Insights & News

Recent years have seen several takeover attempts of companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Already in early 2022 was there a control struggle over Norstar Holdings Inc. As an expert lawyer in the field of corporate takeovers, Micky Barnea was interviewed by TheMarker for an article on the subject.

In the interview, Micky explained that “control takeovers begin with a combination of two things: an analysis to identify the business potential and a legal analysis that clarifies which steps are required to acquire control.”

Kan 11’s leading podcast “Hayot Kiss” featured an episode on how the success of the Israeli high-tech industry affects other industries in the country. As the managing partner of a law firm that works closely with the high-tech industry, Micky Barnea was interviewed on the podcast about the effects of the high-tech boom on the legal industry.

Israeli basketball player Yoni Nir has filed a lawsuit against three women who own a property in the upscale Nahalat Yitzhak neighborhood in Tel Aviv. The lawsuit alleges the women refused to abide by a "binding sale agreement" signed between them for the sale of the property in the amount of NIS 4.9 million together with renovation costs. Our firm’s Daphna Klein and Shahar Poller Atzil are representing the defendants in the case.

Itay Gura and Inbar Katzir represented BlueVine, a fintech company operating in the US that provides a banking platform for small and medium-sized businesses, in its first investment in an Israeli company. BlueVine led the USD 7.5 million investment in Bizi and will also grant Bizi a license for its platform to provide services in Israel.

Two recent major cases have involved privacy matters. One is the Israel Police’s alleged use of NSO’s Pegasus software to hack into civilians’ phones. The other is a Supreme Court verdict allowing police to search the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides. With these cases in the headlines, N12 has published an op-ed by Shir Rozenzweig discussing our right to privacy of the information found on our smartphones and computers.

Prof. Amichai Cohen, our firm’s special counsel on international law, discussed the complicated relationship between Israel, China, and the United States as pertains to law, finance, and business.

Dr. Avishay Klein, who leads our firm’s privacy and data protection practice, gave a lecture to future compliance officers on privacy protection risks and the GDPR.

In an interview with Globes, Netta Bromberg, a partner and the head of our firm's Employment Department, dispels some myths about an employer's obligation to notify her employer about her pregnancy.

Hagit Ross, a partner in our firm, lectured today at the annual convention of the Israeli Association of Publicly Traded Companies

on the required preparations public companies must make in the face of cyberattack threats.

Our firm represents EdTech Israel, a project to promote technological innovation in the fields of education and learning. In a meeting held today, Itay Gura and Yuval Lazi lectured to the venture's participants on founders’ agreements, intellectual property, and financing agreements, respectively.

High-quality lawyers have become a particularly sought after commodity, and law firms are adapting themselves to the new market. In an interview with Globes, Micky Barnea, our firm's managing partner, discusses the advantage large firms have in preparing for change.

Maya Zisser, a partner in our Real Estate Department, has published an op-ed column in Globes on the new conditions for determining a binding agreement in a sale transaction. Click to read >>>

Hadar Israeli, a partner in our firm, was interviewed on the Channel 12 television program hosted by Galit Gutman and Yoav Limor. She explained the difference between an extradition and a summons to an interrogation. You are invited to watch (starting at 32:00).

Ilan Blumenfeld, a partner in our firm, lectured to students of a course on corporations at the College of Management on mergers and acquisitions and the various stages of M&A transactions.

A new cycle of the jumpTAU accelerator program, from Tel Aviv University, has begun. The accelerator supports multicultural ventures, in an effort to promote cooperation between Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs.

Our firm advises the accelerator as part of a broad collaboration with Tel Aviv University. In a meeting held today, four of our attorneys lectured to the entrepreneurs on a number of relevant topics.

 Itay Gura lectured on startup financing and Anat Even-Chen lectured on website regulations and privacy policies.

Migdal is investing USD 20 million in Tipa, an Israeli cleantech company that is developing and marketing compostable flexible packaging solutions for foods and various other consumer goods.

Our firm is advising Migdal, who took part in Tipa’s investment round alongside Millennium Food-Tech and Meitav Dash. Itay Gura and Inbar Katzir represented Migdal in the transaction.

Our firm is representing the tenants' representatives, as well as 189 apartment owners in the luxury project Meier on Rothschild, in a lawsuit filed against the project's entrepreneur and founder, Berggruen Residential Limited and Hajaj-Cohen Investments. The NIS 2.8 million lawsuit alleges very serious deficiencies and omissions were discovered in the project.

Tax refunds are not just a matter for the self-employed. In an interview with Israel Hayom to mark the end of the tax year, Harel Perlmutter, the head of our firm’s Tax Department, provides valuable advice on the subject.

Dr. Zvi Gabbay will lecture today to members of the "Law and Environment" student club at Bar-Ilan University. The lecture will cover the practice of environmental law and include an analysis of precedent-setting judgments on the subject of the environment.

Our firm is representing Ness Technologies, owned by Hilan, a TASE-traded software company, in a transaction to acquire 100% of the share capital of DXC Technology's IT services company in Israel (formerly EDS). The scope of the transaction is USD 65 million, and its completion is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2022. Advs. Micky Barnea, Yuval Lazi, Mayer Winkler, and Dana Ben-Yehuda represent Ness in the transaction.