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Herzog Fox & Neeman
Herzog Tower
6 Yitzhak Sadeh St.
Tel Aviv 6777506
Israel

Work Department

Hi-Tech
Hi-Tech Silicon Valley
Mergers and Acquisitions

Position

Partner, Head of Hi-Tech

Career

Hanan Haviv is Head of Hi Tech and is a leading partner in the firm’s corporate division.

Hanan has over 20 years of experience representing a wide range of technology companies from early stage startups to public companies and investors in diverse and complex transactions. His practice focuses on financing and M&A transactions, as well as advising companies on general corporate, securities law matters and all kinds of business transactions and guiding them on issues related to their business model, fundraising strategy, investor relations and board and shareholders management.

Hanan has substantial experience in both buyer and seller-side M&A transactions, including acquisition transactions of Israeli companies traded in the United States (such as Fundtech, Starlims, Voltaire, Lipman, Aladdin, Ezchip and more). Hanan has also significant experience in venture capital and other private financing transactions, representing issuers and investors in transactions ranging from seed financings to growth rounds and private equity investments.

Prior to joining Herzog in 2005, Hanan was a senior attorney in the Venture Law Group in the Silicon Valley officer of Heller Ehrman. Hanan is a member of the Israel Bar Association and the State Bar of California.

Languages

Hebrew, English

Memberships

California, 2000
Israel, 1997

Education

Tel Aviv University, Israel, LL.B & BA (Economics), 1997; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA LL.M, 1998

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Herzog Fox & Neeman maintains a leading position in the Israeli market, advising a diverse roster of clients, including acquirers, sellers, investors, and financial institutions, on complex cross-border transactions. The team is jointly led by Ran Hai, renowned for managing major cross-border M&A transactions and private equity work in Israel, and Nir Dash, who specialises in M&A transactions involving public companies and private equity funds. Heads of the technology department, Hanan Haviv and Yair Geva, are also highly recommended for their expertise in corporate and M&A transactions, as well as acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital investments. The team also includes tech and M&A expert Yuval Meidar, Asaf Nahum, who handles both domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity deals, and Michal Herzfeld.

Israel > Hi-tech and start-ups

(Leading partners)

Hanan HavivHerzog Fox & Neeman

Herzog Fox & Neeman’s specialist technology practice leans into the firm’s formidable corporate, finance and capital markets offerings to provide comprehensive transactional support to tech companies and investors. With recent experience in all key industry sectors — including cybersecurity, Fintech, life sciences and cleantech — the group is a popular choice to represent a broad raft of start-ups, emerging companies and major multinational corporations. Dual-qualified in New York and Israel, department co-head Yair Geva is a go-to specialist for multi-jurisidictional transactions. Hanan Haviv co-heads the team and brings to bear extensive experience in corporate and securities law. Other key contacts include Yuval Zilber, who advised a slew of start-ups and investors in financings rounds during 2023/24; Yoni Frider, who is an increasingly prominent name for international work; commercial law specialist Gilad Majerowicz; and talented younger partners Raz Ofer and Miri Wang.