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February 23, 2020

Chambers TMT Guide 2020: Law in Practice

As experts in the TMT field, our firm was asked to contribute the Israeli law and practice overview for the Chambers Israel TMT guide. In their overview, Micky Barnea, Daniel Lorber, and Anat Even-Chen discuss legal considerations for big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. They also address key data protection principles, the challenges with IT service agreements, privacy matters, and more. As a whole, the TMT guide offers insights for each jurisdiction.

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February 19, 2020

IBM Alpha Zone – Mentors Meet Class 10

As part of the firm's representation of the IBM Alpha Zone Accelerator, Adv. Ariella Dreyfuss attended a session with participants of the new class and lectured on raising financing and investment terms.

February 19, 2020

Daniel Lorber Lectures at Israeli Go Global Forum's Meetup

Adv. Daniel Lorber participated today at the Israeli Go Global Forum meetup. Daniel presented to participants the issues that arise when deciding whether to recruit a local manager versus relocating an Israeli manager abroad.

January 14, 2020

Itay Gura Lectures to Hebrew University's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program

As part of our partnership with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Executive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, Itay Gura lectured today on the legal considerations when launching a startup.

January 12, 2020

Hosting British American Tobacco (BAT)

Our firm hosted today a meetup with British American Tobacco (BAT). Ariella Dreyfuss overviewed for the participants the local market and the legal challenges that exist for companies.

January 7, 2020

Hosting the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator

Our firm hosted today a meetup of the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator. Yuval Lazi and Harel Perlmutter met with the participating startups and discussed the challenges and opportunities of working with the US.

December 30, 2019

Yuval Lazi Summarizes 2019 in Cyber

The People website interviewed cyber experts, including Yuval Lazi, about prominent trends in the cyber world in 2019. In a world where the cyber-attack industry is valued at more than $1 trillion a year, and attacks are increasing year after year, Yuval Lazi explains that corporations have begun to internalize that technological solutions alone are not enough. Corporations have thus begun to adopt a more holistic and broader approach.

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December 17, 2019

Israel Singapore Fintech Convention

Our firm hosted today a meetup for the Israeli fintech community in collaboration with Fintech Fever and the Singapore Fintech Association. Dr. Zvi Gabbay lectured on current regulation, as well as challenges and opportunities in the field.

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December 12, 2019

Representing Sartorius in the acquisition of a majority stake in Biological Industries.

Our firm represented Sartorius, a leading multinational corporation in the field of life science, research and development and biopharmaceutical industry, in a transaction to acquire a majority stake in the Israeli cell culture developer Biological Industries. Sartorius acquired the majority of Biological Industries shares by way of secondary purchase of shares from the Development Company of Kibbutz Beit Haemek and private equity fund Fortissimo Capital, in consideration for USD 50 million. In addition, as part of the transaction, Sartorius and the Development Company of Kibbutz Beit Haemek signed an option to purchase/sell additional holdings in the future.

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November 20, 2019

Podcast: Ariella Dreyfuss for 50inTech on Femtech

Ariella Dreyfuss talks to 50inTech in a special podcast about the growing femtech industry. She discusses challenges facing entrepreneurs in the field and offers advice on how to talk to investors.

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November 18, 2019

Representing Cymplify in Acquisition by Check Point

Our firm represented the IoT security company Cymplify in its acquisition by NASDAQ-listed cloud security company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. for USD 5 million.

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November 6, 2019

Barnea Representing Azrieli Group in Sale of Supergas Holdings

Our firm represented Azrieli Group in the sale of its holdings in Supergas to Elco Group for NIS 820 million. Azrieli was represented by Advs. Micky Barnea, Ilan Blumenfeld, Sagi Gross and Daniel Kleinman.

Article from Globes

Article from The Marker

October 16, 2019

Representing German Fund Mercura in Investment in Israeli Startup 3DSignals

Our firm represented the German fund Mercura in its investment in 3DSignals. This Israeli startup enables the monitoring of production floor performance. The investment follows the company's rapid growth in the German market.

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September 24, 2019

Article: Powerful Regulation Is Not the Way to Build a Stable and Functioning Market

In a Globes op-ed, Adv. Anat Even-Chen calls for cooperation between the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority and the private market in order to create better regulation for fintech and financial services companies.

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September 19, 2019

Hosting a Delegation of Senior Executives from Daiwa House Group

Our firm hosted today a delegation of senior executives from the Fortune 500 Japanese construction company Daiwa House Group. The executives visited Israel to promote business relationships with Israeli companies.

September 15, 2019

Barnea Represented CryoLife in a Strategic Transaction with the Israeli Medtech Startup Endospan

Our firm represented CryoLife in a strategic transaction with Israel-based endovascular stent graft system developer Endospan. The transaction involved an option to purchase Endospan for up to USD 450 million in the future, together with an exclusive distribution arrangement and USD 15 million in secured debt financing.

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August 14, 2019

Barnea Representing Motive Partners and LPA in Acquisition of Modelity Ltd.

Barnea represented Motive Partners, a US-based private equity fund, and LPA, its German daughter company, in the acquisition of Israeli fintech company Modelity Ltd. Advs. Yuval Lazi, Uri Hillel, and Mayer Winkler represented the buyer.

Article from Calcalist

Article from Globes

August 13, 2019

Barnea Represented ISS Global in the Disposition of Its Holdings in Israel

Our firm represented the Danish catering and cleaning services company ISS Global in the disposition of all its holdings in Israel. ISS was advised by Advs. Simon Jaffa, Yuval Lazi, Danny Boguslavsky, and Chen Nadir.

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August 8, 2019

Barnea Represents Anzu in Investment Round

Our firm represented the Israeli startup Anzu (Anzu.io) in a USD 6.5 million fundraising round. Anzu developed a platform for game developers that allows the integration of advertisements into the game world.

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August 4, 2019

Ariella Lectures at Hebrew University's TIP 2019 International Summer Program

Adv. Ariella Dreyfuss lectured today to participants of Hebrew University's International Transdisciplinary Innovation program on the first legal steps of launching an initiative.

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