Insights & News

Prof. Amichai Cohen, Special Counsel at our firm, has been appointed Vice President for Research at the Israel Democracy Institute. In his new role, he will lead the Institute's research division and oversee its research activities in the fields of democracy, law, government, and national security. Alongside this appointment, Prof. Cohen will continue to advise the firm's clients on projects and transactions involving international law, international sanctions, international trade, and regulatory compliance.

We represent US investment fund Steel Partners in litigation against InMode, its CEO, and its board of directors, focused on the question of who qualifies as the de facto controlling shareholder of a public company. In the claim, we argue that although the CEO holds only 7% of InMode’s shares, he effectively exercises control over the company. As a result, the acquisition offer he submitted should be subject to the stricter rules and standards applicable to controlling shareholders. The lawsuit comes amid an escalating battle for control of InMode, which is traded on Nasdaq and has a market capitalization of approximately USD 900 million. Steel Partners is represented by Adv. Micky Barnea, Adv. Eyal Nachshon, Adv. Shay Bello, and Adv. Noa Raz of our firm.

Dr. Avishay Klein, Partner and Head of the Privacy, Cyber and Artificial Intelligence Department at our firm, was interviewed for a feature article in Ynet on the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession. In the interview, Dr. Klein discusses how AI is transforming legal practice—from the training of junior lawyers to contract review, document analysis, risk identification, and legal drafting—and shares his perspective on how these developments are expected to shape the future of the profession.

Adv. Maya Carmi Lubartovski, a partner and head of the firm's real estate taxation practice, will speak at the Israel Bar Association (Tel Aviv District) conference, Taxation and Real Estate – The Fine Line Between Private and Business Real Estate Transactions. Her session will explore development transactions in real estate, with a focus on how transaction structures affect tax outcomes, including capital gains and purchase tax implications in combination and option transactions.

Adv. Dudi Cohen, Partner and Head of our Capital Markets Department, and Adv. Omri Oren, Partner in our Capital Markets Department, are advising Mediterranean Towers Ltd. on its successful bid in the Givat Shmuel Municipality tender for the development of a new senior living community. The approximately NIS 700 million project is expected to include around 350 residential units, a skilled nursing ward, commercial space, and public facilities, further expanding the company's senior living portfolio in Israel.

Adv. Alon Abcasis, a partner and head of the firm's residential real estate and urban renewal practice, published an op-ed in Bizportal addressing the Urban Renewal Authority's proposal to increase the default profit margin for developers in urban renewal projects. Alon argues that the main challenge is not the profit margin itself, but rather the lengthy planning and approval process, which directly affects projects' economic viability and their ability to move forward.

Adv. Zohar Lande, Adv. Eran Winner, Adv. Gaya Tsarfati, and Adv. Rotem Bensky of our firm's Litigation Department represent Mark Gazit in a lawsuit filed with the District Court against ThetaRay, its Chairman Erel Margalit, and additional defendants. The claim alleges breaches of obligations under Gazit's separation agreement, including commitments to enter into a consulting agreement and grant stock options, as well as personal liability on the part of the company's chairman.

Adv. Zohar Lande, a senior partner and head of the firm's Litigation Department, participated today in a panel discussion at the ACC Israel Annual Conference. The panel focused on how professional setbacks and challenges throughout a legal career can lay the groundwork for some of the most significant litigation successes.

Adv. Sagi Gross delivered a lecture yesterday as part of the Manufacturers Association of Israel’s CFO Training Course. His lecture focused on the key legal aspects that every CFO should be familiar with in the context of M&A transactions.

Our firm, together with BDO, will host a professional webinar on the key issues that companies and funds operating in the defense industry should know—from opportunities and challenges in the defense and dual-use export landscape, to VAT, customs, and targeted tax incentives, as well as legal, financial, and accounting readiness for capital raises, IPOs, and becoming a public company. Adv. Elad Reshtick and Prof. Amichai Cohen from our firm, alongside BDO experts, will speak at the webinar, which will take place on June 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM.

We are proud to share that our firm was selected to author the Israel chapter of The Legal 500's Class Actions Comparative Guide 2026, which provides a comparative overview of class action law worldwide. The chapter was prepared by Adv. Eyal Nachshon and Adv. Ido Vakshi of our firm's Litigation Department, who review the legal framework governing class actions in Israel and offer practical insights in light of applicable law and case law.

Dr. Avishay Klein, Prof. Amichai Cohen, and Dr. Nadine Liv published an op-ed in Israel Defense following a US regulatory precedent under which advanced AI models were classified as dual-use technology on national security grounds. In the op-ed, they examine the potential implications of this development for Israeli companies.

Our firm participated in Fahn Kanne’s 2026 Breakfast Club. As part of the event, Adv. Eyal Nachshon, a partner in our Litigation Department, delivered a lecture on directors’ oversight duties and examined what effective, practical, and reasonable oversight looks like in a world of incomplete information, increasing complexity, and limited time.

Throughout the year, our firm worked with students from Ironi Zayin High School, delivering a series of sessions and lectures at the school on legal, business, and career-related topics. We concluded this year’s program with a closing event at our offices, where partners and associates presented their practice areas, spoke with the students about their day-to-day work, and introduced them to the legal profession and the wide range of career paths it offers.

Adv. Liat Keisary,  a partner and head of the firm's Private Clients Department, was invited by Totzer Group and the Israeli Center for Intergenerational Transfer to speak at a conference on international wills. Her lecture addressed the importance of preparing wills and estate plans for high-net-worth families with multinational activities in a precise and effective manner, distinguishing between assets located in Israel and those held abroad, and emphasizing the need to tailor legal planning to the realities of families connected to multiple jurisdictions.

The ACC on the Road podcast hosted Adv. Gal Lifshitz from our firm for a focused discussion on one of the most important issues facing in-house counsel: how to draft dispute resolution clauses in company agreements as a strategic tool that protects the company's business interests when a dispute arises, rather than treating them as just another "technical" provision in the agreement.

Dr. Avishay Klein, a partner and head of the firm's Privacy, Cyber and AI Department, was interviewed on the Channel 10 program "The Next Thing," where he discussed the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against OpenAI. Avishay addressed the economic and strategic motivations behind the lawsuit, its legal implications, and broader developments in the technology and artificial intelligence market.