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sectors, including water desalination, conventional
energy, including cogeneration, renewable energy,
natural gas, communication satellites, military and
police facilities and transportation systems.
Capital Markets, Securities&Regulation of Finan-
cial Services – The firmacts in a variety of complex
matters for Israeli and foreign companies, includ-
ing publicly traded companies, banks, investments
houses and other leading entities in Israel’s capital
market. The firmhas special expertise in securities
and capital markets regulation; financial services
regulation; banking regulation; corporate gover-
nance; reporting requirements and filings with the
IsraelSecurities Authority and the Tel AvivStockEx-
change; administrative enforcement proceedings
of the Israel Securities Authority; representation
of companies and interest groups in relation to
legislative procedures; internal investigations; and
securities-related internal compliance programs.
The firm regularly advises clients and represents
them before supervisory and regulatory agencies
and bodies, including the Israel Securities Author-
ity and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Real Estate –The firm represents a variety of foreign
and domestic entrepreneurs, land owners, con-
struction contractors, investors, companies, funds
and individuals, in all aspects of real estate trans-
actions, including, examination of the transaction
structure, negotiating the transaction terms, nego-
tiating the financing terms with various financial
institutions, advising and dealing with land taxation
issues, drafting various related agreements (e.g.
purchase, sell, rent, combination, division, urban
renewal, construction and more), advising and
dealing with the regulatory authorities, registration
of rights andmore. In addition, the firmhas unique
experience in advising and representing large scale
and complex urban renewal initiatives, financial
institutions in high scale financing projects and
entrepreneurs and leading investors in complex
and multiple party transactions.
Administrative Law and Regulation – The firmhas
been recognized by various legal directories as a
leading firm in this field of administrative law and
regulation. The firm accompanies various entities
in the Israeli market in their interaction with gov-
ernment agencies and administrative bodies in
different contexts. The firm has vast experience in
representing clients before governmental authori-
ties, parliamentary and governmental committees,
as well as in drafting policy documents, represen-
tation in hearings, representation in legislation
proceedings, privatization proceedings, structural
changes and market regulation.
Environmental Law– The firm is widely recognized
as one of Israel’s strongest firms in environmental
law and is ranked as a top tier firmby various legal
directories. The firmadvises local andmultination-
al companies in their everyday environmental law
challenges including with respect to: water and air
pollution, land pollution, removal of solid waste
and dangerous waste, hazardous material, noise
nuisance, radiation damages, sustainability poli-
cies, agro ecology, risk assessments, etc. The firm
regularly provides on-going legal advice to compa-
nies, assists in drafting contractual environmental
provisions, conducts environmental due diligence
in real estate and other transactions and prepares
riskmanagement and EMS programs. In addition,
the firm holds an annual environmental confer-
ence, which is considered the largest environmen-
tal conference in Israel that spearheads discussion
on the main trends, policies and innovations in
sustainability and environmental protection.
Labor Law – The firm provides a wide spectrum of
legal services in all fields of private and collective
labor Law. The firm’s clients include foreign and
domestic employers, senior managers, employees
groups in liquidation proceedings, receivership pro-
ceedings and suspension proceedings, employers’
unions and employee unions. The firm’s specializa-
tion covers all civil and criminal aspects of labor
law and it advises in full range of employment and
HR related issues arising in mergers and acquisi-
tions, privatizations, organizational changes and
insolvencies in Israel.
China and Far East – The firm was one of the first
Israeli law firm’s to have its own China Country
Desk and a physical office in the PRC, which was
established in 2007. The firm’s lawyers in China
work in close cooperation with one of China’s
leading law firms. The firm’s China Country Desk
is led by a partner who is a Chinese speaker and
it provides a full range of legal services to local
and foreign clients operating in China and Chinese
clients operating in Israel.
Hi-Tech and Venture Capital – The firm’s Hi-Tech
and Venture Capital practice group is considered
one of Israel’s leading practice groups and has
extensive experience in representing start-up
companies (and their founders) in all stages, from
inception through financings, commercial growth
and exit, as well as representing investors in such
companies including angels, incubators and ac-
celerators, venture capital firms, high net worth
individuals and strategic investors and acquirers.
The practice group is businessminded with a deal
making attitude and regularly represents clients
fromvarious industries including: fintech, internet,
media, software, enterprise software, e-commerce,
bio-tech andmedical devices, pharmaceutical, big
data, communications, transportation, information
technology and clean-tech.
Public Tenders and Government Contracts – The
firm regularly advises bidders, as well as public
and private tender issuers. The firm accompanies
its clients throughout the tender process, from
the preliminary stages until bid selection and ex-
ecution of the project. The firm has represented
international and domestic companies in some of
Israel’s largest public tenders. In addition, the firm
has represented international and domestic com-
panies in major and complex international public
tenders issued abroad. Further more, the firm has
extensive experience in representation in petitions
and various legal proceedings related to tenders
and government contracts.
Esta b l i s h e d
1973
co n s u lta n t
Gali Baharav-Miara
Yaron Grofman
Prof. Yuval Levy
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm
132 Menachem Begin Rd., 5 Azrieli Center,
The Square Tower, 34th Floor,
Tel Aviv 6701101
Tel: 972-3-6846000 Fax: 972-3-6846001
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