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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 17, 2023

The Legal Risks of Using ChatGPT

The legal issues that follow the use of artificial intelligence-based processing solutions will continue to challenge in the years to come. Meanwhile, the main questions are related to intellectual property, privacy and reliability.

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May 17, 2023

Representing CryptoHub in USD 6 Million Fundraising Round

Itay Gura and Inbar Katzir advised Cryptohub, which offers crypto trading tools and innovations to improve the average crypto trader's experience, throughout the course of a USD 6 million investment round. The round was led by Tectona, the only public company that focuses its activities on the adoption of blockchain technologies.

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May 16, 2023

Earn-Outs – Ariella Dreyfuss Op-Ed for CTECH

CTECH by Calcalist has published an op-ed by Ariella Dreyfuss, a partner in our International Corporate Department. Ariella explains that earn-outs are becoming an established tool for compromising on a company’s valuation.

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May 10, 2023

Material Transfer Agreements: Why They Matter

IP can be tangible, and MTA agreements are there to determine the terms and conditions of their transfer and usage.

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May 7, 2023

Israeli Registrar of Companies Increases Enforcement Measures against “Violating” Companies

Companies should promptly settle unresolved issues with the Registrar of Companies in order to avoid sanctions, fines, and difficulties obtaining credit.

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May 2, 2023

The Business Judgment Rule – a Director’s Best Friend

Board members looking to protect themselves from lawsuits pertaining to the proper fulfillment of their duties must fully understand the three principles of the business judgment rule. Because what is true in Delaware is also true in Israel.

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May 2, 2023

Distribution Waterfalls in Private Investment Funds

The growth of private equity funds in Israel derives mainly from the maturation of many Israeli companies. So what are the main differences between private equity funds (PE) and venture capital funds (VC)?

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April 24, 2023

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Publishes ESG Questionnaire

The publication of the questionnaire aligns with global trends and reflects the importance of this subject for investors. According to the TASE press release, only 70 companies currently publish full ESG reports.

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March 28, 2023

Barnea: Representing Daily.dev in USD 11 Million Seed Funding Round

Itay Gura and Inbar Katzir represented the Israeli startup Daily.dev in a USD 11 million seed funding round. The company aims to build the world’s largest professional network for the global developer community.

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March 28, 2023

Barnea: Supporting ReCombinate Program

We are happy to be a partner in the ReCombinant program, an AB InBev-TAU Ventures collaboration dedicated to fostering pilot activity and joint RD. The program is supported by the Israel Innovation Authority.

March 27, 2023

Corporate Governance in Israeli Cooperative Societies

The segregation of duties between corporate organs (in private and public entities) derives from the principle of separation of powers. Although the laws governing cooperative societies in Israel do not address the tension between the organs in a cooperative society, the principles created and developed in corporate law may be applied to cooperative society law by way of inference.

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March 22, 2023

Corporate Inversion – Turning an Israeli Company into a Foreign Company

A corporate inversion is a process of changing a company’s holding structure, largely with the intention of turning an existing company into a foreign company by positioning a foreign company as a parent company of the Israeli company and enabling the Israeli company to expand into new markets in the international arena.

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March 15, 2023

The Israeli Arrangements Law of 2023-2024: Significant Harm to Environmental Quality

Notwithstanding growing awareness and the measures being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (as part of Israel’s commitment under the Paris Agreement), the emerging Arrangements Law could cause a regression in environmental legislation and hinder efforts to protect Israel’s population from environmental hazards.

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March 12, 2023

Critical Considerations before Drawing up a Founders’ Agreement

A founders’ agreement is signed at the initial stages of forming a venture with an uncertain future. This is precisely the time to decide how matters will proceed if the venture is an enormous success, a failure, or anything in between.

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February 26, 2023

Doing Business in Israel: Being an Employer

Employment law in Israel is dynamic and relies not only on the letter of the law, but also on rapidly changing case law. At the same time, Israeli employment law is highly regulated, and there are a wide variety of rules and standards that obligate the parties to an employment relationship.

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February 21, 2023

Advantage to Israeli Banks When Self-Exercising a Deposited Pledge

Collateral in the form of a deposited pledge is an easy and inexpensive way to secure credit. However, Israeli law does not allow foreign banks to benefit from an efficient and effective mechanism enabling debt recovery by way of the self-exercise of collateral. There is no real justification for this and it harms competition in the credit market.

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February 14, 2023

Yuval Lazi Leads Table at OurCrowd Leaders Forum

Yuval Lazi was chosen to lead a taskforce table at the annual OurCrowd Global Investment Summit, dealing with “MA Challenges in Light of Political and Economic Turmoil.”

February 5, 2023

Doing Business in Israel: Jurisdiction and Arbitration Stipulations

Jurisdiction and arbitration stipulations in contracts have a decisive impact on the forum that will adjudicate a lawsuit. The legal system in Israel tends to honor contract stipulations regarding foreign jurisdiction if they are unique and explicit.

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February 5, 2023

Barnea: Hosting Conference with the Israel Hedge Funds Association

Dr. Zvi Gabbay, Roy Engel, and Yana Zilbershtein lectured at a conference our firm hosted on the early years of hedge funds. The conference was held in collaboration with the Israel Hedge Funds Association. PWC and APEX Israel also took part.

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