Agmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm displays significant strength in the banking infrastructure sector, as evidenced by the high-profile creation of Leumi Bank’s first-of-a-kind credit agreement with the Bank of Israel. A further core workflow of the practice includes handling complex cross-border project financings in the energy sector, where the team represents both borrowers and lenders in syndicated project financings. Financial and regulatory work expert Yona Goshen-Gottstein heads up the team, which includes energy finance specialist Dan Hacohen and newly promoted partner Itamar Shimonovitz, whose practice spans both transactional and regulatory advice.
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- 'Very skilled and experienced, sharp and commercial.'
- 'A very professional team with extensive subject knowledge and a creative approach to finding solutions for clients.'
- 'Very good teamwork that allows the client to get a comprehensive and responsive service.'
- 'Yona Goshen-Gottstein and Itamar Shimonovitz form a great creative team. Their outstanding collaboration provides clients with a comprehensive professional service.'
- 'The team is extremely professional, understands the client's needs and is open to finding practical solutions.'
- 'People like Itamar Shimonovitz are unique, they are absolutely dedicated to the transaction, and to making things go well. They are professional and creative in 'designing' creative solutions.'
Key clients
- Leumi Bank Le – Israel B.M.
- Bank Hapoalim B.M.
- Discount Bank Ltd.
- Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
- CitiBank Israel and CitiBank Group Global
- Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd and it's companies including Menora Mivtachim Insurance Company
- Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd
- Amitim Veteran Pension Funds
- Migdal insurance company Ltd.
- Altshuler Shaham Investment House
- First International Bank of Israel
- Meitav Dash Investment House
- Generation Capital Ltd.
- Klirmark Capital
- Doral Group and several of its companies
- Ratio Oil Explorations (1992) Limited Partnership
- Delek Group
- Mercantile Discount Bank
- Navitas Petroleum, Limited Partnership
- JP Global Power Ltd.
- Gilad Pensions for Religious Workers Ltd.
- WeCheck
- TenureX
- Ofek Capital Co-operative Association
- Modiin Energy, LP
- Payment Financial Technologies Ltd.
- WeSure Insurance Company Ltd.
- Amot Investment ltd.
- Kamada Ltd.
- New Med Energy, Limited Partnership (formerly, Delek Drilling)
- Amot Denisra Ltd.
- Nechamka Investments 2001 Ltd.
- Veridis Environments
- Israel Infrastructure Fund
- Nili (Amir) Holdings Ltd.
- BRM Group
- Munich Re Specialty Insurance
- Reinsurance Group of America
- ICIC - the Israeli Credit Insurance Company Ltd.
- Hightech Zone Ltd.
- Coral Tel (Yad2)
Work highlights
- Advised Bank Hapoalim on a series of financing agreements.
- Acted for Migdal Insurance, including Group companies, on many transactions, totalling over NIS1.1bn, including the corporate financing for a real estate group, as well as a project financing transaction to support fibre-to-home national project.
- Acted for Leumi Bank on a complex mandate involving a credit agreement with the Bank of Israel that was secured by a mortgage portfolio.
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Yona Goshen-Gottstein