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Law Firms - Banking & Finance
Preis, Baharav & Co.
P reis, Baharav & Co. is one of Israel’s lead-
ing law firms in the field of business law.
The firm was established on the grounds
of providing excellent service and counsel, ren-
dered by the firm’s partners, while striving for
excellence, efficiency and the best possible re-
sults for each client. The firmand its partners have
earned a great reputation, in Israel and the world,
in their areas of specialization. They are constantly
awarded and recognized for their achievements, in
Israel as well as in the worlds of M&As, corporate,
finance and banking, by the most prestigious rat-
ing publications, including Legal 500, Chambers
and Partners, D&B, IFLR and BDI. The firm advises
leading companies in Israel and overseas in deals
and provides on-going legal support. Preis, Ba-
harav & Co. was founded in 2011 by Dr. Ziv Preis
and Ronen Baharav. Since its inception, the firm
has represented large businesses and corpora-
tions from Israel and abroad, including private
and public companies, startups, entrepreneurs,
businesspeople, banks, funds and financial insti-
tutions, operating in a range of areas and various
countries and industries. This quality boutique
firm specializes in all areas of business law and
regularly handles complexities and challenges in
financing, investments and mergers and acqui-
sitions transactions. The firm provides on-going
consultancy to large corporations and financial
institutions in Israel, on corporate and commercial
subjects. The legal services that the firm provides
to its clients meet the highest standards due to
themany years of experience and professionalism
of its partners. The firm and its partners believe
in personal and close relationship with clients
throughout the transaction or matter, so that all
the firm’s clients, large and small, enjoy the added
value of individual involvement of the firm’s part-
ners, their experience and uncompromising qual-
ity, legal and academic, at all times.
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions: The firm handles all
types of M&As and represents buyers, sellers,
institutional investors and financial institutions
in domestic and international deals in a variety
of deal size and industries. The knowledge and
experience acquired allows the firm to plan the
best strategies for clients in every deal, in Israel or
abroad, and implements them in themost effective
and professional way. Dr. Ziv Preis is consistently
rated as a highly recommended lawyers in the field
of companies and M&As.
Banking: The firm consults on a wide range of is-
sues in banking and financial services. The firm’s
clients include several of Israel’s largest banks
and financial institutions and international banks,
medium-sized companies and borrowers. The
firm has the knowledge, experience and ability
to support, lead and complete the complexities
in financial deals. Ronen Baharav has in recent
years been consistently ranked at the top of the
leading lawyers in banking and financing by local
and international ranking catalogues.
Investment Funds: The firm advises founders of
funds on the establishment of investment funds,
as well as advising the largest institutions in the
country on their investments in local and inter-
national investment funds. The firm counsels on
all kinds of private funds’ investments, including
funds of funds, private investments funds, hedge
funds, VC funds, debt funds, real estate and in-
frastructures. In addition the firm also advises on
all stages of the establishment and operation of
funds, from the planning stages, to fundraising and
to the completion and operation of the fund.
High-Tech: The firmadvises startups, for investors,
entrepreneurs and VC funds. The firm’s approach
holds that it builds relationships with startups
that are akin to a long-term strategic partner who
requires a deep understanding of the challenges
facing both a startup company and investors, and
takes into account the firm’s commitment to the
startup’s success in the short and long term.
Financing Companies: The firm is renowned for
its major expertise and experience and the qual-
ity legal consultancy provided by the partners, on
all aspects of deals for financing companies. The
firm’s partners are regularly involved in the most
complex and major financing deals.
Commercial and Corporate Law: The firm’s partners
work closely with the management of every client
both in day-to-day activities and planning and im-
plementing domestic and international deals. The
firmhasmajor experience in providing consultancy
to clients in varied and diverse fields. Some of the
largest companies in the Israeli economy employ
the firm on a regular basis. The firm provides
comprehensive legal consultancy on all aspects
of corporate law including corporate governance,
financing, joint ventures, commercial law, and
M&As. The firm’s partners also represent leading
companies in Israel and abroad who benefit from
major experience in international deals, allowing
the firm’s partners to provide the highest stan-
dards legal services.
Pro Bono: The firm helps clients individually in-
cluding soldiers without families, new immigrants,
and in the field of bankruptcy.
The Partners
Dr. Ziv Preis is ranked as one of the most recom-
mended lawyers in corporate law, and M&As. His
main practice areas areM&As, high-tech, corporate
and commercial law, private investment funds, VC
funds, project financing and on-going consultancy
for companies. He advises leading private and pub-
lic companies, Israeli institutional investors and
international companies in all aspects of corpo-
rate law, M&As and commercial law. He previously
worked in the M&As dept. of the New York office
of White & Case. He has won a number of prizes
and scholarships including prizes for his work at
Harvard Legal School. He has served as lecturer in
M&As and business law at Tel Aviv University.
Ronen Baharav is ranked as one of Israel’s leading
banking and financing lawyers. His main practice
areas are corporate law, financing companies,
bank financing and all aspects of bond transac-
tions and regulation of banks and financial insti-
tutions. He has major expertise in representing
lenders and borrowers in complex financial and
M&A deals and the regulatory approvals required
to complete them. He has advised all Israel’smajor
banks, leverage funds, and large corporations in all
aspects of financing and is experience in providing
legal consultancy to clients preparing and conduct-
ing talks for commercial deals.
39 montefiore St., Tel Aviv 6520108
Tel: 972-3-5415555
Fax: 972-3-5415550
Esta b l i s h e d
2011
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Banking and Finance, Mergers and
Acquisitions, Investment Funds,
Commercial and Hi-Teach
Ronen Baharav
Founding Partner *
Dr. Ziv Preis
Founding Partner *
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582