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Residency in Israel: when and why should you contact the Israel Tax Authority to obtain a ruling?

June 30, 2025 / by Harel Perlmutter , Andrey Yanai

New immigrants and returning residents are entitled, by law, to a tax exemption on income originating outside of Israel for a period of ten years after they become Israeli residents. In particular instances, we recommend applying for a tax ruling from the Israel Tax Authority (ITA), especially when the date of receipt of new immigrant status differs from the date of the actual relocation of center of life to Israel.

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Categories: Regulation | Tax

Legal Guide for Israeli Companies: Employee Remuneration Through Stock Option Grants

June 25, 2025 / by Ken Shaked , Daniel Adler

Although the grant of stock options to employees and service providers is an effective and strategically valuable way to remunerate employees and strengthen their commitment to the company, they require precise planning, strict adherence to procedures, and compliance with statutory requirements.

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Categories: Corporate | Employment | High Tech

Israel Securities Authority Pecuniary Sanctions: Enforcement Tool or Rights Violation?

June 11, 2025 / by Hadar Israeli , Shir Rozenzweig , Ophir Hammer

The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has recently begun to take a clearly more aggressive approach toward administrative enforcement. Originally, pecuniary sanctions were intended to provide a swift, proportional, and efficient solution for handling relatively minor law violations in the capital market.

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Categories: Enforcement | Enforcement/white collar | Regulation | White Collar

DORA for Tech Vendors – What You Should Know (But Haven’t Asked)

June 5, 2025 / by Avishay Klein , Liav Shapira

DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) is an EU regulation that sets rules for how financial entities manage ICT (Information and Communication Technology) risks. It covers areas like cyber resilience, incident reporting, third-party risk, and oversight of critical service providers.

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Categories: Enforcement | Internet | Regulation

Trends in Law Enforcement Against Bribery and Corruption Offenses

May 15, 2025 / by Hadar Israeli , Shir Rozenzweig

In recent months, we have been witnessing significant changes in law enforcement efforts against bribery and corruption offenses, both in Israel and abroad. Although law enforcement trends among countries are not uniform, it appears that we may not witness a real change in the global enforcement environment, despite the dramatic change that is taking place in the United States.

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Categories: Capital Markets | Corporate | White Collar

Crypto Transformed: From Parallel Finance to the Mainstream

May 14, 2025 / by Andrey Yanai

Bitcoin was originally conceived as an alternative to the traditional banking system – a means of storing value and making payments outside the conventional financial infrastructure. As a result, cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins such as USDT and USDC, still largely operate as a parallel system that rarely intersects with mainstream finance.

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Categories: Blockchain | Regulation

Comprehensive Comparison Between Closed-End Funds and Open-End Funds

May 6, 2025 / by Roy Engel , Yakov Vilenski

Investment funds have a variety of legal structures customized to investors’ various needs and investment policies. The two main fund structures are closed-end funds and open-end funds, which differ in several material parameters, as explained below.

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Categories: Investment Funds

Internal Enforcement and Compliance Surveys: Essential for Organizations in Israel

May 5, 2025 / by Eran Elharar

In an era of stringent regulations and increasing legal risks, it has become essential for organizations to implement internal enforcement programs. However, in order for such programs to provide legal protection, they must be effective, customized and well-documented.

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Categories: Regulation

Innovation in Uniform: The Rise of Israel’s Defense-Tech Sector

April 2, 2025 / by Inbar Gorelick , Eden Cohen

The various wars that have taken place around the world in recent years, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Swords of Iron War, have placed the DefenseTech sector in the spotlight. Amid changes in global security dynamics and escalating geopolitical tensions in different regions, technological gaps in the battlefield have revealed and magnified the criticality of DefenseTech, creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs and sparked significant interest from investors and venture capital funds.

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Categories: High Tech | Start- Ups

Trump’s Order May Refocus FCPA Enforcement on Foreign Competitors

March 30, 2025 / by Hadar Israeli , Ophir Hammer

President Trump’s recent Executive Order, which seeks to reduce enforcement of the anti-bribery and anti-corruption provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, may be perceived as a declaration of an expected reduction in enforcement measures against American companies suspected of making unlawful payments to foreign parties in order to gain business advantages.

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Categories: White Collar

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