Praised by one client as ‘the best M&A team in the country’, Firon Law Firm' corporate practice assists both private and public companies from the technology, defence, energy, pharmaceutical, and real estate sectors. Spearheaded by firm head Zvi Firon, the mergers and acquisitions practice is led by ’phenomenal transactional lawyer’ Jacob Enoch, and includes head of the capital markets, corporations, and securities practice Udi Efron, head of the international corporate practice, as well as the firm's internet, gaming, and e-commerce department Jacob Sarov, and international practice lead Eytan Epstein. Associate Sapir Bialistock Franken is also recommended.
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- 'Extremely professional, well-informed on the subject, quick and out-of-the-box in thinking and providing solutions.'
- 'Jacob Sarov is an extremely competent, capable, responsive and creative partner. Not only within the firm, but also as a client partner, able to provide cutting-edge, thoughtful and above all practical advice.'
- 'An all-star team of professionals. Clearly experts in cross-border M&A, investment and finance.'
- 'Jacob Enoch is a phenomenal transactional lawyer with a wealth of skills and experience that is truly out of the ordinary. My only choice.'
- 'David Yaacobi is a brilliant young partner. Very capable and dedicated. Jacob Enoch is simply the best lawyer in Israel, at all levels of his varied practice.'
- 'The best M&A team in the country.'
- 'The most impressive team we met. They are commercial, responsive and good at what they do. They don't just act as lawyers, they want to offer the client a complete treatment.'
- 'We have been using Firon for almost 10 years and are extremely satisfied with their services. Jacob Sarov has steered us in the right direction several times, understanding our business thoroughly, which makes it easy to handle a professional decision. I believe they are unique in that they bring a deep knowledge of the industry, enthusiasm, high availability, speed of execution and a lot of passion, making them a rare mix of qualities to support the firm.'
Key clients
- IBM
- Shemen
- Psagot
- Elbit Systems
- B.S Katz
- Diplomat
- Epsilon
- Goodpharm
- Ashtrom Group
- C. Mer
- Yanolja
- Novolog
- Mega Or
- MasterCard
- Direct Finance
- Dan Hotels
- Ashdar
- DHL
Work highlights
- Advised Yanolja on the acquisition of Go Global Travel, from Apax Partners, estimated at USD200m.
- Advised Shemen Industries on the merger with JTLV3 estimated at hundreds of NIS millions.
- Advised Diplomat on the acquisitions of Neve Pharma, Bigdam, and Dorot, for over NIS150m.
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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.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Zvi Firon, Jacob Enoch, Eytan Epstein