Regulation / Financial Regulation

Financial regulation worldwide, including in Israel, is based on several core principles: managing and preventing conflicts of interest between service providers and customers, ensuring the stability of financial service providers and preventing systemic harm, and safeguarding the reliability and resilience of those providers.

Based on these principles, each country has developed its own regulatory framework for the financial sector. Under these frameworks, service providers are required to obtain licenses, permits, and registrations. However, emerging and rapidly evolving technologies are challenging existing supervisory mechanisms and regulators, creating growing regulatory uncertainty.

In this context, our financial regulation practice draws on a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape to help clients navigate complexity and make informed decisions in an environment of uncertainty.

Barnea’s Regulation Department is uniquely positioned in this sector, offering thoughtful, creative, highly professional, and innovative legal services. The department advises Israeli and international banks, insurance companies, large investment firms, small portfolio managers, boutique investment consulting and marketing firms, traditional and emerging non-bank credit providers, conventional securities trading platforms, digital asset platforms, including those involving NFTs, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchain-based assets, e-wallet providers, fintech companies, P2P platforms, and more. We support these clients in complying with all applicable regulations governing their financial activities in Israel and abroad. Our advice is grounded in deep familiarity with the relevant regulatory authorities, current guidelines, and market trends.  

We guide our clients through complex processes such as the adoption of new financial technologies, regulatory due diligence in a wide range of transactions, financial and other licensing procedures, the development of compliance programs, and the drafting and structuring of complex agreements with financial technology providers.  

The team also advises companies and their senior officers on reducing exposure to legal claims and sanctions, aligning internal processes with applicable laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements, and effectively implementing business strategies.