Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.
The January 2023 merger between Goldfarb Seligman and Gross & Co. cemented Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.‘s market-leading position in the investment funds field in Israel, where the team routinely represents leading Israeli fund managers, investors and high-net-worth individuals. It is active in an array of matters, spanning fund formation and taxation, venture capital, private equity and real estate fund work. Real estate investment specialist Oren Wolpin and venture capital and private equity funds experts Ayal Shenhav and Layla Chertow are key practitioners, as is Eli (Robert) Barasch, who is recognised for his specialisation in China-Israel cross-border transactions. Eylon Szatmary is well versed in private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and debt funds.
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Testimonials
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- 'Willingness to provide advice at any time and on any day with deep professionalism and knowledge of the subject.'
- 'Out-of-the-box thinking with legal and business advice to match. Extensive knowledge of industry standards and deep understanding of business.'
'Oren Wolpin and Eylon Szatmary form the perfect team for any fund-related issue, with cutting-edge ideas, attention to detail, and great responsiveness. This team knows what is important to the client and sees their needs when it comes to drafting, reviewing and discussing, whether it is current or ad hoc matters.'
Key clients
- 83 North
- 91 Ventures
- Abu Family REIT
- Accelmed Partners II
- Almeda Ventures
- Alto Real Estate Funds LLC
- Altshuler Shaham Properties
- Aluma Infrastructure Fund (2020) Ltd.
- Amiti
- Amitim
- AMoon
- Arava Power
- Arbor Ventures
- Aristagora Ventures
- Aviv Venture Capital
- Balderton Capital (UK) LLP
- Battery Ventures
- BayernLB Capital Partner
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- BIT Enterprises Ltd.
- Blumberg Capital
- Bullet Ventures
- Canaan Partners
- Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A
- Catalyst-CEL China-Israel Fund
- Cedar Ventures
- Clear Future
- Compit Now
- Copia Global Markets Fund Ltd.
- Cyberstarts
- Deutsche Telekom
- Dynamics Ventures
- E44
- Earlyview Access
- eHealth Ventures
- Electra Real Estate Ltd.
- Emerge
- Exigent HP Fund
- F2
- Finance Differently
- FinTLV
- Fortissimo
- FXP
- Gsharim Fund
- Giza
- Glilot Capital Partners
- Glilot Growth Fund
- Goldman Investments
- Hanaco Venture Capital
- Hasso Plattner Ventures
- I Squared Capital
- iArgento
- IBI Investment House Ltd.
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – COMRIT
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – CCF
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – SBL
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Tevel
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Volcano
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Quality (QCF)
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – CLO Strategies Fund
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Datacom
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Re’em Equity
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Re’em Opportunities
- IBI Investment House Ltd. – Re’em Global
- IBI PILLAR (International Real Estate)
- Insight Partners
- Israel Secondary Fund
- Israeli SFR Opportunity Fund
- IWI
- K Fund
- K1 Fund
- Khosla Ventures
- Koch Disruptive Technologies
- Lenovo Capital
- Lightspeed
- Ma’ayan Fund
- Magenta
- Magma
- Makers Fund
- Manor Evergreen
- Medica Venture Partners
- Mehadrin
- Meitav Investments House
- Menivim the New REIT Fund Ltd.
- Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd.
- Munich Venture Partners
- Next Gear
- Nili Capital Partners
- Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)
- Oleh
- Ogen Financial Solutions
- Oryzn
- Pagaya Technologies Ltd.
- Poalim Capital Markets
- Profits for Growth (PFG)
- Psagot Value Properties Ltd.
- RentIt
- REV (Reed Elsevier Ventures)
- Rio Ventures Inc.
- RUNI Ventures
- Ruby Capital
- Rysy Properties Limited
- Saban Ventures
- Scale Venture Partners
- S-Capital
- Sequoia Capital Israel
- Shaked Partners Ltd.
- Shamrock
- Shasta Ventures
- Shemaria Family Real Estate Investment Activity
- Sheva Ventures fund
- Silver Lake
- Sorenson Ventures
- Starfund Ventures
- State of Mind I, State of Mind II, State of Mind III, State of Mind Momentum
- Storm Ventures
- Strips
- Symbol Fund
- Tadiran
- Technology Crossover Ventures
- Temasek Holdings Private Limited
- Tenaya
- The Crossroads FCP-FIS fund
- The Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd.
- Phoenix Real Estate Debt Fund
- Thoma Bravo
- Titan Capital Partners
- TLV Partners
- TPG Growth
- TPY Capital
- Triventures Series SPV
- Tulip Fund
- Unorthodox Ventures
- UP West Ventures
- Value Fund for Non-Bank Financing Limited Partnership
- Verizon Inc. and its Israeli subsidiaries
- Vertex
- Vintage
- Walden International
- WRVI Global Capital Managers LLC
- WTI
- YL Ventures
- York Capital
Work highlights
- Represented Hanaco Venture Capital in the formation of a series of VC investment funds, advising from inception on all aspects of structuring, formation and fundraising.
- Represented HomeRun management and a number of anchor investors in the formation of Manor Evergreen Investments Fund, a private equity fund with a unique evergreen structure.
- Represented IBI Investment House in the structuring, formation and fundraising of alternative and hedge funds, including over 10 distinct financial funds that raised billions of USD combined.
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Practice head
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Ayal Shenhav