Middle East - Israel

Lipa Meir & Co

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Lipa Meir & Co maintains its market-leading reputation for advising cannabis start-ups, whilst handling the full range of contentious and non-contentious issues across the sector. The team regularly acts in class actions and advises on IP licensing issues, fund raisings, and the secondary use of healthcare data. Practice head Gary Copelovitz assists domestic and global healthcare clients with a wide variety of corporate issues and M&A, whilst Meir Elbaum is known for advising public and private hospitals and clinics on healthcare insurance programmes, tenders, and their agreements with importers and suppliers. Dispute resolution expert Isaac Anidjer represents entrepreneurs in procedural matters concerning the acquisition of licenses, and negotiations with healthcare service providers. Anidjer is also noted for his broad knowledge of the operation of geriatric medical centres.

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  • 'The expertise in the healthcare and technology sectors of the team is unique and hard to find elsewhere.'
  • 'Gary Copelovitz has lead clients in so many deals that his experience and expertise is unparalleled. He will assist clients navigate the most treacherous waters, and will do it with a smile.'

Key clients

  • Galil Okek Incubator
  • OPTM.RX Ltd.
  • Exosomm Ltd.
  • BlinkAid Ltd.
  • Regenesis Ltd.
  • Biopharma Credit PLC
  • Clalit Health Services
  • Lahav CRO
  • L.E.M. Laboratory for Early Detection Ltd.
  • Mor Institute for Medical Data Ltd.
  • Mor-Mar Ltd.
  • Tel Hashomer Hospital
  • Shila Medical Services Ltd.
  • Mor Research Applications Ltd.
  • Medtechnica Orthophone Ltd.
  • Natural Birth Centre
  • Tel Bar Industries For Health Institutions Ltd.
  • Clalit Biomedical Engineering Ltd.
  • Mileutis Ltd.
  • Shekel Brainweigh Ltd.
  • Harel Insurance Company Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Advising a client in a collaboration with a leading science institute to build a research and education venture consisting of multi-omics analyses and repository (biobank) and data-omic based research activities, together with clinical trials, for the development of innovative digital healthcare products and services.
  • Acting for Clalit Health Services on numerous projects and ventures which relate to the secondary use of Clalit health data, and a broad range of commercial, joint ventures and litigation matters. Advised on the implementation of a nationwide arrangement for the shortening of the shifts of residents in State-owned and Clalit-owned hospitals.
  • Advising Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel in a collaboration with an internationally renowned AI group in developing an engine based on artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning technologies to build products related to child development and child healthcare.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gary Copelovitz

Other key lawyers

Meir Elbaum, Isaac Anidjer