ארכיון Capital Markets

May 30, 2018

Israel Proposes Personal Stock Investment Accounts with Tax Perks

We were interviewed by Bloomberg BNA regarding a new bill, according to which anyone who sells his apartment is entitled to open a special investment account that will benefit from deferring payment of tax on capital gains.

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May 24, 2018

Attending iFX Expo International Conference

We attended the iFX Expo International Conference and participated in the panel on regulation, discussing MIFID II, ESMA restrictions, and the blockchain and cryptocurrency revolution.

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May 15, 2018

Lecture on Economic Enforcement to IZUN - Jewish and Arab Influential Directors

We lectured today on economic enforcement at the IZUN - Jewish and Arab Influential Directors program, part of Jasmine, a non-profit that promotes businesses owned by Jewish and Arab women.

May 16, 2018

Barnea & ACC Seminar: The Future of Compliance

We hosted, together with the Association of Corporate Counsel, a seminar on compliance and internal investigations. We discussed new regulatory challenges, while managing directors from Duff Phelps addressed the changing compliance environment.

May 13, 2018

Check-Cap Ltd. Completes Public Offering on NASDAQ

Barnea represented the US underwriter H.C. Wainwright Co., LLC in the public offering transaction issued by Check-Cap Ltd. via a prospectus on NASDAQ. Check-Cap Ltd. raised $20.2 million in gross proceeds, including in the exercise of an overallotment option, in shares and warrants. Check-Cap Ltd., an Israeli clinical-stage medical diagnostics company, is developing C-Scan®, a capsule-based system for preparation-free colorectal cancer screening.

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April 26, 2018

Interview on ADR's Petition to the District Court (Economic Division)

We were interviewed by TheMarker following a petition we submitted on ADR's behalf to the District Court (Economic Division) over the Israel Securities Authority's decision requiring the company to publish a prospectus. ADR offers the public a unique investment channel: insurance policies of older American citizens.

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April 26, 2018

Seminar on How TASE Can Spur Growth of Kibbutz Industry

Barnea, BDO Israel, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) are hosting today a seminar on the accounting and legal aspects of issuing collective companies on the TASE.

April 22, 2018

Kibbutz-Owned Companies Prefer the Investment of Private Funds

Micky Barnea, our Managing Partner, was interviewed by Globes on kibbutz-owned companies' transition from launching IPOs on the stock exchange to seeking investments from private equity funds.

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February 23, 2018

2018: A Turning Point in the Virtual Currencies Market

An op-ed in Calcalist on the role of the regulator in the virtual currencies market and why 2018 will be a turning point.

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February 8, 2018

Israel Hopes Lower Taxes, Less Regulation Will Spur Trading Boom

Adv. Harel Perlmutter, the head of our firm's Tax Department, was interviewed by Bloomberg BNA about the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's intention to reduce red tape and ease regulations to further growth in the number of new companies being traded on the TASE.

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January 25, 2018

Israeli Tax Proposals for Blockchain, First Steps to Approval

Adv. Harel Perlmutter, the head of our Tax Department, was interviewed by Bloomberg BNA following the release of the Israel Tax Authority's new draft plan for taxing ICOs.

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January 29, 2018

TheMarker Op-Ed: How to Enjoy Blockchain Innovation

Adv. Daniel Israeli, a member of Barnea's Capital Markets Department, wrote an op-ed piece for TheMarker on the need to create an appropriate regulatory framework for the issuance of digital currencies.

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January 28, 2018

Featured in Israeli Blockchain Association Legal Survey

Our firm was featured in a legal survey conducted by the Israeli Blockchain Association on current trends in blockchain in Israel.

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January 17, 2018

Barnea & ACC Seminar – Blockchain, Bitcoin, and ICOs

We hosted, together with the Association of Corporate Counsel, a seminar on blockchain and digital currencies. We discussed new regulatory challenges, with Micky Barnea addressing blockchain and smart contracts. Tal Cohen, Compass Blockchain Solutions's CEO, gave a special introductory lecture on bitcoin and digital currencies.

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December 26, 2017

Micky Barnea Interviewed by Globes on Israel's Capital Market

Adv. Micky Barnea, our firm's managing partner, was interviewed by Globes on the major events that have taken place in Israel's capital market in the past year: the re-emergence of initial public offerings on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the Bezeq affair, and ICOs.

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December 27, 2017

Everything You Need to Know about ICOs

Barnea hosted an ICOs and digital currencies event featuring a lecture on regulation opportunities and challenges. Harel Perlmutter also discussed the taxation of cryptographic coins and the Israel Tax Authority's position.

December 26, 2017

Fierce Battle over Banning Binary Options Reaches High Court of Justice

Following a bill promoted by the Israel Securities Authority, and passed by the Knesset, outlawing binary options trading by Israeli companies, Yukom Communications LTD and its controlling shareholder, Yossi Herzog, filed a petition to the High Court of Justice. Overseeing the filing of the petition were Barnea attorneys Zohar Lande, Eyal Nachshon, and Moran Bickel.

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December 21, 2017

Article: Is the Israeli Regulators’ Approach to ICOs Ill-Advised?

An article in Financial Magnates discusses the Israel Securities Authority's approach to initial coin offerings (ICO) and cryptocurrencies and how this approach compares to other jurisdictions.

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December 13, 2017

Lawsuit Filed against Founder of Digital CoinDash

Our firm represented Guy Aharonovski in a lawsuit against his former partner in CoinDash, a platform for managing investments in cryptographic currencies. Aharonovski is claiming his former partner disqualified him from his share in the company, founded Queen-Dash behind his back, and issued tokens called CDT that enabled the use of the platform provided by the company.

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December 13, 2017

Israel Securities Authority Blows Up the Bitcoin Bubble

Our firm gave several media interviews following the Israel Securities Authority Chairman's remarks that companies whose values are based on bitcoin will not be included in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's (TASE) indices until a suitable regulatory framework is established. We noted that it is important to distinguish between the inclusion of companies engaged in trading and investing in virtual currencies on TASE's indices and the possibility that such companies will actually be traded on TASE.

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