Corporate / Investment Funds
Barnea represents Israeli and international investment funds during all of their establishment and fundraising stages.
Our clients include a variety of funds, such as venture capital funds, investment funds, mezzanine financing funds, real estate and infrastructure funds, hedge funds, and special-purpose financing funds.
Our firm provides a full spectrum of legal services, from the preliminary stages of structuring and drafting the fund’s terms, through to finalizing its establishment and providing ongoing legal services during the stages of implementation and realization of the investments.
Our firm handles local and cross-border fundraising efforts, tax planning, licensing, and regulatory matters. Our services include negotiations with investors and drafting the agreements. We also act for parties involved in venture-capital, private-equity and hedge-fund transactions.
In addition, our firm provides legal services to institutional and private investors who are looking to invest in various funds. We have represented banks, insurance companies, pension funds, private entities, high net-worth individuals.
News and updates - Corporate / Investment Funds:
Representing Menora Mivtachim in USD 30 Million Investment in Jio
Jio, India's largest telecommunications company, recently completed a major investment round, raising money from leading multinational corporations like Google and Facebook. Israeli insurance company Menora Mivtachim also invested about USD 30 million as part of the round. Firm partner Roy Engel accompanied Menora Mivtachim in the investment.
Cayman Islands Removed from EU “Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdiction” Blacklist
In late March 2020 we published a note regarding the de-facto “downgrade” of the Cayman Islands by the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) as a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” for tax purposes. This was regarded by the international investment community as a “blacklisting” of the Cayman Islands. We noted then that this blacklisting was “a technical result of the delay in the enactment of [certain Cayman Islands] laws, and therefore it is expected the EU will agree to return the Cayman Islands to its previous status and remove it from the list of the list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions” as early as by October 2020.” Indeed on October 6, 2020, ECOFIN removed the Cayman Islands from its “blacklist” of non-cooperative jurisdictions in tax matters.
Providing Counsel in the Establishment of a New Investment Fund in Asia
Liquidity Fund of Meitav Dash will establish with MUFG Bank, the world’s largest Japanese bank, a new private investment fund in Asia. The new fund will be incorporated in Singapore, and will provide credit to companies in Asia, through securitization transactions of future cash flows. Our firm, led by attorneys Roy Engel and Yuval Lazi, accompanied Liquidity, which as part of the agreement will provide the joint company with management and underwriting services.
Corporate / Investment Funds
Barnea represents Israeli and international investment funds during all of their establishment and fundraising stages.
Our clients include a variety of funds, such as venture capital funds, investment funds, mezzanine financing funds, real estate and infrastructure funds, hedge funds, and special-purpose financing funds.
Our firm provides a full spectrum of legal services, from the preliminary stages of structuring and drafting the fund’s terms, through to finalizing its establishment and providing ongoing legal services during the stages of implementation and realization of the investments.
Our firm handles local and cross-border fundraising efforts, tax planning, licensing, and regulatory matters. Our services include negotiations with investors and drafting the agreements. We also act for parties involved in venture-capital, private-equity and hedge-fund transactions.
In addition, our firm provides legal services to institutional and private investors who are looking to invest in various funds. We have represented banks, insurance companies, pension funds, private entities, high net-worth individuals.
News and updates - Corporate:
Representing Menora Mivtachim in USD 30 Million Investment in Jio
Jio, India's largest telecommunications company, recently completed a major investment round, raising money from leading multinational corporations like Google and Facebook. Israeli insurance company Menora Mivtachim also invested about USD 30 million as part of the round. Firm partner Roy Engel accompanied Menora Mivtachim in the investment.
Cayman Islands Removed from EU “Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdiction” Blacklist
In late March 2020 we published a note regarding the de-facto “downgrade” of the Cayman Islands by the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) as a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” for tax purposes. This was regarded by the international investment community as a “blacklisting” of the Cayman Islands. We noted then that this blacklisting was “a technical result of the delay in the enactment of [certain Cayman Islands] laws, and therefore it is expected the EU will agree to return the Cayman Islands to its previous status and remove it from the list of the list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions” as early as by October 2020.” Indeed on October 6, 2020, ECOFIN removed the Cayman Islands from its “blacklist” of non-cooperative jurisdictions in tax matters.
Providing Counsel in the Establishment of a New Investment Fund in Asia
Liquidity Fund of Meitav Dash will establish with MUFG Bank, the world’s largest Japanese bank, a new private investment fund in Asia. The new fund will be incorporated in Singapore, and will provide credit to companies in Asia, through securitization transactions of future cash flows. Our firm, led by attorneys Roy Engel and Yuval Lazi, accompanied Liquidity, which as part of the agreement will provide the joint company with management and underwriting services.