Adv. Michaeli is the Head of the Commercial, Class Action and Insolvency Litigation Department, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Adv. Michaeli, one of the top litigators in Israel, specializes in corporate litigation, complex class actions, derivative actions, and insolvency proceedings, as well as in representing clients in local and international arbitration proceedings. In addition, he possesses unique expertise relating to commercial law, and applies a broad business outlook when advising on project finance proceedings and advising companies and corporations on mergers and acquisitions following a structural change in holdings. In recent years, Adv. Michaeli was involved in a significant portion of the largest and most complex litigation proceedings in the Israeli market, which have resulted in the rulings of several precedents. He possesses many years of experience regarding the representation of leading companies in commercial disputes, struggles for corporate control, class actions and derivative actions related to securities, antitrust, administrative law and criminal law. In addition, Adv. Michaeli specializes in the representation of directors and company executives who have personal liability claims brought against them, in class actions and derivative actions. Adv. Michaeli accumulated significant experience in advising special litigation committees as well, and was among the pioneers of the field in Israel with regard to establishing and advising special litigation committees as sub committees of the board of directors aimed at examining and enforcing a company’s right to sue. Adv. Michaeli possesses expertise in representing clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, such as mediation and arbitration, and represents family businesses and high net worth individuals in complex and sensitive proceedings held in family court. In addition, Adv. Michaeli has acquired unique expertise relating to tender committees, and regularly represents tender committees of statutory corporations and government companies with significant influence on the Israeli market. He often serves as external legal advisor to these corporations, and is a member of the permanent consulting committee to the Israel Government Companies Authority, for statutory reforms and accounting reports. Among Adv. Michaeli’s clients are local and international holding groups and corporations from various business sectors, including banking, energy, pharmaceuticals, transportation, retail, communication and more. Adv. Michaeli regularly lectures in conferences, seminars, panels and professional forums of the Israel Securities Authority, the Israel Bar Association, the Institute of Directors Training, and the CFO Forum of Israel’s largest corporations. Adv. Michaeli lectures on various topics related to his fields of expertise, including class actions, derivative actions, business judgment, director liability, special litigation committees, and more. Adv. Michaeli serves as academic coordinator and lecturer for attorney professional training courses in various fields, including corporate law, class actions, director liability and more, as part of the Israel Bar Association’s Institute for Continuing Legal Studies. In addition, Adv. Michaeli regularly lectures at various academic programs, including the Business Administration School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Law and Business Schools of the Ono Academic College, and various professional forums of the Israel Bar Association.
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Adv. Lampert is a partner in the International Corporate and Securities Department. Adv. Lampert specializes in business transactions between Israeli and foreign companies, the legal aspects of foreign investments in Israel and the impact of various legal systems on transnational businesses transactions and investments. Adv. Lampert’s expertise focuses on cross-border M&A transactions, including inbound and outbound transactions and representation of either the acquiring or selling side; international securities offerings by Israeli companies, including representing issuers, selling shareholders and underwriters. In addition, Adv. Lampert handles strategic transactions, where he represents Israeli and foreign parties entering into strategic partnerships. Adv. Lampert was recognized as a leading Corporate, M&A and Hi-Tech attorney by a number of international guides, including Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, and PLC Which Lawyers. From 1981 to 1986 Adv. Lampert was an associate in the Corporate Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York, and from 1987 until early 2012 he was a partner of another leading Israeli law firm.
Adv. Klein is a partner and Deputy Department Head of the International Corporate and Securities Department and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Adv. Klein specializes in cross-border corporate and finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, tender offers, ‘going private’ transactions, spin-offs, PIPEs, and private equity and venture capital investments. Adv. Klein advises Israeli SEC-registered companies and dual-listed companies on their corporate governance requirements under Israeli law and under the rules of the SEC, NYSE, and NASDAQ. Adv. Klein also advises foreign companies and investment funds on their acquisitions, financings, investments and business activities in Israel. He possesses particular expertise in U.S. public offerings and public offerings of foreign companies on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. In recent years, Adv. Klein has advised on some of the largest and most complex merger and acquisition transactions and cross-border public offerings in Israel, in which he has represented multinational corporations and private equity funds in Israeli transactions, as well as Israeli corporations in overseas transactions. Adv. Klein has been recognized as one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the capital markets, corporate and M&A fields by Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers. Adv. Klein advised the Ethics Committee of the Israel Bar Association on rules of conduct for attorneys under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; crafted the first U.S.-style Shareholder Rights Plan (‘Poison Pill’) in Israel, which enables public companies to defend themselves from hostile takeovers; and lecturers to professional audiences on a variety of legal topics. From 1992 to 1999, Adv. Klein was an associate in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York.
Adv. Tzafrir is Chairman of the firm and a member of its Executive Committee. Adv. Tzafrir handles a variety of complex corporate and finance transactions, including public offerings in stock exchanges in Israel, London, New York, and Warsaw, as well as other foreign stock exchanges. In addition, Adv. Tzafrir also handles cross border merger and acquisition transactions, private placements, franchise agreements and complex infrastructure agreements, including unique public funded BOT and BOO projects. Adv. Amir Tzafrir is an international expert in the capital markets field, and has accrued considerable expertise in the issuance of securities by Israeli companies on various stock exchanges worldwide, particularly NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the London Stock Exchanges (LSE, AIM). In recent years, Adv. Tzafrir has been leading numerous American real estate companies’ issuances in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). He maintains extensive working relations with various entities in this sector, and is the first contact of choice for companies seeking to issue bonds in Israel. Among Adv. Tzafrir’s clients are public and private companies in Israel and abroad, ranging from real estate and retail companies to hi-tech, life sciences, desalination, and textile companies.
Adv. Rosenberg handles all types of international financing transactions, domestic and international, and advises on the financing of corporate transactions and on the financing of projects, among others, in the energy, infrastructure and real estate fields. In addition, Adv. Rosenberg specializes in the regulatory aspects and the legal framework of the various financial activities, including bank and non-bank financial services, issuing and defrayment of debit cards and internet based payment services; and also specializes in international transactions and financial derivatives. Adv. Rosenberg advises regulatory authorities, domestic and foreign banks, credit card issuers and other financial services agents; and represents Israel’s largest concerns in negotiations before financing entities. In addition, Adv. Rosenberg advises international charitable foundations and non-profit organizations regarding issues relating to their activity in Israel. Adv. Rosenberg is joint editor of the ‘Corporate Law Review’ and is the editor of the review’s finance section. From 2006 to 2007, Adv. Rosenberg was a legal advisor at WilmerHale Law Firm, New York.
Adv. Chandrasekhar specializes in the representation of clients in the hi-tech sector, and was involved in hundreds of international transactions, representing both corporations and investors in some of the most significant international transactions in the Israeli market, as well as in private equity transactions. He represents acquirers and target companies in cross-border mergers and acquisitions; advises Israeli companies on forming strategic connections with foreign partners; and provides legal advice to many Israeli startups from their early establishment stages to their acquisition, affording continuous legal consul. Adv. Chandrasekhar is a world-renowned expert on large-scale technology transactions. For decades, he has been the first contact of choice for Israeli companies being acquired by multinational corporations, and for international corporations seeking to invest in Israel and acquire local companies. Among Adv. Chandrasekhar’s clients are giant technology corporations, leading and groundbreaking high-tech companies, and a long list of well-known private investors. Adv. Chandrasekhar works on a regular basis with the US market, including Silicon Valley; the European market, including Germany and United Kingdom; and the Far East market. In the past few years, Adv. Chandrasekhar led a series of major international transactions, including the Google – Waze transaction; Axel Springer – ‘Yad 2’ transaction; IBM – Trusteer transaction; Facebook – Snaptu transaction; Checkpoint – Hyperwise transaction; EFI – Matan transaction; and many more. Adv. Chandrasekhar has been recognized as one of Israel’s leading corporate, M&A, venture capital and hi-tech attorneys by a number of international guides, including Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers and PLC Which Lawyers. This past year, Adv. Chandrasekhar was chosen as one of the 100 most influential people in the Israeli hi-tech industry by the leading Israeli technology website GEEKtime. Alongside his professional activity, Adv. Chandrasekhar lectures at leading business schools in Israel and the U.S., and has often appeared as panelist at professional events; he also serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of the People, the world’s first tuition-free, online, non-profit, degree-granting institution. From 1990 to 1991, Adv. Chandrasekhar served as law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge J.P. Vukasin Jr. of the Northern District of California. From 1991 to 1993, Adv. Chandrasekhar was an associate in the International Transactions Department of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro (currently known as Pillsbury, Winthorp, Shaw, Pittman).
Adv. Arad is the Co-Head of the Real Estate, Planning and Construction Department, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Adv. Arad specializes in complex real estate transactions, including large scale residential projects which include hundreds or thousands of housing units, and possesses significant reputation regarding Tama 38 (a National Outline Plan for the reinforcement of buildings against earthquakes) and urban renewal projects. Adv. Arad provides continuous legal consulting to real estate companies, developers and infrastructure companies regarding various projects and transactions, including commercial projects, public housing projects, hotel projects and more. Adv. Arad advises public and private real estate companies, as well as leading Israeli and international entrepreneurial companies. In recent years, Adv. Arad had handled a significant portion of the largest and most complex real estate transactions in Israel – both from the legal rights’ status aspects of the relevant real estate, and from the transaction’s commercial and financial aspects. Adv. Arad advises clients from the planning and acquisition stages, through the development stages and construction and registration stages. He advises on financing procedures, and on real estate tax aspects, and represents clients before various government authorities. Among Adv. Arad’s clients are public companies, private companies, holding groups and entrepreneurs of large-scale real estate projects. Adv. Arad has been repeatedly recognized, year after year, by various international directories, among them is Chambers & Partners, by domestic directories and by professional magazines, as one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the real estate field. In the past, Adv. Arad was a senior partner at Dankner Lusky & Co., a leading Israeli law firm in the real estate, commercial and corporate fields.
Adv. Golan is the Head of the Antitrust and Competition Department. Adv. Golan possesses extensive experience and significant expertise in Israeli antitrust and competition law, including managing civil and criminal litigation proceedings in the field. Adv. Golan served as Chief Legal Counsel of the Israeli Antitrust Authority for five years (2006-2011), during which he led the agency’s enforcement proceedings and played a prominent role in numerous decisions and legislation amendments. Following his service in the public sector, Adv. Golan developed an extensive private practice in the antitrust field, and is nowadays considered one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the field. Adv. Golan specializes in all aspects of antitrust and competition, and he represents his clients in a wide variety of matters in these fields. Among others, Adv. Golan provides ongoing counsel on large scale and unique mergers; represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation proceedings; and provides ongoing counsel to his clients in criminal proceedings initiated by the Israeli Antitrust Authority. In addition, Adv. Golan offers his clients tailor made internal compliance programs, and regularly counsels clients with regard to crafting commercial agreements in accordance with the antitrust and competition laws. Adv. Golan’s clients include leading local companies in the fields of banking, telecommunication, energy, insurance, hi-tech & technology, pension funds, retail, infrastructure and others; as well as multinational corporations, to whom he provides ongoing counsel regarding their activities in Israel, specifically with regard to antitrust and competition regulation matters. Among others, he advises Fortune-500 corporations regarding merger notification rules in Israel, the effect of the Law for Promoting Competition and Reducing Concentration 2013 on acquisitions in Israel, and domestic enforcement vis-à-vis foreign companies; advises clients on the Promotion of Competition in the Food Industry Law, 2014; and represents multinational corporations with regard to competition matters before the relevant Israeli authorities and courts. Adv. Golan is recognized as a leading antitrust and competition attorney by a number of international guides, including Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. Alongside his professional activities, Adv. Golan serves as Co-Chair of the Antitrust and Competition Committee of the Israel Bar Association. In addition, Adv. Golan teaches a course on Antitrust and Economic Regulation in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and serves as Professional Development Coordinator for the antitrust professional development program offered by the Israel Bar Association.
Adv. Dilbary is a partner in the International Corporate and Securities Department. Adv. Dilbary specializes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions; as well as in venture capital investments and fund formation. In addition, Adv. Dilbary regularly advises public and private corporations on all legal aspects of operation, focusing on corporate, commercial, and technology-related aspects. In recent years, Adv. Dilbary has led many of the Israeli market’s high-profile mergers and acquisitions and investment transactions, representing acquirers/investors and target companies. Adv. Dilbary leads an experienced and talented team of professionals which offers a full range of legal services related to cross-border mergers and acquisitions and high-tech investments, including corporate law, tax, labor, regulation, intellectual property, and more. Adv. Dilbary possesses unique expertise in the high-tech arena in a variety of fields, and has been involved in numerous complex corporate and commercial transactions in foreign markets, including in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Adv. Dilbary represents public and private companies, including companies traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and on foreign stock exchanges, venture capital funds, institutional and private (“angel”) investors, and start-ups in all stages of development. In addition, Adv. Dilbary lectures at academic institutions and at professional forums, and over the years has published high-profile articles regarding mergers and acquisitions, private equity financing and the high-tech industry.
Adv. Dr. Kapeliuk is a partner in the Commercial and International Litigation Department. She specializes in international and domestic arbitration and is considered the leading Israeli expert and in these fields. She represents local and international clients in complex international arbitrations under various international arbitration rules, both in Israel and abroad, and advises corporations and senior business executives on international arbitration matters. As the only academic expert in the field, she has provided expert opinions on Israeli arbitration law in proceedings held before foreign tribunals. Adv. Dr. Kapeliuk was an Invited Expert to the meetings of the Constitution, Legislation and Law Committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), with respect to a Bill amending the Arbitration Law, and a Bill amending the Courts Law by including a section on mandatory arbitration. She was appointed as a member of the “Ethics Committee” of the Israeli Institute of Commercial Arbitration. Dr. Kapeliuk is also an expert in conflict of laws and private international law, and has represented foreign clients before Israeli Courts in matters concerning international jurisdiction as well as enforcement of foreign judgments. Adv. Dr. Kapeliuk is regularly invited to speak about her fields of expertise at professional and academic international conferences and seminars, as well as at workshops for lawyers and for judges. She was consistently ranked as a leading individual by Legal 500 in the category Mediation and International Arbitration in 2017 – 2020, and was quoted as having “deep knowledge of international law and process“. Prior to joining Goldfarb Seligman, Adv. Dr. Kapeliuk was an associate professor of law specializing in international and domestic arbitration as well as in private international law. She published a book and numerous articles in major Israeli and American law reviews. Her publications are regularly cited by the Israeli Supreme Court, the District Courts, and the Magistrate Courts.
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Adv. Nadel is the Head of the firm’s Import, Export and International Trade Law Practice, and a Deputy Department Head of the Tax Department. Adv. Nadel specializes in import and export law, indirect taxes, maritime law and international forwarding, and also represents clients in complex litigation proceedings in these fields. Adv. Nadel is considered as an expert in these fields and possesses significant reputation. He provides his clients with comprehensive legal consulting on a wide array of matters in the fields of customs and international trade, including providing professional opinions and conducting indirect tax planning; handling retroactive assessments and drawbacks; handling the verification of certificates of origin; advising on antidumping duties; obtaining tax rulings from the Customs Authority; advising on international trade agreements (Free Trade Areas and WTO-GATT Agreements); and more. In addition, Adv. Nadel represents clients in complex disputes relating to maritime law, aviation law and international forwarding, including claims regarding cargo damages and delays in their arrival, claims regarding professional negligence of various logistics entities, and various claims against insurers. Adv. Nadel has been accompanying the legislation and regulation processes in the import field for many years, and possesses widespread working relations with the policy makers and enforcement authorities in the field. Among Adv. Nadel’s clients are Israel’s leading importers, exporters, and industrialists, leading international companies, customs agents, international forwards, insurers and other entities which handle international trade and international forwarding. Adv. Nadel serves as the legal counsel of the Tel Aviv Chamber of Customs Brokers and International Forwarders; advises many divisions of the Israel Chamber of Commerce, among them the Dietary Supplements Section, the Food Section, the Importers of Agricultural Equipment Section, and more; and serves as special legal counsel to the Manufactures Association of Israel on matters relating to international trade law. Alongside his professional work, Adv. Nadel lectures before various professional and academic forums, including the Commercial Law Center at Bar-Ilan University, the Israel Bar Association, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, the Israel Chamber of Commerce, the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, the Corporations Organization of Brokers and International Forwarders, the Customs Agents Association of Haifa and Northern Israel, the Customs Agents Association of Tel Aviv, banking institutions, commercial companies, and more.
Adv. Blaiberg is the Head of the Corporate, Administrative and Class Action Litigation Department, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Adv. Blaiberg possesses extensive experience regarding complex commercial disputes, and has unique expertise relating to corporate litigation and securities litigation, including shareholder disputes, as well as internet litigation, class actions and derivative actions. Adv. Blaiberg represents clients in an array of complex litigation proceedings in all courts of law and tribunals, as well as in complex arbitration and mediation proceedings. She possesses extensive experience regarding shareholders, debenture-holders and creditor settlements in companies, and frequently represents clients in insolvency proceedings, liquidation and receivership proceedings. Adv. Blaiberg is a renowned expert in internet law. She represents search-engines and large corporations which operate in the technology and internet fields, in litigation proceeding and various commercial disputes, and possesses great knowledge of the foreign legislation and rulings in the field, which Israeli courts address while deciding their verdicts. Adv. Blaiberg possesses significant reputation regarding the representation of some of Israel’s leading corporations, shareholders and corporate executives, operating in various fields, in proceedings relating to derivative actions. She also represents Israeli and foreign corporations and corporate executives having class actions brought against them, regarding corporate and securities law, insurance law, consumer protection law, antitrust law, prohibition of discrimination and more. Her many years of experience in the field serve her clients through filing requests for approval of the claim as a class action and when required, through the class action itself and the attempts to resolve the dispute and minimize the corporation’s exposure to financial and reputational damage. Among Adv. Blaiberg’s clients are Israeli and international private and public companies which operate in the fields of banking, retail, insurance, internet, communications and telecommunications, technology, and more; and she also represents the directors, senior executives and shareholders of these companies. Adv. Blaiberg possesses significant reputation as a mediator and arbitrator of complex business disputes which involve large scale capital. In the past, Adv. Blaiberg served as the Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the Israel Bar Association and as the Academic Coordinator of the Arbitration Institute of the Israel Bar Association. She currently serves as Co-Head of the Class Action and Derivative Action Committee of the Israel Bar Association. Alongside her professional work, Adv. Blaiberg lectures at academic institutions and professional forums, and also serves as a lecturer on behalf of the Israel Bar Association in her fields of expertise, among them are class actions, derivative actions, civil procedure, contract law, commercial litigation, debt restructuring, arbitration, the enforcement of foreign verdicts, and more.
Adv. Reiter is the Co-Head of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Department and is considered as a pioneer and a renowned expert in the Israeli Environmental Law field. During the last two decades, Adv. Reiter has accumulated significant reputation regarding the development of professional practice in the environmental law field, and possesses unique expertise relating to the advising of clients operating in the industrial sector, financial sector and business sectors, regarding complex issues in the field. Adv. Reiter provides her clients with comprehensive legal consulting regarding environmental regulation issues (relating to air, water, sea, soil, noise, smell, hazardous materials, radiation, business licensing, perishable energy and renewable energy, planning and construction, public health and more). In addition, Adv. Reiter provides continuous consulting to companies regarding issues relating to sustainability and climate change; the implementation of environmental policies, environmental management systems and large-scale projects of internal enforcement and preventive behavior; the drafting of policy programs for government ministries; advising financial institutions regarding environmental risk management; advising on real estate projects; advising national infrastructure government companies; advising environmental technology companies; advising on large-scale commercial transactions relating to environmental aspects and performing due diligence; criminal, administrative and civil litigation; and more. Many of the projects advised by Adv. Reiter are considered as precedents in regards to their innovativeness and scope. As a leading individual in the environmental law field in Israel, Adv. Reiter is frequently called upon by government entities to take part in policy-making proceedings and advise on legislative initiatives and standardization for the regularization of environmental issues. In addition, Adv. Reiter frequently participates in professional conferences, courses and continuing education programs with significant reputation in the field. Throughout the years, Adv. Reiter has written prominent professional literature in the field. Adv. Reiter was the first to establish a designated environmental law department at a commercial law firm in Israel, and was the first in Israel to be given partnership based on environmental law expertise. Adv. Reiter’s significant contribution to the environmental law field has earned her recognition and public acclaim; in 2007, Adv. Reiter was recognized by TheMarker Magazine as one of the seven leading individuals in the environmental law field in Israel; in 2008, Adv. Reiter was recognized by Forbes Israel Magazine as one of the most influential individuals in the environmental law field. In addition, Adv. Reiter was appointed as special counsel to the committee of the ‘Environmental Life Achievement Award’ in honor of the state of Israel’s 60th year celebration.
Adv. Zemach is a partner in the International and Hi-Tech Department. His broad-based transactional practice concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and corporate governance matters, and he has been involved in numerous high-profile and complex international transactions, including struggles for corporate control and shareholder activism, valued at a total of over $100 billion. Adv. Zemach advises emerging companies as well as public companies, including committees of independent directors, investment banks, private equity and VC funds, on a broad array of corporate and securities law matters as well as domestic and cross-border transactions, including M&As; public offerings; venture capital investments; technology licensing; and franchise transactions in a variety of industries, including technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), life sciences, cyber, gaming, energy, aviation, food and retail, spreading over diverse geographies, including the U.S., Europe, China and Japan. Adv. Zemach has acted in the past few years in a number of significant corporate transactions involving the representation of a range of domestic and foreign companies, including Attunity (Nasdaq: ATTU) on its sale to Qlik (a Thoma Bravo company); Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) on its pending acquisition of Gilat Satellite (Nasdaq: GILT); Google on its acquisition of Waze; Intel on its acquisition of Replay Video; Itamar Medical (Nasdaq: ITMR) on its Nasdaq IPO; J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Jefferies and the other underwriters on the IPO of Tufin Software (Nasdaq: TUFN); Micron (Nasdaq: MU) on its acquisition of Numonyx and the sale of Israeli plant to Intel; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma on its acquisition of NeuroDerm (Nasdaq: NDRM); Ormat Industries (TASE: ORMT) on its reorganization with Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA); Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR) on its acquisitions of ShieldSquare, Seculert and Strangeloop; Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) on its acquisition of R2Net; and TCV on its investment in Payoneer. Adv. Zemach routinely advises boards of directors and management teams on their most sensitive and crucial matters, devising creative solutions to achieve their goals, including the structuring of the first U.S. style shareholder rights plan (a/k/a ‘poison pill’) ever adopted by an Israeli company and the first special tender offer conducted for a dual listed company. Adv. Zemach was recognized as a leading M&A and capital markets attorney by a number of international guides and occasionally publishes professional articles and lectures on different aspects of his practice areas at academic and professional forums. Adv. Zemach is an LL.B. graduate of the Hebrew University and a LL.M. graduate of Fordham University, New York. Following law school, he clerked for the Tel Aviv District Attorney (Fiscal Department). From 1999 to 2000, Adv. Zemach was an associate at the corporate department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York.
Adv. Gonen is the Deputy Department Head of the Corporate, Finance and Infrastructure Department. Adv. Gonen handles a wide array of complex commercial transactions, including private and public capital raising; various aspects relating to securities and stock market laws; mergers and acquisitions; restructuring; private, banking and public finance transactions; and finance agreements. He advises public companies traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange on various aspects of securities law, capital raising and corporate governance. In recent years, Adv. Gonen has led a number of complex capital raising processes, each worth an estimated one billion ILS. Adv. Gonen possesses extensive experience regarding the establishment of investment funds as well, including private and public funds for investments in real estate, securities, infrastructure, funds of funds, and more. He advises his clients throughout the establishment stages of the fund and capital raising from investors, as well as the ongoing commercial activity of the funds in Israel and abroad. In recent years Adv. Gonen accumulated in-depth expertise and a systematic perspective in the establishment and counsel of REIT funds, established under the recent legislation in the real estate and infrastructure fields. The establishment of such funds required innovative legal solutions taking into account both the legal requirements and the client’s commercial needs. In addition, Adv. Gonen is the Chair of the Insurance and Risk Management Practice, specializing in advising on comprehensive insurance plans, including Directors and Officers insurance, Error and Omissions insurance, Cyber Risk insurance, Representations and Warranties insurance, insurance for projects and more. Adv. Gonen’s long years of experience in the corporate law and capital markets fields, as well as his close familiarity with the insurance sector, provide him with a broad perspective and a unique ability to analyze the legal-commercial framework in which the client operates, to the benefit of his clients. Adv. Gonen’s business understanding, his extensive work relations with the regulators in the field and his integrated professional knowledge in various legal practices allow him to provide innovative solutions tailored to his clients’ needs. Among Adv. Gonen’s clients are private, public and government companies, investment funds, and institutional entities from a wide variety of sectors, including finance, technology, industry, services, real estate, communications, restaurant chains and more. In past years, Adv. Gonen was an associate in leading New York based commercial law firms.
Adv. Benjamin is a partner and Deputy Department Head of the Corporate, Administrative and Class Actions Litigation Department. Adv. Benjamin specializes in corporate and contract disputes. He handles litigation and arbitration relating to corporate transactions and shareholder disputes, investment funds and financial services, and distribution and sales agency agreements. In addition, Adv. Benjamin possesses expertise in private international law, specifically international jurisdiction, choice of law, and international arbitration. Adv. Benjamin also advises and represents companies and executives regarding insolvency issues and works with local counsel when firm clients litigate or arbitrate outside of Israel. Adv. Benjamin’s clients include Israeli and foreign companies active in the hi-tech, finance, aviation, automotive and defense sectors. Adv. Benjamin served in the past on the audit committee of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Currently, Adv. Benjamin is a member of the International Arbitration Committee, the International Litigation Committee, and the Middle East Committee of the American Bar Association (Section on International Law).
Adv. Rabin is a partner in the International Corporate and Securities Department, and heads the intellectual property licensing practice. Adv. Rabin specializes in international business transactions, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and licensing and royalty transactions. Adv. Rabin manages negotiations during complex international transactions, an activity which has provided him with worldwide expertise in his line of practice. Adv. Rabin has acquired unique expertise regarding multi-national transactions in East Asia, with an emphasis on joint ventures between leading Israeli companies, their worldwide subsidiaries, and Chinese entities. Adv. Rabin lectures at professional education programs for colleagues and clients, regarding negotiations’ management, joint venture agreements and licensing transactions. In addition, Adv. Rabin serves as a civil law notary.
Adv. Heller is a partner and Deputy Department Head of the International Corporate and Securities Department. He 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. Adv. Heller represents 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. Adv. Heller has handled well over one thousand equity and debt financing transactions, many of which involved complex capital restructuring, reorganizations, and spin-offs. Adv. Heller represents hi-tech start-up companies from their early stages, and advises them on all legal, business and commercial activities, including corporate governance, finance, commercial, employment, compensation and intellectual property matters. He advises companies from a wide array of industries, 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. He plays an active role in helping companies tackle daily challenges in all aspects of their operations and business. Adv. Heller was ranked as one of the highly recommended venture capital and hi-tech attorneys in Israel by the international guides Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers. From 1991 to 1993, Adv. Heller served as an associate at Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP, Beverly Hills, California. From 1993 to 1997, Adv. Heller served as an associate at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, Illinois (now part of the Dentons firm).
Adv. Mazor is the Head of the Administrative and White Collar Litigation Department. Over the years, Adv. Mazor accumulated significant experience and reputation in the ‘white collar’ field. He provides ongoing legal counsel to executives from the public and business sectors in investigations and legal proceedings related to bribery and corruption charges, money laundering offenses, environmental law, military offenses, international offenses, antitrust law, securities law, and more. Adv. Mazor possesses extensive experience in providing legal counsel to military and other security personnel relating to inquiry and review committees, and in their representation in proceedings related to security offenses. Adv. Mazor possesses unique expertise in managing legal proceedings conducted in foreign countries. He works alongside local lawyers in cases relating to Israeli citizens and corporations, including extradition proceedings. In recent years, Adv. Mazor was involved in managing multiple high-profile, complex legal proceedings which drew extensive public interest. Among his clients are leading Israeli and international corporations that operate in the infrastructure, real estate, defense, transport, retail, and other sectors, as well as government owned companies and executives from the public sector. Adv Mazor specializes in managing complex disputes in the civil-commercial litigation field, as well as administrative litigation, petitions to the High Court of Justice and various administrative proceedings. In the field of civil law, Adv. Mazor provides ongoing legal counsel to his clients – corporations and executives – in large scale commercial disputes. He represents his clients before all courts and tribunals, as well as in alternative dispute settlement proceedings. Alongside his professional work, Adv. Mazor lectured on criminal law at Bar-Ilan University and Sha’arei Mishpat College, and lectures in the senior management and directors course at Bar-Ilan University. He also occasionally lectures at professional seminars of the Israel Bar Association.
Adv. Ravid is Head of the Labor and Corporate Immigration Department. Adv. Ravid is one of Israel’s most respected attorneys in the Labor Law field. His practice focuses on the interplay between Israeli labor and corporate laws, particularly with regard to corporate transactions. In this regard, Adv. Ravid’s comprehensive legal support of clients includes drafting agreements and providing legal opinions relating to the full cycle of employer-employee relations: from the hiring and compensation of employees, to organizational restructuring and corporate downsizing; and from changes in employment terms and conditions, to employee dismissal. Adv. Ravid also advises clients on the interaction between labor law and employee relocation. Adv. Ravid provides guidance, both tactical and strategic, to corporate clients in addressing complex issues in the intersection between labor and corporate laws, such as those arising from merger and acquisition transactions, public offerings, and corporate due diligence. Adv. Ravid actively represents clients in Israel’s civil courts, labor tribunals, and arbitration proceedings; he also appears before government agencies on behalf of clients on matters of labor relations. As a labor law focal point for the firm’s wide-ranging clientele, Adv. Ravid provides services to leading high-tech firms, as well as companies in traditional business sectors and private individuals. Adv. Ravid provides workshops and training to clients on a variety of subjects such as sexual harassment, employee recruitment, and more. He also lectures on emerging labor law topics at a wide variety of academic and professional forums, including the Israel Bar Association and the Legal Advisers Forum. Adv. Ravid authored the chapter on Israeli Labor Law for the American Bar Association (ABA), and regularly publishes articles in the professional media. Adv. Ravid is a member of the International Labor Law Association, and of the Israel Bar Association’s Labor Law Forum. In addition, Adv. Ravid volunteers at “HaLev,” a non-profit organization for the war on poverty in Israel.
Partner, Antitrust, Derivatives and Structured Products, M&A, Singapore Desk
Adv. Aloni is a partner in the International Corporate and Securities Department. Adv. Aloni has extensive experience in a wide range of international transactions in the fields of technology and intellectual property, including a variety of licensing transactions (in respect of software, algorithms, patents, trademarks, SaaS, apps, standards etc.); computerization, research and development, escrow, distribution, OEM and maintenance agreements; and feasibility surveys; as well as agreements for the global supply and implementation of complex technology systems. In addition, Adv. Aloni advises various Israeli and foreign clients, including hi-tech and bio-med companies, startups and ‘mature’ companies, on various aspects of intellectual property law, including in the fields of copyright, open source, privacy protection, information security, online policies (including terms of use and privacy policies) and on various issues relating to internet law. Adv. Aloni represents entities on sophisticated matters relating to transactions that involve know how funded by the Israel Innovation Authority (formerly known as the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Economy). Adv. Aloni lectures at professional and educational conferences, including in depth seminars to professionals in respect of open source licenses, know how funded by the Israel Innovation Authority and various intellectual property related issues. In the past, Adv. Aloni served as the legal advisor of two leading hi-tech and communications companies.
Adv. Atsmon is Managing Partner and Co-Head of the Tax Department of the firm. Adv. Atsmon advises clients on complex Israeli and international tax matters relating to a wide range of domestic and foreign transactions, among which are mergers and acquisitions in Israel and abroad, corporate investments, corporate reorganizations and joint ventures, public offerings and private placements of equity, debentures and other financial products. Adv. Atsmon also handles domestic and international tax planning for Israeli and foreign corporations. Adv. Atsmon possesses significant reputation in the field of individual tax planning for high net worth individuals and trusts for the purpose of tax planning and the planning of family wealth. In addition, Adv. Atsmon advises on matters relating to employee compensation, including advising directors on option plans and other incentive plans, relating to taxation and securities. Adv. Atsmon represents some of Israel’s most prominent public and private companies, including Israeli banks and hi-tech companies, from the initial stages of their establishment to the final stages of public offerings. In addition, Adv. Atsmon represents international companies, among them are some of the largest American and European public companies which invest in Israel, as well as international banks active in Israel and foreign trusts which relate to Israel. Adv. Atsmon is regularly ranked as one of Israel’s recommended tax attorneys by several international guides, including Chambers, PLC Lawyers, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, as well as by Israeli guides such as BDICode and Dun’s 100. Adv. Atsmon serves as Head of the Tax Committee of the Israeli Bar Association and as tax counsel to the CFO Forum. Adv. Atsmon also serves as a director in some of Israel’s largest public companies.
Adv. Sever is Co-Head of the Tax Department of the firm, and a member of the Executive Committee. Adv. Sever specializes in tax consulting on a wide range of domestic and international transactions, including merger and acquisition transactions, investments, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, public offerings and private allocation of capital, debt and complex financial products; as well as the establishment of venture capital funds, hedge funds and private investment funds. Adv. Sever possesses extensive experience in tax consulting and tax planning for high net worth individuals and families, relating to various investments and trusts, and in tax planning prior and subsequent to relocations. In addition, Adv. Sever possesses a unique expertise in advising Israeli and international clients on legal issues and tax aspects relating to equity-based compensation to executives and employees. Adv. Sever was ranked by the international rating Chambers & Partners as one of Israel’s leading tax attorneys. Adv. Sever also serves on the Tax Forum of the Israel Bar Association.
Partner, Administrative Law, Tenders and Municipal Governmen, M&A
Adv. Yudi Levy is Founder and Chairman of the firm. Adv. Levy is respected as one of Israel’s dominant corporate attorneys. He has been leading the firm since its inception and played a major role in bringing the firm to its current status as one of Israel’s largest and most dominant firms. In addition to his role as the firm’s Chairman, Adv. Levy handles a wide range of complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and reorganizations, and provides ongoing counsel to boards of directors. Adv. Levy also engages in trust and estate counseling and planning for high net worth individuals. Adv. Levy is highly involved in Israel’s business community and is repeatedly called upon to advise boards of directors regarding crisis management. Alongside his legal and professional activities, Adv. Levy also serves as a Member of the Boards of Directors of Knafaim Holdings Ltd. (TASE), Global Knafaim Leasing Ltd. (TASE) and Dori Media Group Ltd.; Member of the Executive Committee of Shalem Academic Center Ltd. and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Shalem Foundation; and Member of Management of the Cegla High Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law at the Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. Between the years 2008 and 2020 Adv. Levy served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE) and Member of the Board of Directors of Maman Cargo Terminals Ltd. (TASE).
Adv. Bar-Nathan is Vice Chairman of the firm and Head of the Commercial and International Litigation Department, and a member of the Executive Committee. Adv. Bar-Nathan is a renowned expert in the various fields of commercial litigation and handles litigation in the civil-commercial field, including in the fields of corporate law, contract law, banking law, communications, libel, tender law, and more. Adv. Bar-Nathan is involved in a prominent share of the complex commercial disputes held in Israel, and possesses extensive experience in the representation of clients in international disputes. Among others, Adv. Bar-Nathan represents foreign plaintiffs and respondents in legal proceedings in Israel, represents clients in enforcement proceedings of foreign verdicts and of international arbitration, assists foreign entities to receive temporary and permanent verdicts against Israeli entities, and represents Israeli plaintiffs and respondents in legal proceedings held abroad. Adv. Bar-Nathan possesses unique expertise relating to alternative dispute resolution, including complex arbitration and mediation, with an emphasis on international commercial-business arbitration involving public figures and prominent businesspeople. In 2012, Adv. Bar-Nathan was appointed as a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC) and as the Head of the International Arbitration Committee of ICC Israel, positions he held until 2018. In July 2016, Adv. Bar-Nathan was admitted as a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) arbitration panel. Adv. Bar-Nathan serves as an arbitrator in numerous complex local and international arbitrations. Among others, Adv. Bar-Nathan possesses significant reputation relating to sensitive proprietary disputes in the family law field which involve capital and assets. In this capacity, Adv. Bar-Nathan represents high net worth individuals in complex personal status and inheritance disputes. Adv. Bar-Nathan’s extensive experience and significant expertise in the international arbitration field is consistently recognized by international guides, including The Legal 500 and Expert Guides, which rank him as one of the leading attorneys in the field. As part of his public activities, Adv. Bar-Nathan has served as the Head of the Legislative Committee on Contract Law in the Israel Bar Association, as a judge at the Israel Bar Association’s Disciplinary Regional Tribunal and National Tribunal, and as the Chairman of the New Codification Committee of the Israel Bar Association, as well as a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris (as stated above) and Head of the Arbitration Committee of the Israel Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Adv. Bar-Nathan lectures at various academic institutions.