Our firm was interviewed by TheMarker following publication that a group of apartment purchasers in the exclusive Blue project submitted a claim against Canada Israel. We explained more about purchasing groups and noted that "those who join purchasing groups become entrepreneurs together with the other group members and, as a result, are dependent on the management of the group. The group members have no final price for the apartment, there is no final date for occupancy, and there are no guarantees for the money that they pay. It is important to remember that despite the possibility of large savings in the value of the future apartment, which sometimes reaches 20%, there are many projects managed incorrectly and that sometimes even cost the group more money than they would pay if they were buying an apartment directly from a contractor."

Our firm is representing the Chinese investment fund Neng Yang in its USD 35 million acquisition of Advanced Dicing Technologies Ltd. (ADT), an Israel-based electronics dicing equipment company. 

Our firm is representing Azrieli Group in its equity investment in Compass Datacenters LLC., a company engaged in the commercialization of hyperscale data centers in North America. This acquisition is part of Azrieli Group's overall expansion into real estate in the international arena.  

Our firm continues to represent businessman Eyal Shamir in a lawsuit against British Israel over its merger transaction with Melisron. As part of the lawsuit, Shamir's conversation with Ronen Gaon, who served as a director of British Israel, was exposed. Adv. Zohar Lande, head of the Litigation Department, who is representing Shamir, told TheMarker that "Gaon's appeals to Shamir regarding the matters discussed in the article were rejected by Shamir outright."

Our firm hosted today a meetup for entrepreneurs in the femtech field. Co-hosting was 50inTech, a French organization that provides a platform for women in the high-tech industry. During the meetup, in which 25 entrepreneurs gathered, Adv. Ariella Dreyfuss delivered a brief overview of challenges, trends, and opportunities in the femtech field.

As part of the firm's representation of the IBM Alpha Zone Accelerator, Adv. Itay Gura attended a session with participants of the new class and lectured on the issues facing late-stage startup companies.  

Our firm represented the private equity group Bridgepoint in the approximately USD 420 million acquisition of the Israeli software testing company Qualitest from Marlin Equity Partners.

Following a Supreme Court hearing, Gad Zeevi and Zeev Rom agreed to withdraw their respective appeals, leaving in place the District Court ruling ordering Zeevi to pay Rom USD 1.5 million in connection with the financing of the purchase of Bezeq shares in 2000. Rom was represented by Adv. Zohar Lande and Adv. Moran Bickel of our Litigation Department.

Adv. Ariella Dreyfus, a partner in our firm who has advised startups in the femtech field, was interviewed by TheMarker for an article on the burgeoning femtech market. This market is estimated to reach a value of USD 50 billion in 2025.

Our firm was interviewed by Globes about a pinui-binui project in Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem, some of whose residents we were representing. Residents of the middle building objected to the plan before the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee, which eventually decided to exclude this particular building from the project. Our firm noted that this decision proves it is possible to make flexible plans and exclude buildings with objections while still otherwise approving pinui-binui plans.

As part of our partnership with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Executive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (HUstart), Adv. Yuval Lazi lectured today to participants of Israel Lean Launchpad, an innovative acceleration program founded by Hebrew University, Merage Institute, Startup Nation Central, and the Jerusalem Development Authority.