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January 5, 2026
2025 Year-End Review: International Law and Its Impact on the Israeli Business Sector
In 2025, several significant changes took place in the international trade arena that directly impacted Israeli companies operating in global and domestic markets. For Israeli society, 2025 underscored the need to quickly adapt to changing rules, including trade becoming a tool for political and economic leverage.
January 5, 2026
Europe Presents a Comprehensive Digital and AI Reform Proposal: What Does It Mean for Businesses?
The European Commission recently published the Digital Omnibus, aimed at simplifying data regulation within the European Union by amending key legislation governing digital data. In this update, we summarize the proposal’s key aspects.
January 4, 2026
2025 Year-End Review: Israeli Real Estate Taxation
In 2025, Israeli real estate taxation was characterized by strict adherence to statutory requirements: reliefs, exemptions, and lower tax brackets were granted only when the conditions prescribed by law were met, within the defined deadlines, and with full proof of the relevant facts.
January 1, 2026
Key Issues Shaping Israel’s Technology Sector in 2025 and Insights for 2026
2025 was characterized by an acceleration of technological regulatory trends that directly impacted the work of commercial lawyers and corporate decision-making. Amid geopolitical tensions, pressure on public systems, volatile markets, and maturing AI technologies, the corporate playing field became even more complex: regulation, taxation, intellectual property, collaborations with state entities, and transaction structures all demanded renewed scrutiny.
January 1, 2026
2025 Year-End Review: Competition and Antitrust
The trends recorded in 2025 show that regulatory authorities are tightening enforcement, not only in cases of coordination between competitors, but also in cases involving public statements that may spur such coordination, non-controlling minority shareholding in competitors, or any other conduct that may raise barriers to competition.
January 1, 2026
2025 Year-End Review: Privacy Protection and Artificial Intelligence
2025 marked a major regulatory turning point in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy protection. In Israel, Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law forced Israeli companies to make significant changes in their routine operations and granted regulatory authorities unprecedented enforcement powers.
December 31, 2025
Expected Amendment to Israel’s Food Law: Significant Regulatory Relief for Small and Mid-Sized Pharma Chains
Legislative amendment focusing specifically on the pharma market: the Knesset is expected to approve an amendment to the Food Law, which seeks to adapt the unique regulations governing the pharma market to the competitive characteristics of the industry.
December 29, 2025
Landowners May Be Subject to Property Tax in Israel!
The recently published draft bill seeking to reinstate property tax could have a significant impact on dozens to hundreds of thousands of landowners in Israel. Although only a draft bill at this stage, it is advisable to understand the potential changes, whether they affect you, and how to prepare in advance to reduce exposures and avoid surprises.
December 25, 2025
Israel Securities Authority to Capital Market Entities: Voluntary Disclosure Certificates Do Not Relieve You of Due Diligence Obligations
In October, the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) published a directive to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) members and trading exchanges regarding the voluntary disclosure procedure announced by the Israel Tax Authority (ITA). The directive clarifies to all entities operating in the capital market that (ITA-issued) voluntary disclosure certificates do not constitute proof that the source of funds is legitimate.
December 21, 2025
The New York Times v. Perplexity AI: New Frontiers in IP and AI
The New York Times recently filed a major lawsuit against the artificial intelligence platform Perplexity AI for infringement of intellectual property rights. The importance of this lawsuit lies in the fact that it does not rely solely on “classic” claims of copyright infringement, but also includes innovative claims of trademark violations and damages.
December 18, 2025
Israel Securities Authority Declines Sanctions for Failure to Report Interested Party Status
Public companies in Israel are required to disclose material information to the public and act with full transparency in compliance with the law. Within this framework, anyone deemed a “substantial shareholder” must report to the company any change in status within a designated time frame, and the company must then report that change to the public. The rationale is simple: the market must know who can influence the company and when an interested party’s status has changed.
December 14, 2025
Insolvency and Restructuring: Debt Settlement Secured for Panthera Pro Ltd.
Adv. Idan Miller, head of our firm's Insolvency Practice, successfully structured a debt settlement for the liabilities of Panthera Pro Ltd. and its controlling shareholder, Ms. Galit Ben-Simhon. Panthera Pro Ltd. operates in the management and leasing of shared and co-working office spaces. The debt settlement was approved on December 11, 2025, by the Tel Aviv District Court, following intensive negotiations with the company’s creditors. The court-approved arrangement resolves debts totaling approximately ILS 5.18 million, including approximately ILS 3.14 million owed to secured creditors and backed by the personal guarantee of the controlling shareholder, and provides for a seven-year repayment schedule. The settlement ensures the continued operation of the company as a going concern, preserves existing jobs, and enables a substantial recovery for creditors of up to 85% of the approved debt.
December 14, 2025
Israel Securities Authority Regulates Online Advertising: Mutual Funds, Likes, Influencers, and Everything in Between
The Israel Securities Authority published a new staff position recently on the regulation of advertising in digital space (including on social networks), focusing on advertising relating to mutual funds. The staff position seeks to bridge the gap between the law and the dynamic reality in today’s digital age, and focuses on regulating ongoing online activities and activities with external parties.
December 10, 2025
Court Ruling on Valuing Restructuring Transactions: Tax Gross-Up, Holdback, and Secondary Adjustments
At the end of October 2025, the Tel Aviv District Court issued a precedent-setting ruling in the Hexadite case, which deliberated fundamental issues relating to transfer prices and the appropriate way to determine the value of assets in restructuring transactions between related parties. This ruling is particularly relevant for multinational companies in Israel that carry out complex acquisition, sale or restructuring transactions, since it clarifies how these complexities should be resolved in practice, particularly within the context of tax gross-up, holdback payments and secondary adjustments.
December 9, 2025
Directors’ Fiduciary Duties Prior to Dividend Distributions Under Israeli Law
Dividend distributions reduce a company’s value and, if not carefully managed, can jeopardize its ability to repay creditors. To balance shareholders’ profit rights with creditor protection, Israeli law requires companies to pass both the profit and solvency tests before any distribution, with potential liability for shareholders and directors if these rules are breached.
December 9, 2025
Legal Obligations for Recipients of Israel Innovation Authority Grants
Securing a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) is a major vote of confidence and a critical financial boost for any RD company. However, the funding comes with a complex set of legal, regulatory, and financial obligations that startup founders must rigorously adhere to. Failure to comply can result in grant revocation, financial penalties, or the required repayment of funds. In this update, you will find a comprehensive overview of the principal duties and restrictions imposed on IIA grant recipients.
December 8, 2025
Recent Israeli Supreme Court Ruling Reinforces Primacy of Contractual Wording of Commercial Contracts
A recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling held that in disputes over management agreements for vacation units, detailed commercial contracts must be interpreted according to their explicit wording, giving full primacy to the contract text.
December 4, 2025
Post-War Rehabilitation of Border Region Faces Bureaucratic Obstacles
Adv. Hagit Ben Moshe, a partner and head of our firm's Kibbutz Sector Department, authored an op-ed on the Israel Land Authority’s decision, following the outbreak of the Swords of Iron War, to allow communities in the border region to increase ground-based solar quotas, and on the current obstacles authorities are imposing that may undermine the potential of renewable energy as a driver of growth in the area.
December 2, 2025
New Israel Tax Authority Reform: Donations Not Reported Digitally Won’t Qualify for Tax Benefits
Adv. Sagi Gross, who heads our firm’s NPO practice, was interviewed by Globes regarding the new reform that mandates all donation receipts be issued digitally. According to Sagi, the reform marks a significant shift in how donations are regularly processed and managed. For example, although some nonprofits currently use digital systems to manage their donations, it is unclear if all existing platforms will be compatible with the Israel Tax Authority’s new donation reporting system. As a result, many organizations may need to prepare in advance and go through an adjustment period.
November 27, 2025
How to Spot Sophisticated Online Fraud in the Age of AI
Dr. Avishay Klein, a partner and head of our firm's Privacy, Cyber AI Department, shared with Israel Hayom some key points on the latest online fraud tactics and how to detect them. With the recent surge in online scams and AI tools capable of mimicking brands and generating nearly flawless human-like language, these schemes have become more sophisticated than ever.