Andrey Yanai

Andrey has extensive experience advising fintech ventures and financial entities about all aspects of business and legal activities.

Adv. Andrey Yanai advises companies on a variety of regulatory and commercial topics, licensing procedures, the formation of corporate structures, AML/CFT rules, entry into new markets, and business collaborations.

Andrey’s clients include a wide range of payment companies, investment houses (portfolio managers, investment marketers, and advisors), foreign banks, stock exchange members, trading platforms, companies engaging in algorithmic trading, and other entities.

In addition to advising companies in the financial industry, Andrey counsels blockchain ventures and gaming companies on a variety of topics, including initial coin offerings (ICOs), DeFi activities, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), tokenization, cross-border activities, payment solutions, technology commercialization, and Web 3 activities.

Andrey also counsels private equity funds and hedge funds from the formation and fundraising stages and throughout the fund’s lifetime.

Prominent legal directory The Legal 500 ranks Andrey as a leading attorney in the Investment and Venture Capital Funds practice area.

Prior to joining our firm, Andrey worked at the Bank of Israel and interned at the State Attorney’s Office.

Education:

Tel Aviv University, LL.B. and B.A. in Economics, 2010

Admission:

Israel Bar Association, 2011

Insights & News - Andrey Yanai:

November 20, 2025

New Israeli Regulatory Requirement: Proactive Reporting of Suspicious Use of GenAI

The Israeli Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA) published a document recently to raise awareness of the new challenges abuses of Generative AI and Deepfake pose to the financial sector. The document reviews the potential risks of use of these technologies, presents case studies from Israel and around the world, discusses emerging threats, and provides a list of “red flags” to help identify suspicious activities.

Frozen Russian Assets Face Confiscation: Implications for Russian Passport Holders

The EU is advancing plans to redirect frozen Russian assets, valued at over €140 billion, to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction. This move could expose private asset holders, including Israelis with Russian citizenship, to potential financial risks.

My Forex Funds Lawsuit: Warning to the Proprietary Trading Sector

In May 2025, a US federal court dismissed the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) fraud lawsuit against the proprietary trading company My Forex Funds (MFF). At first glance, this may seem like a resounding legal victory, but a closer analysis reveals a more complex picture.

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Practice areas:

Regulation