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management agreements, financing and bank-
ing, project financing; sale and lease agreements;
performing due diligence on Israeli and foreign real
estate companies.
Litigation & Class Actions - Yigal Arnon & Co. has
one of the leading litigation practices in Israel. The
firm has vast experience representing clients in
complex, ‘high profile’ litigationmatters in courts,
appeal commissions, quasi-judicial bodies and
arbitrations involving commercial matters, bank-
ing, tenders, motions to the High Court of Justice,
administrativemotions and planning and building.
The firm has Israel’s leading class action defense
practice, which handles class actions in wide-rang-
ing areas, including product liability, consumer
fraud, false advertising, insurance, banking, labor
and employment, antitrust, privacy, mass torts,
environmental matters and communications.
Project Finance and Public Tenders - Yigal Arnon &
Co. has representedmajor international consortia
in some of the most high-profile tenders in the
country and complex project finance undertak-
ings based on BOT, BOO and other project finance
techniques. The firm represents the three typical
parties to any governmental tender: the State, the
bidders and the banks. Projects include the Jerusa-
lem and Tel Aviv Light Rail projects, the fast lanes
at the entrance to Tel Aviv, the National Gas Lines,
Highways 431 and 531, the desalination tender,
tenders relating to the privatization of hospitals
and the tender for the establishment of one of the
most significant solar power stations in Israel. In
addition, the firm handles various contractual ar-
rangements with municipal authorities including
tenders relating to all types of infrastructures.
Tax - Yigal Arnon & Co. has developed a widely rec-
ognized tax practice which reflects the firm’s high
standards of service. It represents a wide range
of clients from individuals to multi-national and
international corporations. Its extensive expertise
covers corporate and real estate taxation, interna-
tional tax treaty implementation, and specialist
areas such as trust taxation, financial instruments,
transfer pricing for international groups, technology
transfer, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital
fund formation and employee stock option plans.
The department has wide experience in advising
overseas investors regarding investments in or
acquisitions of Israeli companies.
Telecommunications - Yigal Arnon & Co. repre-
sents a wide range of clients, including fixed line
telecommunications companies, television com-
panies, internet service and content providers,
telecom equipment manufacturers and internet
telephony companies. The firm has frequent deal-
ings with the Ministry of Communications and as-
sists in securing broadcast licenses, establishing
programdistribution, determining rate regulations
and preparing fixed line and wireless access per-
mit applications.
Antitrust & Competition - Yigal Arnon & Co. has
extensive experience in antitrust law, including
global, as well as local, mergers and acquisitions,
pre-merger notifications and objections to merg-
ers, as well as providing ongoing consultation to
clients regarding avoiding entering into restrictive
trade arrangements, acting as a monopoly or ob-
jecting to the activity of a monopoly, exclusive dis-
tribution arrangements, petitions for exemptions
and advising on appropriate action to take when
faced with complex antitrust and trade regulation
issues. The firm often appears before officials at
the Antitrust Authority, and represents clients in
the Antitrust Tribunal and criminal trials relating
to antitrust matters.
Life Sciences - Yigal Arnon & Co. has developed
a specialized life sciences practice to provide
customized and professional services to both
emerging and more established companies that
are transforming life science industries. The firm
works with companies from a cross-section of the
industry including biotechnology, pharmaceutical,
bio-informatics, medical device and health care
service companies. Additionally, the firm services
leading universities and academic centers as well
as the banking and investment firms that are ac-
tive in the life sciences. The firm also represents
some of the leading biotech incubators.
Intellectual Property - Yigal Arnon & Co. has vast
experience in assisting Israeli and foreign busi-
nesses, at all stages of development, to exploit
their intellectual property assets, protect their in-
tellectual property rights, and transfer those rights
through licensing and other arrangements, all tak-
ing into account regulatory and tax consequences.
Such assistance includes intellectual property liti-
gation in matters of patents, copyrights and trade
secrets. The firm is engaged in a wide spectrum of
corporate partnering activities, including propri-
etary asset exploitation, strategic partnerships,
joint development and technology transfers.
Labor Law - Yigal Arnon & Co. advises companies
at all stages, from emerging growth companies to
established international companies, assisting
them in arranging and implementing employment
packages appropriate for their needs. We are in-
volved with all facets of setting up and implement-
ing employee incentive plans, including equity and
equity-based award plans and executive compen-
sation. Our attorneys are instrumental in integrat-
ing Israeli and foreign corporate, securities, tax
and accounting concerns in order to structure
multi-national benefit plans, often in close coop-
eration with leading international firms.
Pro Bono - Yigal Arnon & Co. has assisted numer-
ous non-profit organizations with their corporate,
employment and organizational issues, and lower
income clients with probate and landlord-tenant
legal issues. The lawyers at the firm are very active
in the volunteer programs “Schar Mitzva”, provid-
ing pro bono legal advice to the disadvantaged and
“Shiur Acher”, taking part in teaching in schools
serving disadvantaged children. The firm views
pro bono work as valuable in giving its lawyers an
additional challenging andmeaningful dimension
to their practice.
David Roness
Eli Greenbaum
Lee Maor
Nimrod Vromen
Esta b l i s h e d
1958
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm
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Tel Aviv 6702101
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