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Yakov Vilenski
Yakov is an associate in the Investment Funds Department.
Adv. Yakov Vilenski provides legal consulting services on establishing and operating investment funds. He is responsible for examining foreign and Israeli investment funds for institutional investors and supporting these investors in their funds’ investment processes.
In addition, Yakov advises various institutional investors as well as Israeli and foreign investment funds on financing and regulation matters.
Education:
Bar-Ilan University, LL.B. with honors, 2019
Admission:
Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2020
Insights & News - Yakov Vilenski:
$175 Million Investment in the Data Centers Market
Advs. Roy Engel, Yana Zilbershtein, and Yakov Vilenski from our firm advised Menora Mivtachim on significant investments totaling $175 million in two companies operating in the data center sector, as part of the company’s strategy to expand its presence in this growing market.
These include a $100 million investment in the U.S.-based fund IPI Partners, which specializes in developing custom-built data centers for global technology giants such as Google and Amazon, and an additional $75 million investment in Aligned Data Centers, a leading U.S. technology infrastructure company.
Comprehensive comparison between closed-end funds and open-end funds
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.
Israeli Institutional Investors and Transfer Rights
Investment funds usually make transfers of units in a fund to third parties contingent upon the approval of the fund managers. This practice may make it difficult for Israeli institutional investors to prove ownership and absolute control over units, as required by the regulations.