In the first weekly roundup of 2021, we look forward with some hope and optimism that with vaccine rollouts that business will return and fast! Israeli start-ups raised over $900M in December 2020, and there are already striking deals to pay attention to: Meitar | Law Offices and Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. advised on the $348M acquisition [...]
Branding is one of the hottest topics in legal marketing today―that is, building your reputation in a way that positions your firm above your competitors. This is an especially effective strategy during COVID, when legal services buyers are looking online to evaluate the quality of the firms they are considering hiring. We are thrilled to [...]
Join us as we officially kickoff 2021 with our annual legal marketing event, January 13th, 5pm IST, with legal marketing guru Ross Fishman. Ross has won all the industry awards that exist, including receiving LMA’s first “Lifetime Achievement” award, and was the first marketer inducted into the LMA’s “Hall of Fame.” He is the industry [...]
In the final weekly roundup of 2020, we wish you the best for 2021 and look forward with some hope and optimism. This week we learn that in 2020, the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange recorded the biggest number if IPOs since 2007, with Blue Square Real Estate on its third issuance in three months – [...]
Key Changes - New Template Realizing the form was not always so clear, IFLR1000 have become more specific in the titles of sections. While there are no hard limits on the information firms provide (submission or referees), they repeatedly ask for clarity and specifics regarding the firm's exact role on the deals, and they [...]
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a challenging year for all businesses, across all sectors, as well as for the law firms that represent them. And yet, the damage done to Israel's economy by the crisis has been far less than in most other developed countries, the Central Bureau [...]
In a recent article in Khaleej Times, Dr. Fahed Al Meraabi, chairman and chief executive of Zurich Capital Funds discussed how Israeli companies are expected to invest in various UAE sectors to the tune of USD 500 million, in major sectors such as real estate, fintech, blockchain, and digital banking platforms. Having discussed the synergies with a whole host of [...]
As we end the festival of Chanukah, this week’s Legally Israel news roundup looks at more miraculous transactions announced over the past week – among them the USD 1.4 Billion SPAC merger for Israeli lidar start-up, Innoviz, represented by Latham & Watkins’ multiple offices and Meitar, with Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. advising Vertex Ventures, Magma [...]
17 law firms ranked in latest Chambers Israel Fintech research – Herzog Fox & Neeman and Meitar battle it out in Tier 1. Two law firms moved up in the rankings while three firms moved down. Both of the firms who moved up, did so from tier 4 to tier 3 - Amit Pollak Matalon [...]
The legal sector is changing in front of our very own eyes, due to the Covid-19 crisis. Over 70 percent of lawyers surveyed said it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to innovate, while clients answered, in a separate survey that their lawyers have been passive during the crisis. With the world going [...]
