ארכיון Capital Markets

February 29, 2024

Fintech Lecture at Reichman University

During a lecture at Reichman University, we offered insights into the convergence of regulatory frameworks and fintech verticals, shedding light on how to navigate and comply with evolving regulatory conditions.

January 9, 2024

Mediterranean Towers and Clal Insurance & Finance Establish Joint Venture

Mediterranean Towers and Clal Insurance Finance have signed an agreement to invest ILS 500 million for the establishment of a joint venture to locate and develop senior housing enterprises. The ILS 500 million will serve as the JV's equity capital, for up to ILS 3.3 billion in financing. Mediterranean Towers, a leader in senior housing complexes in Israel, will invest ILS 200 million in the joint venture and will own 51% of the rights and capital of the JV. Advs. David (Dudi) Cohen and Omri Oren represented Mediterranean Towers in the deal.

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January 3, 2024

Barnea: Representing Pomvom in Merger with Israel Acquisitions Corp

Israel Acquisitions Corp, initially founded as a SPAC, and Pomvom Ltd., a technology firm specializing in amusement park content, have formally announced a binding merger agreement. The combined entity is set to be traded on NASDAQ. We represented Pomvom Ltd.

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December 25, 2023

The SEC’s Approach to Regulating the Crypto Market from a Legal Perspective

We were interviewed by Finance Magnates, where we strongly criticized the US Securities and Exchange Commission's current strategy toward the cryptocurrency market. This criticism comes in the wake of the SEC's aggressive legal actions against major players such as Coinbase, Kraken, and Binance.

To read Part 1 – The SEC Is Wrong and They're Already Paying for It

To read Part 2 – BlackRock's Venture into the Bitcoin ETF Realm>>

December 26, 2023

Institutional Activism – Interview with Micky Barnea and Zohar Lande

In the past year, there has been a growing trend of institutional investors seeking to influence the companies in which they hold shares. As experts in the field, Micky Barnea and Zohar Lande were interviewed by TheMarker about institutional investors’ increasing involvement in companies.

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December 5, 2023

Dr. Zvi Gabbay Recognized as Leading Blockchain Lawyer

Zvi is among an exclusive list of lawyers nominated for the Lexology 2024 Client Choice Awards. Zvi is the only Israeli lawyer recognized in the Blockchain field.

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December 4, 2023

Stock Market Investors Knew of Hamas’s Attack in Advance and Profited – Mako Interview

We were interviewed by Mako following a US study that revealed an unusual volume of transactions on the New York and Tel Aviv stock exchanges betting on a collapse of the Israeli stock market in the week preceding Hamas’s October 7th attack.

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November 23, 2023

Barnea: Webinar on the Work of Compliance Officers During Wartime

Our firm hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Association of Corporate Counsel in Israel on the issue of compliance during wartime. As part of the webinar, we emphasized the compliance actions required during wartime by offering comparisons to other recent global war zones.

September 6, 2023

Compliance Forum: Israeli Association of Corporate Counsel Webinar

Together with the Israeli Association of Corporate Counsel, we held a webinar on compliance that included a lecture entitled, “What Do Regulators Want to See? Training and Implementation of Compliance Procedures.”

September 6, 2023

Successful and Proactive Institutional Activism in Israel

Following a lengthy battle by the majority shareholders in Megureit, led by Phoenix Group and More Investment House, a significant reduction was made to the REIT fund’s management fees. The agreement was reached after an institutional activist struggle, including a petition to the court and a demand for a special shareholders’ meeting. Phoenix and More were represented by Zohar Lande, Shachar Rothschild, and Adi Shoham.

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August 30, 2023

Advising on a ILS 300 Million Issuance of a New Series of Bonds

Elad Reshtick, Omri Oren, and Raz Landau represented Mediterranean Towers Ltd. in a ILS 300 million issuance of a new series of bonds held earlier this week. The company received offers for approximately ILS 533 million in the institutional phase.

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August 9, 2023

Crypto: PayPal Launches USD-Based Stablecoin

We were interviewed by Globes on PayPal’s decision to launch a stablecoin backed by the US dollar.

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July 31, 2023

Capital Markets: The Dangers of Misleading Stock Market Filings

Elad Reshtick’s op-ed in TheMarker examines the dangers of companies disclosing marketing and sales updates in the guise of stock market filings, in order to attract investors.

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August 6, 2023

Stock Market Skeletons: How to Properly Execute a Merger

We were interviewed by TheMarker on the phenomenon of companies going public via mergers with stock market skeletons.

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July 10, 2023

Lecture at Association of Publicly Traded Companies’ Annual Economic Conference

We were invited to lecture at the Association of Publicly Traded Companies’ annual economic conference, where we discussed the ruling in Inbar v. Ofir Naor, the liquidator of IDB Development Corp., and the lessons corporate counsel should draw from it regarding the provision of legal representation to directors, especially those of a public company.

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July 6, 2023

Crowdfunding: Interview in TheMarker

We were interviewed by TheMarker about how the regulation of crowdfunding can help investors.

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June 29, 2023

Bitcoin Rises: Responding to BlackRock’s Extraordinary Move

BlackRock, the world's biggest asset management company, has announced the launch of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund. This has led to Bitcoin hitting a more than one-year high. We explain the rationale behind BlackRock's move in an interview with Globes.

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June 27, 2023

Reading Financial Reports: Lecture on Legal Issues

Our firm is hosting the Israeli Association of Corporate Counsel’s course on how to read financial reports for in-house legal counsels. The duration of the course is eight sessions. In today’s session, Elad Reshtick lectured on company valuations, dividend distribution tests, pro-forma financial statements, and more.

May 21, 2023

Barnea: Advising Migdal on a USD 100 Million Investment

Roy Engel, Yana Zilbershtein, and Yakov Vilenski advised Migdal on a USD 100 million investment in the real estate investment fund Exeter Industrial Value Fund EQT. More than 90% of the investors in the fund are American and international institutional entities, and Migdal is the only Israeli investor.

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May 8, 2023

Regulating the Israeli Crypto Market – Article in Calcalist

The Arrangements Law for 2023-2024 makes extensive reference to expanding and creating a regulatory infrastructure in the digital assets field. Specifically, the Israeli government refers to regulation in a number of different areas, including the cryptocurrencies market. See more in an article for Calcalist.

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