Firon Law Firm

Jacob Enoch is a senior partner at Firon Law Firm, head of the firm’s M&A and international transactions department, head of the firm’s international arbitration practice, and chairman of the firm’s marketing forum.

A vastly experienced attorney with multidisciplinary education, Jacob takes pride in his capacity to examine a legal and business matter in all thoroughness, often becoming an essential member of his clients' respective steering committees as consequence of this trait. With over two decades of rich experience at the forefront of Israel’s mergers and acquisitions field, Jacob has managed some of the most eminent M&A transactions in the Israeli market, valued at billions of shekels. He is extremely accomplished at planning and executing intricate mergers, acquisitions and corporate structural changes and at handling complex financing issues. ”The Best” magazine of the “Ma’ariv” daily newspaper has named him as one of Israel’s most talented M&A attorneys. Jacob has an extraordinary expertise in advising on M&A transactions of an international nature. Some of his clients include foreign enterprises that had entered the Israeli market through a merger or acquisition process, as well as Israeli companies that regularly perform transactions in the international arena. Furthermore, Jacob represents the country’s largest and most prominent enterprises and is immensely skilled at appearing before all instances of the Israeli courts, including the Supreme Court, as well as in managing arbitrations and mediations. Likewise, Jacob has notable experience in international arbitration, representing leading clients in assorted arbitration proceedings overseas, including arbitration under the auspices and rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce). Moreover, he serves as an arbitrator and a mediator. On top of his noteworthy proficiency in the legal sphere, Jacob has an in-depth business understanding, emanating from his commercial experience and education, which stray from the world of law and which grant him technological, financial and accounting knowledge. Formerly, he had worked as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney (Citibank) in Manhattan and as a deputy CEO of a medical technology company that operates in Israel and in the US. In the framework of his legal practice, Jacob leverages this rich, accumulated experience and the expertise he had acquired in finance and accounting throughout his graduate studies (Magna Cum Laude). Jacob is highly acclaimed by international and Israeli legal ranking guides, who for many years have been regularly ranking him as one of Israel’s top M&A and litigation attorneys. Additionally, Jacob is an adjunct lecturer at the Buchman Faculty of Law at the Tel Aviv University, where he teaches a simulated transaction course, allowing students to actively experience legal handling of a transaction. In 2015, Jacob was appointed as a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. The Commission on Arbitration and ADR, comprising representatives from 92 countries, is ICC's rule-making body and unique think tank in the field of international dispute resolution. The commission drafts and revises the various ICC rules for dispute resolution, including the ICC Rules of Arbitration, the ICC ADR Rules, the ICC Dispute Board Rules, and the ICC Rules for Expertise.

Hebrew, English and French.

Israel Bar Association, 1994.

LL.B., Tel Aviv University, 1992 M.B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) specializing in accounting and finance, Tel Aviv University, 1996