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Law Firms - Capital Market Law
Vinograd & Co.
V inograd & Co. Law Firm is a boutique
firm with exceptional expertise in its
areas of activity. The firm specializes in
corporate law and securities in the investments,
financing, capital market, and regulation sectors
and is ranked by IFLR1000 as one of Israel’s lead-
ing capital markets firms.
The firm represents and supports leading Israeli
and overseas institutional entities in their regu-
lar investment activities and in the regulation
regarding their investments. The firm’s positions
allow it to relate with multidisciplinary profes-
sionalism to the overall challenges arising from
the application of regulations with a rare com-
bination of commercial-financial understanding
and legal skills. The firm is engaged in support,
representation and consultancy in many areas
including international financing deals, infra-
structure financing and project financing, real
estate financing, raising bonds, M&As, represent-
ing bondholders and debt settlements.
The firm also specializes in setting up unique
investment funds by combining innovative ideas
and creative thinking in building investment in-
struments in alternative assets allowing liquidity
for investors. The firm has also acquired special
expertise in financial technologies interfaces
including algotrading, FinTech, and P2P (crowd-
funding). The firm routinely supports Israeli
and foreign organizations in regulatory matters
overseen by the Supervisor of the Capital Market
(institutions) and the Securities Authority (fam-
ily office, consultants and asset managers).
The uniqueness of the firm lies in its ability to
understand the full situation, both legally and
financially, and combine creative results and in-
novative ideas in forming measures with a service
approach tailored to each client’s unique needs,
while understanding market trends.
The firm’s team has a dealmakers approach, and
strives tirelessly to close deals successfully. The
firm has an impressive deal flow of investments,
for a small boutique office, and its clients en-
joy access to many investment opportunities.
In 2014, Adv. Ronen Vinograd was named in
TheMarker magazine as one of the 40 most
promising young people in the business sector
due to his unrivalled specialization, many years
of experience and achievements in his areas of
expertise. In 2012, he worked with the Finance
Ministry and Knesset Finance Committee to form
legislation and regulation on investment activi-
ties for institutional entities and brought about
unification of investment rules for pension and
provident funds and insurance companies and
these are the investment rules valid today. Adv.
Vinograd supported the Provident Funds Associa-
tion from the Bechar reform in 2006 until 2013
in everything regarding regulatory arrangements
in investments by institutional entities, and is
considered as top expert in this field.
Practice Areas
Investment Activities by Institutional Entities
The firm supports, represents and advises Isra-
el’s leading investment houses, sectorial invest-
ment entities, endowments, investment funds,
investment banking companies, and other asset
managers in their routine investment activities.
Fields of investment include project and infra-
structure financing, investments in credit and
tailor made loans, bonds and equity investments.
All this with unique expertise on regulatory issues
influencing decision making.
Setting up Investment Funds
The firm specializes in setting up hedge funds
and investment funds such as debt funds, real
estate funds, P2P funds (crowdfunding loans),
and family wealth funds. The firm and its founder
have set up unique and leading funds in fields
such as Israel’s first hedge fund-of-funds and
an investment fund in consumer credit using
algo-technology through overseas P2P loan
platforms.
Consulting, Marketing and distributing Financial
Products
The firm supports and advises clients in Israel
and abroad including local investment entities,
foreign financial producers, Family Offices, in-
vestment consultants and marketers regarding
their Israeli activities.
Supporting Foreign Financial Services Providers
The firm has special expertise in supporting for-
eign entities before the Securities Authority on
regulatory issues related to their Israeli activi-
ties, whether investment management or other
services including pre-ruling issuances.
The Founder
Adv. Ronen Vinograd
Qualified as a lawyer in 2004, LL.B. and B.A from
the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (IDC). Adv. Vi-
nograd is considered an outstanding legal expert
in the capital market, regulation and legal and
commercial support for institutional investments
and other investment managers. These institu-
tions choose to place Adv. Vinograd at the base
of their investment activities and consequently
enjoy his deep involvement and fundamental
understanding that brings particularly effective
results. In the legislation procedures for forming
the rules of investment for institutional entities,
Adv. Vinograd served as the legal advisor to the
Provident Funds Association before the regulator
and Knesset Finance Committee. He also served
as the representative of foreign investment funds
operating in Israel regarding regulatory changes.
Among other things, he handled and led the
renovation financing deal for Highway 6, invest-
ment in the infrastructure project for IDF train-
ing base city, investment deals in Dalia Energy
senior shares, financing Medianvest and Tower
Vision India. He served as an observer on the
Petrogroup board and represented the Matrix and
Darban Investments bondholders. Adv. Vinograd
lectures in professional courses on institutional
investments and the capital market to key figures
at institutional entities as part of the Israel Finan-
cial Institute (IFI), the Entrepreneurs Club of the
IDC and is on the Advisory Committee of the IDC
Alumni Organization.
Esta b l i s h e d
2014
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Capital market, financing, investments
and regulation
A dvo c at es
Moran Bloch
Shy Tsvia
V.A. Building, 30 Kalisher St.,
Tel Aviv 6525724
Tel: 972-3-7943040
Fax: 972-3-7943065
Ronen Vinograd,
Adv.
Founder *
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582