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Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

earl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz (“Pearl

Cohen”) is an international law and pat-

ent firm boasting highly experienced

professionals in its offices in Tel-Aviv, Herzliya,

Haifa, New York, Boston, and London. Due to

the firm’s exclusive multi-jurisdictional pres-

ence, Pearl Cohen’s practice leaders excel in

cross-border commercial, corporate, high-tech

and securities work, while being recognized in

Israel as # 1 for intellectual property and pat-

ent capabilities and the largest patent practice

group in 2015.

Pearl Cohen primarily represents innovation-

driven enterprises, including Fortune 500 and

small-cap emerging companies, startups and

entrepreneurs, investors, academic institutions

and government-related entities. Its global

offices work together seamlessly to provide

clients with integrated legal services, advis-

ing on Israel, U.S. and European legal issues,

alongside its dedicated teams for Russia & CIS,

Ibero-America, Canada and Asia Pacific.

Pearl Cohen’s practice is wide-ranging, with pro-

fessionals coming from numerous academic

and professional backgrounds. Among the

flagship legal disciplines of Pearl Cohen are all

areas of intellectual property and patent work,

high-tech, venture capital, private equity and

angel investments, capital markets & securities,

M&As, employment & benefits, tax, real estate,

competition & antitrust, business immigration

and e-commerce.

Practice Groups

Intellectual Property

Patents: The Patent Group provides the strate-

gic vision and creative execution required for

preparing and prosecuting “litigation ready”

patents and their monetization. The group’s

patent attorneys, agents and scientific advisors

hold advanced technological degrees and have

vast knowledge in a variety of fields such as

telecommunications, software, semiconduc-

tors, medical devices and imaging, pharma-

ceuticals and biotechnology.

Trademark & Brand Protection:

The Trademark

Group protects some of the world’s famous

marks and holds significant expertise in reg-

istering, protecting and enforcing trademark

rights against competitors, counterfeiters and

parallel importers.

Licensing & IP Transactions:

The Licensing

Group at Pearl Cohen provides comprehensive

representation for a wide range of licensing and

sales transactions, tailoring solutions for each

unique technology and intellectual property.

The Licensing Group are experts at structuring

and negotiating IP transactions to best achieve

clients’ goals.

Internet, Software & Cyber Law:

The Internet

Group at Pearl Cohen is experienced in the in-

terpretation of intellectual property law as it

applies to the internet and new media. Our at-

torneys provide legal services to a wide range of

clients including communications companies,

internet access & service providers, banks and

financial institutions, insurance companies, re-

tail chains engaging in online sales, copyright

owners, portals and content sites, e-commerce

ventures, companies offering computer and in-

ternet services, publishers, employee organi-

zations and technology and distance-learning

companies. Pearl Cohen has leveraged its

knowledge and expertise of new technology

and Internet law to offer its business clients

complete legal services with respect to the es-

sential fields of information privacy and data

protection.

Commercial Services

Corporate Finance & Securities:

The Corporate

Finance & Securities Group provides legal rep-

resentation in the U.S. and in Israel relating to

securities transactions, SEC compliance, busi-

ness finance and public offerings on NASDAQ,

NYSE, TASE and other stock exchanges. Pearl

Cohen is also known as a pioneer in the dual

listings and currently represents companies,

investment banks, strategic investors and large

shareholders in a wide range of international

public securities matters regarding the stock

market.

Hi-Tech, Venture Capital and Private Equity:

Pearl Cohen’s team represents many entre-

preneurs, start-ups, and dynamic technology

companies operating in Israel and abroad,

along with venture capital and private equity

funds. The Group brings together extensive

knowledge of the legal aspects involved in ven-

ture capital and private equity financing, as well

as a profound understanding of the ecosystem

in which our clients operate.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Pearl Cohen’s attor-

neys work closely with its clients to structure,

negotiate and close mergers and acquisitions

and derivative transactions such as spinoffs,

tender offers and leverage buyouts. Following

Pearl Cohen’s multidisciplinary approach, its

attorneys seamlessly collaborate with the firm’s

global domain practices, providing advice on

all aspects of M&A deals to hi-tech and biotech

companies, their founders and investors.

U.S. Business Immigration:

The U.S. Business

Immigration Group, located in Pearl Cohen’s

New York offices, represents the firm’s clients

before the U.S. immigration authorities upon

relocation of their business to the U.S., and dur-

ing the relocation of individuals and their fami-

lies due to work-related matters. The group is

also proficient in cross-border business deals,

mainly mergers and acquisitions, and capital

raisings from foreign sources in order to verify

maintaining its clients’ legal standing before

the U.S.

Employment, Benefits & Executive Compen-

sation:

The Employment Group focus on em-

ployment issues associated with technology

companies, particularly issues arising from per-

sonal employment agreements, including senior

employment agreements, non-competition and

confidentiality covenants, and termination and

separation agreements. The broad knowledge

and expertise the firm has from advising on,

drafting and interpreting these agreements has

given Pearl Cohen considerable understanding

of the subtle but important issues that straddle

the areas of employment law and intellectual

property law.

Real Estate:

Pearl Cohen’s Real Estate Group

has extensive experience in the initiation and

materialization of commercial and private

Mark Cohen

Senior Partner

Nachman Cohen

Zedek

Senior Partner

Zeev Pearl

Managing Partner *

Benjamin Baratz

Senior Partner

Yael Baratz

Senior Partner

Doron Latzer

Senior Partner

Dor Cohen Zedek

Senior Partner