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Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co.

ischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. is one

of Israel’s premier full-service lawfirms. FBC

offers its clients professional excellence and

personal attention across the spectrumof multidis-

ciplinary business legal services, and is involved in

a wide range of representations at the forefront of

Israel’s legal-economic agenda. Since 2000, FBC

has been Israel’s fastest growing law firm, and is

repeatedly ranked by international and domestic

indices among Israel’s leading law firms.

Main Practice Areas

Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation

FBC has one of the largest and most diverse com-

mercial litigation practices in Israel and is a mar-

ket leader in class actions and derivative suits. It

handles some of the most strategically significant

cases in Israeli courts and arbitration, acts for the

country’smost prominent corporations, and FBC’s

partners include some of the most sought after

mediators and arbitrators in the Israeli bar.

Class Actions & Derivative Suits

FBC is a market leader in Class Actions and Deriva-

tive Suits. It is Israel’s leading firm in represent-

ing defendants, and over the last year alone has

represented defendants in over 100 class actions.

FBC represents clients in some of the largest and

most important class actions and derivative suits

in Israel in all areas of the law.

Real Estate, Planning & Zoning

FBCis Israel’smarket leader in Real Estate, Planning

& Zoning. It handles major international and local

real estate transactions and has extensive experi-

ence in representing public and private real estate

companies, entrepreneurs, developers, property

owners and potential purchasers. FBC’s real estate

attorneys pride themselves, first and foremost, on

their business acumen and ability to bring deals to

closure, integrating the commercial sensitivities of

attorneys experienced in handling large-scale busi-

ness transactions with the in-depth knowledge of

first-class real estate practitioners.

Corporate / M&A & International Trade

FBChas one of Israel’s leading Corporate andM&A

practices and represents major private and pub-

licly traded companies in many of Israel’s largest

transactions. Its clients includemajor multinational

entities and internationally active private equity

funds, as well as leading domestic players.

Competition & Antitrust

FBC has Israel’s leading and largest Competition &

Antitrust practice. It represents companies on the

full spectrum of criminal, administrative and civil

antitrust matters, includingmerger control, abusive

behavior, restrictive arrangements and regulation of

cartels, monopolies and oligopolies. FBChas been

ranked consistently by the Global Competition Re-

view as one of the world’s 100 leading competition

practices and as Israel’s premier antitrust firm.

Hi-Tech, Technology & Venture Capital

FBC has one of Israel’s leading, and longest-stand-

ing, Hi-Tech, Technology&Venture Capital practices.

It represents and advises start-ups, mature compa-

nies, strategic investors and venture capital funds

in all their commercial activities, including initial

structuring, investment transactions, license agree-

ments, M&As, PIPE transactions, fund formation,

operations acquisitions, private placements and

public offerings on securities exchanges in Israel

and abroad. Capital Markets: FBChas one of Israel’s

leading Capital Markets practices, and provides

counsel on international and local public offer-

ings, private placements, controlling shareholder

transactions and issues relating to corporate gov-

ernance, and ongoing reporting and filing require-

ments under Israeli and foreign securities laws. FBC

is considered to be a pioneer in developing complex

capital financing provided by insurance companies,

and in advising on negotiable and non-negotiable

financial instruments, exchange-traded certificates

and bond transactions.

Capital Markets

FBChas one of Israel’s leading Capital Markets prac-

tices, and provides counsel on international and lo-

cal public offerings, private placements, controlling

shareholder transactions and issues relating to cor-

porate governance, and ongoing reporting and filing

requirements under Israeli and foreign securities

laws. FBC is considered to be a pioneer in develop-

ing complex capital financing provided by insurance

companies, and in advising on negotiable and non-

negotiable financial instruments, exchange-traded

certificates and bond transactions.

Banking & Finance

With one of Israel’s leading Banking & Finance prac-

tices, FBC representsmany of Israel’s largest credi-

tors, including banks and insurance companies,

investment houses and financial institutions, and

borrowers inmany of the largest andmost complex

secured and non-secured financing transactions

in Israel. FBC offers its clients a wide market per-

spective, and it is a market leader in the areas of

securitization, secured finance and inter-creditor

relations, and has the largest institutional lending

practice in Israel.

nsolvency & Restructuring

FBChas the leading Insolvency and Debt Restructur-

ingpractice in Israel. Itrepresentsdebtors, creditors,

companies, bondholders’ representatives and con-

trollingshareholders,andhasbeeninvolvedinnear-

ly all of Israel’smost significant debt arrangements,

aggregating tens of billions of NIS in recent years.

Tax & Private Asset Management

FBC provides counsel on the full spectrum of tax

matters related to commercial activities in Israel

and on cross-border transactions, as well as with

respect to long-term planning issues, which in-

volve the development and implementation of

structures that address clients’ wealth planning

requirements, while taking careful account of the

tax-related issues that are often critical aspects of

these structures.

Life Sciences & Health Care

FBC has developed a broad expertise in the field

of life sciences. The firm’s life sciences practice

represents the most prominent multinational and

local players in a broad range of areas, including

biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical de-

vices, medical services, genomics, diagnostics,

medical IT and health care services, all in various

stages of development.

Pa rt n e r s

Reuven Behar

Amir Chen

AvrahamWell

Dr. Gil Orion

Israel Fischer

Ronald Lehmann

Eran Yaniv

Atir Jaffe

Tal Eyal-Boger

Yoram Bonen

Raz Tepper

Tamar Turjeman-Kedem

Anat Shavit

Michal Faktor

Meital Ben-Basat

Tsafrir Negbi

Miri Kimhi

Gilad Winkler

Orit Malka

Oded Revivo

Shay Teken

Amir Chen

Senior Partner *

Avraham Well

Senior Partner *

Dr. Gil Orion

Senior Partner *

Reuven Behar

Senior Partner *