Since its establishment in 2019, boutique firm Simon-Vekslar, Spierer, Maoz Law Offices has made significant inroads into the infrastructure market, particularly on the public-sector side. Over the past year, the team has advised various government ministries and state-owned companies on road, rail, hospital, defence and water projects. Ayelet Simon-Vekslar is commended by sources as an ‘industry-leading lawyer’ and co-heads the practice together with Shira Spierer, Shmuel Maoz and Talia Yerushalmi, who was formerly general counsel for Cross Israel Highway.
Testimonials
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- ‘The team is very talented and dedicated. It is always ready and aware of all legal aspects, and has the ability to advise the client in the best way possible. Its strong commercial awareness, extensive expertise and huge amount of work in infrastructure projects, makes it knowledgeable.’
- ‘Ayelet Simon-Vekslar, as a leading lawyer, makes efforts to build and maintain an environment where all are treated without bias and have equal opportunities for advancement. I know for a fact that there are other partners who are very capable and efficient lawyers.’
Key clients
- Cross Israel Highway (Trans Israel)
- NTA – Metropolitan Mass Transit System
Work highlights
- Advising NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System on the financial close of the PPP project for the design, finance implementation operation and maintenance of the Purple Line of the light rail system in Tel Aviv.
- Advising Cross Israel Highway on a BOT project for the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of the Haifa-to-Nazareth LRT project.