AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co

High Tech and VC

Daniel Chinn is a partner and Head of our High-Tech Department.

Daniel specialises in representing venture capital and private equity funds, as well as companies in the technology industry.

Daniel represents early-stage technology companies from the initial stages of conception and ideation through the establishment of the company, raising capital from investors, contracting with employees, including compensation plans and options, drafting development, product manufacturing, licencing, marketing and distribution agreements, and all the way through public offerings to a possible ultimate exit.

Daniel was a partner in the commercial and corporate department of leading law firms, and a partner in Israel Seed Partners, a Jerusalem-based venture capital fund with close to $300m under his management. In addition, he served as the CEO of an Agrotech company. Daniel also served as CEO and the executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN) where he worked with management to lead the company to significant revenues before being acquired by Fortress Capital.

His extensive and varied experience, which enables him to provide legal, business and strategic advice to his clients places him in a unique position in the Israeli hi-tech landscape.

Daniel was recognized by the following international ranking guides:

• The LEGAL 500 recommended his achievements in hi-tech and start-ups,and in commercial law – mergers and acquisitions.
• Chambers and Partners ranked him a prominent lawyer in technology.
• IFLR1000 chose him as a leading lawyer in technology and telecom.

Bar admission:

Israel Bar Association, 1990.

Hebrew, English.   

Oxford University, B.A. Jurisprudence, 1986.