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May 4, 2021
A Startup’s First Steps
Ariella Dreyfuss lectured to early-stage Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs as part of the 50:50 Startups tech accelerator in Jerusalem.
April 27, 2021
Public Companies without a Controlling Shareholder: Amendment to the Companies Law
In recent weeks, the Israeli Ministry of Justice published a memorandum proposing an amendment to the Companies Law, focusing on the corporate governance regime in public companies without a controlling shareholder.
April 25, 2021
2021: Trends in Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management
2020 was a particularly challenging year due to the coronavirus pandemic. For corporate risk managers and compliance officers, the year posed additional challenges. Organizations had to contend with an alarming rise in cyberattacks, supply chain constraints, employee health and safety, corporate governance and compliance, and diverse risks relating to or deriving from various content worlds. Nevertheless, if 2020 has taught us anything, it is that risks to a corporation, regardless of their source, are intertwined.
April 18, 2021
Overcoming Opposition to Construction Plans
The publication of large-scale construction plans often provokes fierce opposition from residents in the area. Yedioth Ahronoth published in its weekend edition a comprehensive article on the subject featuring an expert from our firm. What do you need to know about submitting a plan and how to do so?
April 17, 2021
Blockchain and Real Estate
Globes has dedicated its Real Estate Supplement for Israel's Independence Day to real estate innovation. Dr. Zvi Gabbay was asked to publish a guest column discussing the implementation of blockchain technology that enables the registration and performance of digital operations through a distributed network of computers in the real estate field. According to Zvi, once land registration is also based on blockchain, buyers will be able to purchase real estate property and take out a mortgage in exactly the same way online purchases are made today.
April 13, 2021
Barnea Represented Gnrgy in Sale to O.P.C. Energy
Firm partner Yuval Lazi and associate Mayer Winkler advised Gnrgy, a company operating in the field of electric vehicle charging, in its sale to public company O.P.C. Energy, part of the Idan Ofer Group. The transaction amount was NIS 67 million. Our legal services consisted of advising on all aspects of the transaction, including antitrust issues.
April 12, 2021
Will Raising the US Corporate Tax Rate Affect Israeli Companies?
The planned corporate tax rate hike in the United States has Israeli investors worried about further developments and the impact on Israeli companies. As an expert in the taxation field, Harel Perlmutter was interviewed by Bizportal on the issue and its implications.
April 11, 2021
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Impact Investing
In the last decade, impact investments have become an international trend to address global challenges in the areas of environment, welfare, health, employment, and education. In light of the development of the impact investments field, we recommend familiarizing yourself with several terms that may help when examining investments in general and impact investments in particular.
April 11, 2021
Representing a Project Management Startup in a NIS Millions Financing Round
Our firm represented IMGN, a startup in the project management field, in a financing round worth millions of shekels.
April 8, 2021
TipRanks Completes USD 77 Million Funding Round
Israel-based fintech company TipRanks announced today the completion of a USD 77 million funding round led by Prytek and Mor Investment House. Adv. Ariella Dreyfuss represented TipRanks in the round. TipRanks currently has 60 employees located mostly in Tel Aviv. With the new investment, the company plans to double its workforce and open offices in New York.
March 24, 2021
Retail and Tech in a Post-COVID World
2020 marked a monumental shift in consumer behavior, with the retail industry particularly affected by the global spread of COVID-19. Between nationwide quarantines and the looming threat of disease, retailers had to adapt quickly to survive the forced seclusion and distancing. While some have been building their e-commerce brands and marketplaces for years, others were less prepared and were left to either sink or swim.
March 22, 2021
Can employers prevent unvaccinated employees from coming to work?
Yesterday, a labor court ruled for the first time that, under particular circumstances, employees who have not been vaccinated or do not present a negative coronavirus test may be denied entry to the workplace.
March 21, 2021
Webinar: Supervision and Control Procedures – How to Do It Right
As part of the ACC Compliance Forum we lead, we will host a webinar tomorrow on the supervision and control procedures within organizations. Dr. Zvi Gabbay will discuss the theoretical aspects and challenges in the field, followed by an expert panel.
March 21, 2021
Webinar: 10 Years of Administrative Enforcement in Israel
The Rina and Meir Heth Center for the Study of Competition and Regulation at the College of Management is holding a webinar with former judges and legal experts entitled “10 Years of Administrative Enforcement in Israel.” Dr. Zvi Gabbay was invited to participate in the lawyers’ panel of experts, which will examine the impact of administrative enforcement tools on violations of the law in Israel.
March 16, 2021
Technology IPOs – A Meeting of Cultures at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Israeli tech companies have recently joined the wave of initial public offerings on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. This is not the first time tech companies have gone public on the TASE and it will take some time to see if this is a real trend or a temporary phenomenon motivated by the tide of capital markets activity in the coronavirus era.
March 12, 2021
High-Tech Companies’ IPOs – Meeting of Cultures on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
The corporate regime of public companies in Israel has developed around public protection against the controlling shareholder. These protections are not relevant to most high-tech companies, whose holdings are decentralized. Globes has published an article by Micky Barnea on this subject.
March 9, 2021
Precedent-Setting Ruling Awards Actual Litigation Costs
An Israeli court recently handed down a precedent-setting ruling in a case we litigated and won. This ruling marks a game changer in terms of the costs awarded in proceedings in Israel. In its ruling, the court granted our client an award of actual costs (i.e., the actual sums the client expended to litigate the proceeding).
March 2, 2021
Can an Employee Refuse to Return from Unpaid Leave?
What does it mean for an employee to refuse to return from unpaid leave? Can an employee claim this constitutes a worsening of employment conditions? Is an employer allowed to return only some of its employees? What happens to employees who are unable to return? Check out this guide on returning from unpaid leave by Netta Bromberg, the head of our Employment Department.
March 2, 2021
Proper Articles of Association – Now More Than Ever
The coronavirus crisis, which hit both the Israeli market and markets globally, has been unsettling. It undermined existing collaborations and encouraged the creation of new ones. It weakened the inertia that drove many businesses and employees, and forced numerous entities to reinvent themselves, to initiate and to dare.
February 28, 2021
Precedent-Setting Ruling on Court Expenses
In a precedent-setting ruling, a family court ordered the losing side in a family dispute to pay the winning side attorney's fees and court expenses in the extraordinary and unprecedented amount of NIS 2 million. This ruling indicates a sweeping change in the Israeli legal world, following new regulations that came into effect in January 2021.