The team at Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. Advocates and Notary regularly assists with equity investments and data privacy compliance mandates. Practice co-head Ian Rostowsky is particularly adept at handling fund formation and M&A-related issues within the sector, while co-head Yoav Etzyon primarily acts for start-ups and emerging companies within the healthcare and life sciences arena. Assaf Baruch’s main areas of focus are commercial transactions within the tech sector, having advised a number of clients on a variety of commercial transactions, and Stephen Barak Rozen is well-versed in the formation of tech incubators.

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  • ‘Very seasoned team, having deep expertise. Provides a wide range of solutions for start-up companies, including finance, Israeli law, employee's relations, the Israeli Innovation Authority, data security and compliance, and ethics.’

Key clients

  • Novartis
  • Allergan
  • Arieli Capital LLC
  • BT Beamedical Technologies
  • CanNegev Ltd.
  • Cell Response Ltd.
  • Dali Medical Devices Ltd.
  • Dermafence Ltd.
  • F.O.R.E Biotherapeutics Ltd.
  • Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  • Good Energies Ltd.
  • Healeon Medical Ltd.
  • Ilumigyn Ltd.
  • IM Cannabis Corp
  • KeepMed Ltd.
  • LionBird L.P
  • Medonna
  • Medcase Health Inc.
  • Nano-X Imaging Ltd.
  • New Pace Ltd.
  • Orsense Ltd.
  • Polypid Ltd.
  • Red C Biotech Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Represented F.O.R.E Biotherapeutics in an equity investment transaction and is currently dealing with a merger which will result in the company being flipped from Israel to become a Delaware corporation.
  • Advise Allergan, a manufacturer of medical and cosmetic pharmaceuticals, on aspects of intellectual property, including trademarks, trade secrets and compliance with data privacy protection regulations involved in its business activities.
  • Advising 12.64 Fund on a $20m financing round of Switzerland-based SpacePharma SA, a space-tech startup that is developing miniaturized laboratory systems for use in space.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ian Rostowsky, Yoav Etzyon

Other key lawyers

Omer Carmel, Stephen Barak Rozen, Chagit Pedael, Assaf Baruch