Gornitzky & Co.

Corporate; Commercial; Mergers & Acquisitions; Technology and Life Sciences; Private Equity & Venture Capital; Telecoms & Media; Banking & Finance

Partner

Eyal Raz is partner at Gornitzky & Co.

Eyal has a general commercial and corporate practice with a strong international inclination, representing Israeli groups in their local and global business activities and non-Israeli groups in establishing their Israeli presence and in their local commercial transactions. In addition, Eyal represents Israeli and non-Israeli clients in international merger and acquisition transactions, in investments in Israeli start-up companies, venture capital funds and private equity funds, and in complex tax matters, including tax litigation.

Prominent examples of Eyal’s practice include the following:

Merger and Acquisition Transactions

Representation of an industrial company in the sale of a global division (with subsidiaries in Europe and in China) to a US Fortune 500 corporation Representation of an Israeli cyber security company and its shareholders in several asset sale and share sale transactions to a US Fortune 500 corporation Representation of a global private equity fund in bids for purchasing Israeli-based global commercial companies Representation of an Israeli public company traded on Frankfurt Prime Standard in its acquisition (by way of a reverse triangular merger) by a US corporation traded on NASDAQ Representation of an Israeli and US group in the acquisition of a controlling interest in Israel’s largest banking group Representation of an Israeli and US group in the acquisition of a controlling interest in a large Israeli industrial company traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Representation of an Israeli and Australian group in the acquisition of a controlling interest in a major Israeli banking group Representation of the controlling shareholders of a large Israeli insurance group in the sale of a material shareholding interest in the group to a non-Israeli purchaser Representation of an Israeli group in the sale of its controlling interest in a large Israeli industrial company Representation of an Israeli group in the sale of its shareholding interest in one of Israel’s television broadcasting companies Representation of an Australian group in the acquisition of part of a controlling interest in a large Israeli oil company Representation of a large US corporation in the sale of its Israeli activities

Corporate and Commercial; High Tech

Representation of a Spanish consulting, engineering and architecture group in bids for energy and infrastructure projects in Israel and in negotiations of engineering, procurement and construction agreements for power plants in Israel Representation of an Israeli subsidiary of a global energy group in the negotiation of large scale supply contracts for concentrated solar power projects in Israel and in Spain Representation of an Israeli company developing solar power technology and projects in its corporate and commercial activities Representation of a Denmark-based global company in a bid for an Israeli infrastructure project Representation of an Israeli-based global group in local and international sales and licensing transactions Representation of several Israeli industrial companies in their corporate and commercial activities Representation of an Israeli automotive group in its corporate and commercial activities Representation of several Israeli groups in their local and global investment transactions Representation of a global high tech group in commercial transactions with Israeli customers Representation of Israeli and non-Israeli individuals and family offices in investments in Israeli start-up companies, venture capital funds and private equity funds Representation of entrepreneurs of Israeli high-tech and food tech companies

Tax and Tax Litigation

Representation of an Israeli company in a complex, large-scale tax litigation case with significant cross-border aspects Representation of individuals in a complex, large-scale tax litigation case concerning residency in Israel for tax purposes Representation of a US corporation and its Israeli subsidiary in a tax restructuring dispute vis-à-vis the Israeli Tax Authority Representation of one of Israel’s largest oil and gas exploration groups before the governmental “Sheshinski Committee” Representation of global high tech and energy companies in the establishment of their Israeli subsidiaries or branches Advising a global private equity fund in structuring its investments in Israel Advising Israeli and non-Israeli individuals in long term family planning matters, including setting up trust structures

Prior to joining the firm, Eyal served as a legal advisor in the Military’s Advocate-General Unit From 1994 to 1997.

Hebrew and English.

1996, Israel Bar Association

LL.M., Bar-Ilan University (2000); LL.B., cum laude, Tel Aviv University (1995).