than two decades of unique managerial and legal experience in accompanying corporations and complex transactions, especially in the fields of infrastructure, energy, real estate, and financing. He gained experience in his many years serving, among other duties, as the general counsel in global companies, traded in Israel and abroad, and operating mainly in the fields of infrastructure, energy, and real estate.
Among his many roles, Mr. Kattan served as the General Counsel of Shikun & Binui (2006-2017) and of Ormat Technologies (2018-2021).
As part of his diverse roles, he has led extensive legal activity, in Israel and abroad. Among other activities, Mr. Kattan coordinated the legal aspects of mega infrastructure projects, renewable energy (including solar and geothermal projects) and transportation; mega-scale financing transactions; tenders in Israel and around the world; development of projects and mergers and acquisitions. He also guided the legal work of joint ventures and partnerships in connection with local and international companies for the development of infrastructure projects.
Mr. Kattan has unique experience in leading legal teams and managing all legal aspects related to the activities of large-scale companies traded in Israel and around the world, including in the fields of corporate law; financing; securities law; IPOs and listing for trade; and more.
He holds a Bachelor of Law from Tel Aviv University and a Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University.
Ms. Sachs is a Senior Associate in FBC's Labor & Employment Department.
Ms. Sachs advises corporations and individual clients on a wide range of labor and employment law matters, and represents clients in different litigation proceedings in various courts, including with respect to individual litigation, collective employment disputes, and arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Sachs was an associate in the labor and employment law department of a leading commercial law firm.
Mr. Itay Brafman is a partner in FISCHER’s Capital Markets practice, where he heads the Oil & Gas, R&D (publicly traded VCs) and Film production Partnerships’ practice.
Since 1993, Mr. Brafman specializes in representing corporations in their ongoing corporate matters and in all matters relating to capital markets (public offerings, private placements etc.) and has unique expertise in providing legal advice to limited partnerships in general (both public and private) and specifically, to public limited partnerships.
Additionally, Mr. Brafman has extensive experience in representing publicly traded corporations listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange as well as investors and corporations raising public and private capital in Israel and providing ongoing legal representation to pre and post-IPO corporations.
In the field of Oil & Gas, in addition to his expertise in capital markets, Mr. Brafman provides ongoing representation to local and foreign oil and gas corporations throughout the course of their business, from the acquisition of oil and gas interests in Israel and abroad, through international agreements, joint operating agreements (JOA’s), agreements for the acquisition of oil interests (including farmout agreements), transactions with geological survey companies, drilling rig companies and Israeli and international energy service contractors, applications for onshore and offshore oil exploration licenses and agreements for the financing of corporations that operate in this industry.
In the field of R&D, in addition to his involvement in the structuring and raising of funds for R&D partnerships (both private and publicly traded VCs), Mr. Brafman also provides ongoing representation to said partnerships in the ordinary course of their business, including involvement in the negotiating and drafting of investment agreements.
In the film industry, Mr. Brafman represents film production partnerships (private and public) on a regular basis in their day-and-day activities and accompanies and advises them in raising capital.
Lastly, Mr. Brafman provides legal advice to the firm’s clients on their relationship with the relevant regulatory bodies including the Petroleum Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy, the Israeli Securities Authority, the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, the Israeli Innovation Authority, the Tax Authority, and various other government agencies.
Mr. Brafman is also a certified notary in Israel.
Ms. Rabinovich is a Senior Associate in FBC’s Litigation Department. Her practice concentrates on corporate and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on class actions and derivative suits.
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Rabinovich clerked for the Honorable Justice Daphne Barak-Erez of the Supreme Court of Israel.
During her legal studies, Ms. Rabinovich was a member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review, as well as an editor of the Law, Society and Culture book series. Ms. Rabinovich also served as a research and teaching assistant at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.
Mr. Shtang is a senior associate in FBC’s Tax practice.
His practice concentrates on a wide range of tax law matters, including domestic income taxation, international taxation, real estate taxation and VAT.
Mr. Shtang provides legal opinions and tax planning to domestic and multinational corporations and individuals and assists in obtaining tax rulings and other arrangements with the Israeli Tax Authorities.
He advises on tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the laws for the encouragement of capital investments, as well as tax planning for clients of FBC’s Private Asset Management practice.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shtang worked as an accountant at Deloitte Israel.
Mr. Libchik is a partner in the Planning and Zoning practice of our firm.
Mr. Libchik specializes in representing entrepreneurs and construction companies in litigation involved in planning proceedings, both with the various planning committees and in the courts.
Mr. Libchik advises his clients throughout the complex planning process, from consulting in the land purchase stage, to representation in the planning proceedings, in the licensing procedures and in proceedings to reduce the burden of the betterment levies.
In addition to his specialization in planning and zoning, Mr. Libchik has particular experience in administrative and public law and advises his clients in municipal taxation and business licensing.
With a combination of expertise and creativity, Mr. Libchik has successfully developed innovative legal constructs that have led to precedential rulings in the fields of planning and construction and administrative law.
Mr. Tessone is a partner in the firm's Real Estate Department.
Mr. Tessone advises on real estate transactions, both local and international, including counseling to real estate entrepreneurs in a wide range of enterprises and transactions, advising on urban renewal projects, establishment of real estate investment funds and representing of various builders and purchase groups, and providing day-to-day consulting to numerous companies.
Mr. Tessone provides clients with thorough legal counseling while advising on all stages of the real estate transaction, from the initiation and land purchase, advising on the license and financing procedures, engagement with builders and consultants, through to the project's completion, including representation before various authorities including Israeli Land Authority, Tax authorities, municipalities and appeal committees.
Ms. Judy Amidor is a partner in the Hi-Tech, Technology and Venture Capital practice of FISCHER.
Ms. Amidor specializes in merger and acquisition transactions, intellectual property, finance transactions, licensing agreements, capital raising, regulation (including privacy law) and corporate transactions in Israel and abroad.
Ms. Amidor provides ongoing counsel to companies, particularly companies in the hi-tech and biotechnology fields, on various matters, including, mergers and acquisitions. She specializes in corporate finance, commercial and technology agreements, and commercial and technological matters in the intellectual property field.
Ms. Amidor has vast experience regarding regulatory processes in Israel and abroad, and advises her clients on an array of matters, including complicated commercial agreements with global companies, universities, hospitals in the fields of pharmaceuticals, intellectual property, personal data, health data, clinical trials, AI, and more.
Amongst Ms. Amidor’s clients are leading start-ups, hi-tech companies and global companies.
Ms. Kravits is an associate in FBC’s Corporate Department.
She provides general counsel to companies in the field of energy and infrastructure, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, domestic as well as cross-border commercial transactions and tenders.
Ms. Elbaz-Avisar is a senior associate in FBC’s Project Finance & Energy Department.
Ms. Elbaz-Avisar works on various aspects of project finance transactions including, the development, acquisition, disposal and funding of energy and infrastructure assets.
Ms. Elbaz-Avisar has experience advising international and Israeli consortium members, project companies, lenders and funds on domestic and cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining FBC & Co., Ms. Elbaz-Avisar was an associate at Allen & Overy LLP, Paris Office.
FBC - Liat Halperin
Ms. Halperin is a partner in the Corporate Department and provides general counsel to foreign and domestic clients in diverse corporate, commercial, and financing transactions.
Ms. Halperin has specific expertise in the fields of venture capital, private equity, debt restructuring, technology & life sciences and M&A, and has been involved in numerous complex international corporate and commercial transactions.
Among Ms. Halperin's clients are international corporations, venture capital and private equity funds, public companies, and emerging growth companies in the various stages of their development.
FBC - Lihi Blumenfeld
Mrs. Blumenfeld is a partner in FBC’s Liquidation & Receivership practice, responsible for handling complex litigation and arbitration cases.
Mrs. Blumenfeld has extensive and diverse experience in representing major clients in complex and comprehensive procedures, and routinely deals with diverse legal matters, including representation in civil and commercial cases in court and arbitration, professional negligence, companies` law, banking and securities law and liquidation proceedings.
In the aspect of banking laws, Mrs. Blumenfeld represents several leading banks in lawsuits concerning the ongoing relationship between a bank and its clients, including, inter alia, claims of negligence on the part of the bank, breaching of banks` duties toward its clients, etc.
In the aspect of professional negligence, Mrs. Blumenfeld represents insurance companies in various kinds of lawsuits brought against legal attorneys, which are based upon various kinds of claims.
Mrs. Blumenfeld handles complex and comprehensive liquidations, and has broad experience in all matters relating to liquidation and receivership procedures of corporate insolvency. She acts from time to time as liquidator or receiver of companies, especially on behalf banks in Israel.
Mrs. Blumenfeld guides and follows cases from the initial stages of the controversial disputes, through preliminary proceedings, litigation proceedings in courts, and appeals.
Ms. Linhard is an associate in FBC’s Aviation & Maritime and Hotels & Tourism practices.
Ms. Linhard provides general counsel to major foreign and local airlines in a variety of areas related to international aviation law.
Ms. Linhard specializes in representing foreign and domestic airlines in class actions, as well as providing ongoing legal advice and handles passenger’s claims.
Ms. Usherovich is a partner and head of the Real Estate Litigation practice in our firm.
Ms. Usherovich has in-depth experience and unique expertise in the field of real estate litigation and its various aspects. Within this context, Ms. Usherovich specializes in managing and leading dissolution of partnership lawsuits, shareholder disputes in real estate companies, lawsuits against the Israel Land Authority, contractual disputes, lawsuits involving hold-over tenants, construction defect claims and more.
In addition, Ms. Usherovich has extensive experience in representing clients on a wide range of issues in the field of civil law, including contractual lawsuits, defamation lawsuits, shareholder disputes, petitions to the High Court, administrative petitions and more. Within this context, she represents individuals and companies - private, public, local and foreign - in all courts and tribunals, including in mediation, arbitration and more.
FBC - Meital Ben Basat
Mrs. Ben-Basat is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department and her practice concentrates on corporate and securities-related litigation and commercial disputes.
Within this framework, she provides comprehensive legal assistance and advice for class actions and derivative claims, complex litigation, disputes with broad and precedential implications including arbitration, mediation and shareholder disputes-real estate litigation, lawsuits concerning technological products in international markets, and more.
Ms. Ben-Basat represents a wide range of companies, from local businesses to leading multinational companies, in a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, e-commerce, real estate, hospitals, start-ups and more. She also has extensive experience in all court proceedings and tribunals, from arbitration and mediation to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Shachar is an associate in FBC’s Insolvency & Restructuring and Litigation practices.
Mr. Shachar provides legal counsel to individuals, private and public companies, particularly on complex disputes relating to insolvency & restructuring, banking, commercial law and represents clients in civil and commercial cases in diverse legal matters.
Mr. Shachar represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
FBC - Michael Zellermayer
Mr. Zellermayer is a partner at FBC. His practice specializes in local & cross-country Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & Commercial Law, Banking & Finance and Telecommunications, with extensive experience in the fields of Capital Markets and Energy & Infrastructure.
Mr. Zellermayer represents acquirers in some of the largest and high-profile M&A transactions in Israel, including the Apax-Saban-Arkin group in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Bezeq Telecommunications, the largest telecom provider in Israel, as well as in the sale of such holdings in exchange for US$2.2 billion, Saban Capital Group in the acquisition of a controlling interest in Partner-Orange, one of the leading cellular operators in Israel, in consideration for approx. US$400 million, SI Corporation, a Delaware corporation traded on the NASDAQ, in a US$750 million stock-for-stock acquisition of Fundtech Ltd., an Israeli company (dual listed on TASE and NASDAQ), EndoChoice Inc., in a stock-for-stock acquisition of Peer Medical Ltd., valued at US$150 million, Apax Partners in the acquisition of Psagot Investment House, the largest investment house in Israel, in exchange for US$800 million; Apax Partners in the acquisition of Tnuva, one of Israel's largest privately-held conglomerates, in a transaction valued at over US$1 billion and Permira in the acquisition of Netafim, valued at approx. $850 million.
Mr. Zellermayer was recently ranked as a leading individual in Corporate and M&A by Legal 500, and is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in Israel by major local and international indices.
FBC - Michal FaktorMs. Faktor is a partner in FBC's Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects, financing transactions for real estate projects, combination transactions, purchase groups, sale & leasebacks of logistics sites & buildings, and income-yielding properties, including shopping malls, office buildings, commercial centers and nursing homes.Ms. Faktor's clients include Israel's leading real estate, construction and insurance companies, institutional and private investors and REITs.
Ms. Nissani Josefson is a partner in our firm’s Corporate practice. Ms. Nissani Josefson possesses diverse expertise in multiple fields, including Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Securities Law. In addition, Ms. Nissani Josefson is experienced in corporate finance and high-level corporate matters.
Ms. Nissani Josefson represents public and private companies in a variety of M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and other corporate matters, as well as commercial entities engaged in highly regulated industries, with an emphasize in the insurance and health sectors.
Ms. Nissani Josefson represents major Israeli public companies in securities matters and has represented issuers in several initial public offering in the last few years.
Ms. Sela is a partner in FBC’s Litigation Department and has extensive experience in representing leading multinational and domestic companies in class actions, derivative suits and complex commercial disputes
Ms. Sela represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
She represents major clients in a wide range of industries, including communications, insurance, technology, pharmaceutical, banking and energy.
During her undergraduate studies, Ms. Sela served as a member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review.
In addition, Ms. Sela is a certified mediator.
FBC - Miri Kimhi
Ms. Kimhi is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department and the head of its Banking & Finance practice.
Ms. Kimhi specializes in finance, banking and financial regulation. Ms. Kimhi has advised on numerous complex financing transactions, especially in transactions involving securities, and in the structuring of innovative financial instruments for her clients. She also regularly advises major Israeli and foreign clients in banking regulation and in the regulation of financial institutions.
FBC - Moran Friedman
Mrs. Friedman is a senior associate in the Labor & Employment Department.
Mrs. Friedman specializes in all aspects of labor law and labor relations, including collective bargaining, labor disputes, strikes and organized actions, collective agreements, and collective litigation.
Mrs. Friedman also specializes in employer-employee litigation, labor contracts, and labor relations, and represents clients in various tribunals in all forms of labor disputes.
Mrs. Rabbia-Perera is a partner in FBC's Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects, planning and zoning, sale and lease of real estate assets, and real estate taxation.
FBC - Nitzan Sandor Ms. Sandor is a partner in the Corporate Department, where her practice concentrates on capital markets and M&A.Ms. Sandor represents major Israeli public companies and dual-listed corporations on securities laws matters and has represented issuers in several of Israel's largest securities offerings.Ms. Sandor has also advised clients in connection with regulatory reforms in the corporate and securities laws and in the regulation of investment companies.
FBC - Noa Barhum
Ms. Barhum is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department. Ms. Barhum provides legal counsel to individuals, private and public companies. Ms. Barhum's practice involves both commercial and civil litigation. Her practice concentrates on claims filed against directors and functionaries as well as derivative suits.
Ms. Noa Lev Goldstein (Adv. and CPA) is a partner and co-head of our firm’s Tax practice.
Ms. Lev Goldstein is considered one of Israel’s leading tax lawyers. With over 25 years in the field, Ms. Lev Goldstein has a wealth of experience, including a 12-year tenure in senior positions at the Israel Tax Authority. In her most recent role, she served as a senior field manager and cell coordinator at an assessment office for large factories.
Ms. Lev Goldstein has significant knowledge and experience in all aspects of taxation, including corporate, individual, mergers and reorganization, international, transfer pricing, investor benefits, options and senior officer taxation, trust taxation and non-profit taxation. In addition, Ms. Lev Goldstein has extensive expertise in the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law, the Real Estate Tax Law and the Value Added Tax Law.
In addition, Ms. Lev Goldstein has exceptional tax litigation expertise. In this framework, she has represented clients in several precedent-setting rulings published in Israel in recent years, including Michael Sapir's ruling regarding the splitting of the family unit for tax purposes; the rule of order regarding the lack of compensation VAT liability; the ruling of YGM regarding the absence of VAT taxation of Nostro investors, and more.
In recent years, Ms. Lev Goldstein has accompanied clients from various sectors and areas of activity in some of the largest and most complex transactions in Israel’s economy, from planning the transaction and providing legal opinions, to obtaining approvals from the relevant Tax Authority departments (rulings) that facilitate the execution of a transaction. In addition, Ms. Lev Goldstein represents many taxpayers in tax assessments before the Tax Authority on a wide range of issues, including income tax, corporate tax, international taxation, trust taxation, senior officer options and remuneration, value added tax and real estate taxation.
Ms. Lev Goldstein's clients include Israeli and foreign residents, Israeli and multinational corporations operating in a variety of sectors, and companies in the fields of high-tech, advertising, organizational consulting, bio-med, holdings, finance and more.
FBC - Oded Revivo
Mr. Revivo is a partner in FBC’s Litigation Department, where his practice concentrates on corporate & securities-related litigation and handling complex commercial disputes in the areas of tenders and arbitration, as well as large scale class actions and derivative suits in the District Court for economic affairs.
Mr. Fartuk is a partner in FBC’s Tax Department.
Mr. Fartuk's practice concentrates on a wide range of tax law aspects, including domestic income taxation, international taxation, real estate taxation and VAT. Mr. Fartuk also focuses on real estate taxation, with experience in complex real estate transactions including urban renewal projects.
Mr. Fartuk provides legal opinions and tax planning to both companies and individuals, advises them on various tax issues and represents taxpayers in negotiations with the Israeli Tax Authority.
Mr. Salzberg is a senior associate in FBC’s Insolvency & Restructuring Department.
Mr. Salzberg specializes in all legal issues pertaining to company dissolution and recovery, bankruptcy, receivership and corporate reorganization.
FBC - Omri Shilo
Mr. Shilo is a partner in the Real Estate Department, where he concentrates on development projects, planning & zoning, sale & lease of real estate assets, real estate taxation, and real estate litigation.
Mr. Shilo specializes in complex and large-scale real estate transactions, combination transactions, the purchase of sites for offices, residential and commercial purposes, and the purchase and sale of yielding real estate assets.
Mr. Shilo further counsels clients on an ongoing basis concerning the regulatory and planning & zoning aspects of such transactions.
Dr. Rachum-Twaig is an IP, IT and Cyber partner in FBC’s Corporate Department. Dr. Rachum-Twaig's practice concentrates on intellectual property, privacy and data protection, information security and commercial cyber issues, as well as technology and information-oriented transactions.
Dr. Rachum-Twaig provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies and public companies with respect to intellectual property, information technology, privacy and data protection, information security, internet law, artificial intelligence and media, and entertainment law, including with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, as well as other related areas, such as commercial cyber issues and dual-use technologies export.
Dr. Rachum-Twaig obtained a Ph.D. (Law) from Tel-Aviv University with a dissertation in intellectual property, focusing on copyright law doctrine and theory, and has published articles in various legal fields in leading academic journals worldwide, which were cited by the Israeli Supreme Court and other academic works. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), certified by (ISC)², the world's largest cyber security certification association.
Dr. Rachum-Twaig is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University, and teaches the commercial cyber law classes in the Tel-Aviv – Berkeley executive L.L.M. program and the Faculty's L.L.B. program. Dr. Rachum-Twaig is also a research fellow at the Federmann Cyber Security Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dr. Rachum-Twaig was recently recognized as 40 Under 40 by TheMarker, one of Israel’s leading financial magazines. And is the author of “Copyright Law and Derivative Works: Regulating Creativity”, published by Routledge Press.
Prior to joining the firm and to his Ph.D. studies, Dr. Rachum-Twaig clerked for the Hon. Justice Yoram Danziger of the Israel Supreme Court.
Publications:
Whose Robot is it Anyway?: Liability for Artificial-Intelligence-Based-Robots, 2020 U. ILL. L. REV. (Forthcoming, 2020)
COPYRIGHT LAW AND DERIVATIVE WORKS: REGULATING CREATIVITY (Routledge Press, 2019)
Breaking Into an Empty House: A Theory of Remedies for CFAA Unauthorized Access to Non-Proprietary Information, Alb. L. Rev. (Forthcoming, 2019) (with Ohad Somech)
A Function of Creativity: Copyright Protection for Functional Works and Useful Arts, in YORAM DANZIGER BOOK, HAMISHPAT (Forthcoming, 2019) (Hebrew)
The Right-Based View of the Cathedral: Liability Rules and Corrective Justice, 44 Pepperdine L. Rev. (Forthcoming, 2017)
Recreating Copyright: The Cognitive Process of Creation and Copyright Law , FORDHAM INTELL. PROP. MEDIA & ENT. L.J. (Forthcoming, 2016)
A Genre Theory of Copyright, 33 SANTA CLARA HIGH TECH. L.J. (2016)
The (Curious) Incident of Copyright Protection of Gourmet Dishes, in FOOD & LAW – LAW SOCIETY & CULTURE (Forthcoming, 2016) (Hebrew)
The Rise of Business Judgment Rule and the fall of the Directors' Duty of Care, in JOSEF GROSS BOOK 27 (2015) (Hebrew) (With Yoram Danziger)
Specific Performance in the Absence of an Enforceable Contract and the Consent Prism – A Remedial Outlook at Anti-Discrimination Legislation, 38 TEL AVIV U. L. REV. (Iyunei Mishpat) (Forthcoming, 2015) (Hebrew) (With Nimrod Abramov)
Expansion and Contraction as a Legislative Technique: The Case of the Clean Air Act, 2008, 5 HUKIM (2015) (Hebrew) (With Nimrod Abramov)
Control is a Double Edged Sword, and One Edge is Sharper, 2014 U. ILL. J.L. TECH & POL'Y 481 (2014)
Reexamining the Justifications for Directors' Duty of Care, 35 CORPORATE LAWYER 265 (2014) (With Yoram Danziger)
FBC - Orit Malka
Ms. Malka is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department and has extensive experience in representing leading multinational and domestic companies in class actions, derivative suits and complex commercial disputes.
Ms. Malka represents major clients in a wide range of industries, including communications, insurance, energy, technology companies, and major players in the fields of telecommunications and media.
Ms. Israeli is a partner and head of our firm’s Commercial practice.
Ms. Israeli has expertise and vast experience regarding various aspects of Corporate, Finance and Commercial Law, with an emphasis on Securities Law.
Ms. Israeli represents clients in complex procedures and transactions that have significant capital and debt financing components and in transactions that require in-depth experience and understanding of Companies Law, Partnership Law, Bankruptcy Law, and more.
Throughout her years of practice, Ms. Israeli has gained a significant reputation working with banks, including some of the largest institutional lenders and entities in the Israeli market, and abroad.
Ms. Israeli’s experience, coupled with her in-depth expertise and representation of major players in the field, give her a comprehensive, unique and creative perspective, which benefits her clients.
In addition, Ms. Israeli possess a unique understanding regarding the regulatory aspects applicable to major entities and often participates in drafting and formulating unique financing and investment structures in line with new regulatory trends, including with respect to complex transactions, beginning from the preliminary stages.
Ms. Israeli and her team provide ongoing legal counsel to companies and legal departments of corporations operating in various industries, in both traditional and new industries, among them, real estate and construction, varied services, and more, as well as a variety of areas related to the day-to-day operations of corporations.
Ms. Israeli’s clients include banks and institutional entities - some of the largest in the Israeli market, as well as a long list of private and public companies operating in a variety of sectors.
In addition to her professional pursuits, Ms. Israeli lectures in various forums in connection with her various areas of expertise.
FBC - Raz Tepper
Mr. Tepper is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department, with a diverse corporate practice, encompassing mergers and acquisitions, securities law, corporate finance, and general corporate matters.
He has represented public and private acquirers and target companies, and private equity firms and investment banks in a variety of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, and other corporate matters.
Mr. Tepper provides day-to-day counseling to the firm's technology clients with a particular focus on life science and medical service providers, playing a key role in advising clients in all stages of their development, from start-up through to public offering.
Mr. Tepper has been involved in the establishment and representation of private investment and private equity funds.
Mr. Tepper has an active practice representing international clients in their business activities in Israel.
Mrs. Dank Oren is a senior associate in FBC's Real Estate Department.
Her practice concentrates on development projects, planning and zoning, sale and lease of real estate assets, and real estate taxation.
Ms. Kartowsky is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department and provides general counsel to public and private companies, with an emphasis on cross-border commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions and tenders in the fields of renewable energy and infrastructure.
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Kartowsky was a member and a coordinator in the Legal Aid and Social Intervention Legal Clinic in the IDC Herzliya, which combines academic and practical activities, and designed to create social, legal and community awareness.
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FBC - Reuven Behar
Mr. Behar leads the firm’s Litigation and Competition & Antitrust Departments, fields in which he is one of Israel’s leading practitioners. In addition to participating in high-profile antitrust and commercial litigation, Mr. Behar has handled many of Israel's most significant and major M&A transactions. Mr. Behar is also well-known for his work in the communications and intellectual property areas and serves as a mediator and arbitrator in complex commercial, intellectual property and family matters, as well as an executor in significant and high-profile probate cases. Mr. Behar is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Israel group for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). Mr. Behar’s clients include many of Israel’s leading “blue chip” enterprises, as well as major foreign corporations doing business in Israel. He represents Israeli companies in international transactions, litigation and arbitrations.
Mr. Warhaftig is a partner in the Competition & Antitrust Department, where he specializes in competition & antitrust law, litigation, and commercial disputes.
Mr. Warhaftig provides legal counsel to domestic and foreign companies in diverse competition and antitrust matters, including in proceedings before the Israel Antitrust Authority, and competition law counsel relating to mergers and acquisitions, and cases involving monopolies, abusive business practices, and other trade practices.
Mr. Warhaftig also advises on transaction planning and contract drafting in conformance with local antitrust laws and regulations, and represents companies in civil lawsuits, including class actions and proceedings before the Antitrust Tribunal.
FBC - Ron Sitton
Mr. Sitton is a partner in FBC's Corporate practice, where he utilizes his fluency in Hebrew and English, his familiarity with both American and Israeli business cultures and legal systems, and his broad network of global contacts to better advise Israelis doing business abroad and international clients doing business in Israel.
He is experienced in structuring, negotiating and driving multiparty/multidisciplinary domestic and cross-border transactions.
Mr. Sitton is active in several organizations promoting trade and cooperation between Israel and the United States.
FBC - Ronald Lehmann
Mr. Lehmann is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department, where his practice encompasses a broad range of corporate matters, including private equity and venture capital transactions, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as cross-border litigations and arbitrations.
His practice has a strong international focus, which regularly sees him involved in a range of public and private transactions with a cross-border element.
Mr. Lehmann also works closely with FBC's litigation practice in commercial disputes, arbitrations and settlement negotiations, involving Israeli and non-Israeli parties.
Mr. Roy Lieber is a partner in the Hi-Tech, Technology and Venture Capital practice of our firm.
Mr. Lieber advises on all corporate aspects, investment rounds and M&A transactions.
Mr. Lieber provides legal counsel to entrepreneurs, technology companies and start-ups on all corporate and commercial fields of their day-to-day activity, from establishment, through their fundraisings to exit. He possesses extensive experience in representing both companies and investors in capital and debt raising transactions, as well as in all types of M&A transactions.
FBC - Sagi Hammer
Mr. Hammer is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department, and his practice concentrates on all aspects of real estate transactions, including, development projects, income-yielding properties, financing transactions for real estate projects, sale and leasebacks and real estate taxation.
Mr. Hammer represents some of Israel's major real estate companies and entrepreneurs in complex transactions in Israel and abroad, as well as foreign investors in their local activities.
Mr. Hammer has a special expertise in large-scale real estate transactions, including real estate entrepreneurship, complex financing, investments and purchase groups for residential and commercial projects.
FBC - Sagit Avital-Assaf
Sagit Avital-Assaf heads FBC’s Municipal Tax practice. She is an expert in the field with extensive experience representing large companies and municipalities in Israel.
Ms. Avital-Assaf advises clients in complex matters valued in the hundreds of millions of shekels in a variety of industry sectors, including: real estate companies (including new developments), hi-tech and software development firms, shopping malls, banks, insurance companies, industrial and manufacturing companies, security companies, pharmaceutical companies, infrastructure companies, gas stations, hotels, senior citizen residences, and more.
Ms. Avital-Assaf expertise includes evaluation of the assessments and/or the increased charges received from tax authorities, providing legal opinions, filing objections and administrative appeals, representation before various appeal tribunals, representation in settlement negotiations, and the general filing and representation in all relevant legal proceedings, such as in administrative petitions, proceedings before the High Court of Justice, class actions and claims for restitution.
FBC - Shai Zadik
Mr. Zadik is a partner in FBC's Litigation department. His practice concentrates on large scale and complex commercial disputes with specific expertise in the fields of fuel, real estate and construction and contract law.
Mr. Zadik’s clients include Israel’s largest energy and real estate companies and his business acumen enables him to resolve disputes in an optimal manner.
FBC - Shalom HershkovitzMr. Hershkovitz is a partner in FBC’s Litigation Department, where his practice concentrates on commercial disputes.Mr. Hershkovitz counsels private and public companies, particularly on complex disputes relating to contract law, corporate law and commercial law.Mr. Hershkovitz represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
FBC - Sharon Klein Manbar
Ms. Klein-Manbar is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department, with a diverse corporate practice encompassing mergers and acquisitions, securities law, corporate finance, and general corporate matters.
Ms. Klein-Manbar has represented both public and private acquirers, target companies, and private equity firms in a variety of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, joint ventures, restructurings, and other corporate matters.
Ms. Rosen is a partner in FBC's Corporate practice and leads the firm’s U.S. capital markets practice. Her practice focuses primarily on international capital markets, private and public M&A transactions, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, and corporate governance advice. Ms. Rosen provides ongoing corporate and securities law advice to Israeli companies publicly traded in the United States as well as dual-listed companies.
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Rosen was an associate in the Corporate and Securities department of a prominent law firm in New York and was a member of its Israeli Practice Group, representing Israeli NASDAQ-listed companies on their U.S. securities law compliance and public and private debt and equity offerings.
Ms. Sharon Gazit is a partner in FBC Hi-Tech, Technology and Venture Capital practice.
Ms. Gazit specializes in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and technology and commercial transactions, and represents a broad array of start-up companies in their day-to-day legal and business activities. Ms. Gazit represents Israeli startups and top-tier venture capital funds in Israel and abroad, as well as international corporate and strategic investors, in a wide variety of private equity financings.
Ms. Gazit has been recognized as a leading partner in the Israeli private equity and hi-tech field since its early days, and advises companies from their early stages on all legal, business and commercial activities, including corporate governance, finance, commercial, employment, compensation and intellectual property matters. She advises companies from a wide array of industries, including food-tech, fin-tech, cyber security, AI, fem-tech, and more, and provides continuous consulting to entrepreneurs and company founders regarding their ongoing and evolving relations with their companies, as well as matters relating to company formation, recruitment of service providers, compensation matters, shareholder relations, financing and complex restructuring. She plays an active role in helping companies tackle daily challenges in all aspects of their operations and business. Ms. Gazit possess significant expertise relating to transactions involving intellectual property licensing, especially in the life sciences fields, and has represented companies in this field for many years, including pharmaceutical companies, medical instruments companies, technology incubators and research centers.
Ms. Gazit is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) (“officer” in official IBA nomenclature) and served as Co-Chair of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee of the IBA.
Alongside her professional work, Ms. Gazit lectures before various professional and academic forums, including the International Bar Association, the Coller Ignite Entrepreneurship Club and the Tel Aviv University, where she teaches a course on legal and financial principles for entrepreneurship.
FBC - Sharona Haim Pour Abramovich
Ms. Haim Pour - Abramovich is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department, with vast experience in real estate law, providing legal advice to corporations and individuals in complex real estate transactions.
In addition, Ms. Haim Pour - Abramovich is engaged in urban renewal projects, as well as representing developers and entrepreneurs regarding yielding assets, retail and wholesale assets in both transactions and vis-à-vis the planning authorities.
Along her real estate expertise, Mrs. Haim Pour-Abramovich also specializes in property-management, and the recording & registration of property rights.
FBC - Shay Teken
Mr. Teken is a partner and the head of FBC’s Labor and Employment practice.
Mr. Teken specializes in all aspects of labor and employment law, including collective bargaining, labor disputes, strikes and organized actions, collective agreements, collective litigation, employer-employee litigation, labor contracts, labor relations, due diligence structuring, labor relations structuring, mediation and arbitration.
Mr. Teken was involved in Israel's most significant changes in labor relations and labor law precedents in recent years and is regularly called upon to lecture on labor law and collective bargaining and actions at various forums.
Mr. Hershkovits is a partner in FBC's Real Estate, Planning & Zoning Department. His practice concentrates on planning & zoning and land expropriation law. Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Hershkovits was a partner at leading firm specializing in planning and zoning.
Mr. Hershkovits handles procedures involved with land expropriation, including management of legal proceedings required during planning an execution of procedures involved with roads, railroads etc.
Mr. Hershkovits' practice also includes the promotion and support of major city planning. His practice supports its clients in each stage of the planning approval process, starting from the initial and conceptual stages of the plans, through the promotion of the plans in the various planning committees, and culminating in the actual construction phase. His representation involves planning related litigation proceedings and handling the various stages of construction licensing.
FBC - Shirly Kazir
Ms. Kazir is the head of FBC’s Aviation, Maritime & Tourism Department and her diverse practice ranges from commercial litigation, with particular expertise in aviation and maritime disputes, to commercial transactional matters involving IP rights, contractual claims and commercial law.
Ms. Kazir represents major foreign airlines and foreign airline insurance companies in a variety of areas related to international aviation law. She advises on domestic Israeli legislation such as the Israeli Aviation Services Law, as well as on worldwide developments in the field of aviation and on pending changes to global aviation treaties that have a direct impact on Israeli legislation, including the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions and the EU Aviation regulations.
Ms. Kazir also specializes in maritime transport law, and represents multinational corporations in commercial disputes relating to the international carriage of cargo via marine transport.
Ms. Kazir has extensive experience in representing international and domestic corporations, in patent, trademark and copyright infringement proceedings and passing-off actions before the Israel Patents and Trademarks Office, notably in the field of pharmaceuticals.
Ms. Kazir also has extensive international connections and affiliations in the aviation industry both in the private sector as well as the regulatory sector and she takes part in international conferences relating to aviation law.
Ms. Kazir serves as an external IATA instructor in the "International Air Law" course, which is conducted in Israel and Europe and earmarked for attorneys and in-house counsel from around the globe. Ms. Kazir is a member in the Israeli Bar Association in relation to International matters, as well as a member in the International Aviation Women Association.
FBC - Shmuel Hamou
Mr. Hamou has over 25 years of experience in representing Israeli and multinational clients in large-scale complex international transactions.
Mr. Hamou has particular expertise in litigation, general corporate law, M&A, real estate, banking and finance, foreign investments and negotiations. In litigation, Mr. Hamou is highly skilled in representing both corporates and individuals in complex disputes before all courts and arbitration boards.
Mr. Hamou’s clients include Delta Galil Industries, a leading global apparel company, in its M&A activities as well as in its ongoing business operations, Elbit Systems, a global defense electronic company, in litigation proceedings, and the Lautman group of companies, in their financial transactions and other matters.
Mr. Fried is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department.
Mr. Fried has a diverse corporate practice encompassing a broad range of corporate and commercial matters that include private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers & acquisitions, and the legal aspects of the operations of high-tech and life sciences companies, including the licensing and sale of technology.
Mr. Fried advises hi-tech companies from their early stages, and provides consultation regarding all legal, business and commercial aspects of their activities.
Mr. Fried has represented public and private acquirers, target companies, and private equity firms in a variety of domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and other corporate matters. He also advised venture capital funds and companies regarding a wide array of finance and investment agreements.
FBC - Shoney AlbeckMr. Albeck is a partner at FBC. With 25 years of experience in a variety of high-profile and sensitive legal and managerial positions, he is recognized as one of Israel's key figures in the financial arena, with unique expertise in the fields of capital markets, M&A, regulation, insolvency & restructuring, anti-money laundering white collar crimes, and crisis management.
Ms. Omer is a partner in FBC's Capital Markets Department. She provides general counsel to public and private companies, with an emphasis on corporate law, securities law, capital markets, and structured finance and derivatives.
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Omer was an associate in the capital markets, investment & institutional entities' department of a leading Tel Aviv law firm.
Hall of fame
FBC - Tal Eyal-Boger
Ms. Eyal-Boger, head of FBC's Competition & Antitrust Department, is one of Israel's leading antitrust practitioners. She specializes in all aspects of competition and antitrust matters and represents clients in complex litigation and class actions.
Ms. Eyal-Boger has consistently featured in the international rankings of The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. She was also the only non-academic Israeli lawyer to have been selected by the international journal, Global Competition Review, in its survey of the best worldwide antitrust practitioners under forty years of age.
Ms. Eyal-Boger regularly assists multinational and domestic companies in obtaining the approval of the Israel Antitrust Authority for M&As, investments and agreements containing restrictive provisions, and provides counsel with respect to matters involving potential restrictive trade practices and abusive behavior. She also works closely with companies to create and implement antitrust compliance programs.
Ms. Eyal-Boger was invited by the Israeli Antitrust Authority to act as a non-governmental advisor to the European Commission at the International Competition Network. She serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Israel Bar Association's Antitrust Committee, and is frequently called upon to lecture on antitrust matters before various legal and business forums.
Mr. Arazi is a senior associate in FBC's Insolvency & Restructuring and Litigation practices.
Mr. Arazi counsels private and public companies, particularly on complex disputes relating to insolvency & restructuring, banking, securities, and commercial law.
Mr. Arazi represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Ms. Sasson-Ferdman is a Senior Associate is FBC's Real Estate practice.
Ms. Sasson-Ferdman advises clients on various aspects of real estate transactions and represents clients in residential and commercial projects, office projects, hotels and urban renewal projects.
Ms. Sasson-Ferdman also represents clients in front of relevant local authorities.
Ms. Wiesengrun is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department.
Ms. Wiesengrun specializes in class actions and derivative suits, and represents leading multinational and domestic companies in their defenses against class actions. She represents major clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, pharmaceutical, e-commerce, banking and energy. Due to her extensive experience in the class actions field, Ms. Wiesengrun also serves as a mediator in complex class actions disputes.
Ms. Wiesengrun also advises and represents individuals and companies in complex disputes that relate to issues of contract and corporate law, tax, real estate, and construction.
Ms. Wiesengrun represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Ms. Wiesengrun founded and manages the firm's Senior Citizen Support and Social Facilitation Clinic, which provides pro-bono legal advice to the elderly.
Ms. Tal Gellerman is an associate in the Corporate Department, where she provides general counsel to public and private companies, with an emphasis on hi-tech, venture capital and private equity financing, technology and life sciences, mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Gellerman clerked for the Hon. Justice Meni Mazuz of the Israel Supreme Court.
During her studies, Ms. Gellerman served as a research assistant to Prof. Uriel Procaccia in the field of Corporate Governance and to Prof. Roy Kreitner in the field of Regulatory Economics at Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law. In addition, Ms. Gellerman served as a member of the editorial board of "Law, Society & Culture" Law Review at Tel Aviv University.
Ms. Salton-Yeshua is a partner, manager and head of the Planning and Zoning practice in our firm.
Ms. Salton-Yeshua is one of Israel's most senior and respected lawyers in the field of Planning and Zoning.
Ms. Salton-Yeshua has over 25 years of experience, during which time she has accumulated extensive experience and a formidable reputation for her expertise in all areas of real estate development, including planning and construction.
Ms. Salton-Yeshua has represented several of Israel's largest and most prominent entrepreneurs for many years and leads complex and extensive planning projects for them throughout the country, with particular focus on development agreements.
Ms. Salton-Yeshua advises clients in proceedings and appeals regarding planning and building approvals, betterment levies and depreciation compensation, on a range of precedent-setting issues in the district and national appeals committees and the courts and is widely respected for her expertise on matters relating to legislative developments and rulings.
Ms. Salton-Yeshua also is known for her extensive experience in handling complex transactions with the Israel Land Authority and in appeals proceedings with respect to the Authority's decisions.
FBC - Tamar Turjeman Kedem
Ms. Turjeman-Kedem is a partner in FBC’s Litigation and Competition & Antitrust Departments.
Prior to joining the firm, Mrs. Turjeman-Kedem served for 5 years as a team leader in the legal department of the Israeli Antitrust Authority where she was involved in civil and criminal antitrust litigation and was responsible for the Authority's activities in a variety of fields, including the communications, banking and securities industries.
Ms. Dreiman is an associate in FBC’s Litigation Department. She specializes in intellectual property litigation, data and privacy protection, commercial disputes and class actions.
Ms. Dreiman provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies and public companies, with respect to intellectual property, information technology, and Internet law, including with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, privacy protection, and database usage.
During her legal studies, Ms. Dreiman served as a member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review.
Mr. Uri Zichor, a Hi-Tech, Technology & Venture Capital partner, heads FISCHER's Blockchain practice. Mr. Zichor has over a decade of experience in the fields of Fintech, Blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
In the last decade, Mr. Zichor has supported a wide range of hi-tech companies, from start-ups in the initial growth stages, to emerging companies and unicorns, to public companies in Israel, the United States and Canada operating in a variety of fields, especially Fintech and Blockchain.
Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Zichor was one of the founders and leaders of the Fintech and Blockchain department (2016) in the accounting firm EY Israel and was a member of the firm's global blockchain team.
Within the framework of his professional activities, he has managed and led complex transactions in diverse content worlds in the field of Blockchain in connection with tax issues, regulation, auditing, operations and more.
Mr. Zichor advises companies from 'establishment to sale/issuance' - he has rich experience in accompanying issuances, mergers and acquisitions, both on the part of the purchaser and the purchased, and significant financing rounds; in providing ongoing counsel for companies in the process of being established and in early stages of operation, and accompanying them in the areas of taxation, advisory, finance and auditing.
FBC - Vered Oren
Ms. Oren is a partner in FBC’s Corporate Department, where her practice concentrates on capital markets, structured finance and derivatives, commercial transactions, corporate law, M&A, project finance, and restructuring.
Ms. Oren represents public and private clients in general corporate and securities law matters, including public and private offerings, private equity, and M&As.
Ms. Oren further provides ongoing corporate and securities law advice to Israeli companies. In addition, she represents various Israeli companies and institutional lenders in infrastructure and energy projects in Israel, with an emphasis on financing renewable energy facilities in Israel.
Mrs. Tzror Jerasi is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department, concentrating on development projects, the purchase, sale and leaseback of income-yielding properties and other real estate assets, real estate taxation, planning & zoning, and combination transactions.
Mrs. Tzror Jerasi represents some of Israel's major real estate companies and entrepreneurs and specializes in complex and large-scale real estate transactions, real estate entrepreneurship, sale and purchase of residential and commercial projects, shopping malls and office buildings.
Mr. Wienburg is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department.
Mr. Wienburg's practice encompasses a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and the legal aspects of the operations of high-tech and life sciences companies, including the licensing and sale of technology and a broad spectrum of commercial transactions.
Mr. Wienburg has extensive experience in representing life science, alternative energy and technology companies, both in Israel and abroad.
Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Wienburg practiced law in the international department of a leading Tel Aviv law firm.
FBC - Yael Riemer
Ms. Riemer is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department, where she specializes in intellectual property litigation, commercial disputes, and class actions.
Ms. Riemer provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies, and public companies with respect to intellectual property, information technology, and Internet law, including with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, privacy protection, and database usage.
Ms. Riemer has a particular expertise in the telecommunications market and entertainment law, and has extensive experience relating to disputes with collective organizations regarding the use of intellectual property.
Ms. Riemer represents clients before various Israeli courts, the Registrar of Patents and Trademarks, and the Customs Authority, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Ms. Riemer is a member of the Israel group for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Mr. Yaron Mehulal is a partner at our firm and is considered an expert in the fields of commercial law, tax law and in counseling private clients in matters of wealth transfer and trusts.
Mr. Mehulal provides legal and taxation counseling and support to Israeli corporations and individuals operating abroad and to foreign clients operating in Israel. His areas of expertise include tax planning for international companies and accompanying cross-border transactions. Mr. Mehulal is frequently involved in large sale and purchase transactions in the Israeli market.
In addition, Mr. Mehulal advises families of considerable means on complex issues in preparing for intergenerational wealth transfers, including complex wills, trusts, corporate arrangements and more.
Mr. Mehulal has been commended by the prestigious ranking guide The Legal 500, owing to his expertise in the areas of taxation, commercial law and mergers and acquisitions.
FBC - Yoram Bonen
Mr. Bonen heads FBC’s Regulatory and Telecom & Media practices. Mr. Bonen's practice concentrates on work involving regulation of commercial entities in a wide range of industries, particularly in communications, energy and aviation. Mr. Bonen has worked with some of the largest companies in the most important reforms in recent years, in matters such as changing regulatory market conditions, legislative amendments, price supervision, various matters before the government and the Israeli Parliament, appeals to the High Court and administrative appeals, and transactions involving complex regulatory concerns.
Mr. Shiv is a partner at FBC, specializing in corporate and securities law, as well as commercial transactions. Yoram’s primary practice areas include venture capital transactions (representing startups, funds and fund limited partners), mergers and acquisitions, venture lending, publicly traded companies, ongoing representation of start-up and mature corporate clients, corporate governance matters, credit and security interest transactions and due diligence examinations. He has broad experience in representing foreign clients doing business in Israel.
Yoram’s commercial experience includes, among other matters, licensing agreements, media and advertising purchase agreements as well as data transfer, protection and regulation.
Yoram served as an adjunct professor lecturing on investments in hi-tech start-ups at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. While a student of law and legal intern Yoram served as an Assistant Lecturer of Corporate Law at the same school.
Yoram was a co-founder at Sharir, Shiv & Co. until the firm joined FBC.
Mr. Peled is a partner in FBC’s Tax practice.
His practice focuses on international tax matters, and regularly advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, reorganizations, and financing.
Mr. Peled represents private clients in developing and implementing sophisticated domestic and international tax and estate plans and advises on the tax aspects of trusts.
Before joining FBC, Mr. Peled spent three years working as a tax lawyer in the New York office of Ropes & Gray LLP, and prior to that worked as a CPA at Deloitte Israel.
Mr. Peled received an LL.M. in International Taxation from the University of Michigan.
FBC - Ziv Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz is a partner in the Competition & Antitrust Department, where he specializes in competition & antitrust, litigation, and commercial disputes.
Mr. Schwartz provides legal counsel to individuals and private companies with respect to antitrust matters relating to complex merger transactions, restrictive arrangements, and cases involving monopolies and abusive business practices.
Mr. Schwartz also represents companies in civil lawsuits and arbitration, including class actions and proceedings before the Antitrust Tribunal.
Mr. Liss is a partner in FBC's Hi-Tech, Technology and Venture Capital practice. He acts for private and public sellers, buyers and other stakeholders, in a broad range of complex strategic and financial cross-border M&A transactions, including mergers, share and asset purchase agreements, investments, “going private” transactions, joint ventures and other equity transactions.
Mr. Liss specializes in representation of international clients in their investments and M&A transactions in Israel.
In addition, Mr. Liss represents the firm's technology clients in all stages of their development.
Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Liss worked in the Mergers & Acquisition Department of White & Case LLP's New York office during the years 2006-2013. During that period, Mr. Liss worked on a variety of large and complex M&A transactions.