With the Olympic games officially underway and our attention turns to the sporting world, there is still plenty of action in the Israeli market - mainly cross-border transactions. Two interesting Israel/UK transactions - Israeli content company, advised by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner buys UK software company and Israeli energy and infrastructure fund Generation Capital, represented by Yigal [...]
With SoftBank, one of the world’s biggest VC firms, opening an office in Israel and the latest IVC and Meitar Tech Review for the first half of 2021 showing record investments, there were more encouraging signs for the Israeli hi-tech sector. In Capital Markets, Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. With Hamburger Evron acted on the largest [...]
Another busy week at the startup nation. Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. With Hamburger Evron advised HIVE2040 R&D Ltd. on an IPO and follow-on investments. White & Case and Horn & Co. act for Israeli cancer drug developer Biosight Ltd. as it merges with US immunotherapy company Advaxis - represented by Herzog, Fox & Neeman and Morgan, Lewis. Yigal Arnon represented [...]
With the uptick in M&A deal activity in Israel, Mergermarket this week published a table for the Middle East and Africa showing that seven Israeli law firms feature in the top 20 table by volume, while, Meitar, Herzog, Fox & Neeman and Yigal Arnon take the top 3 spots. New Israeli Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid [...]
It's a perfect time, mid-way through 2021 and days into a new Government, to bring you the latest Israel Desks magazine. In this edition, we showcase those law firms and lawyers who shone during 2020, one of the most challenging years in recent memory. In the 3rd Israel Desks League Tables, read about which firms [...]
With new PM Naftali Bennett having achieved great success in the ever-vibrant and growing fintech sector, we also look at 11 Israeli fintech unicorns helping to change the world and note how Yigal Arnon & Co. has helped to achieve a vital step on the way to regulating blockchain activity in Israel. In big data, Herzog, Fox & Neeman advised [...]
As a new coalition government was agreed this week, it is business as usual for many Israeli businesses. The capital markets remain busy, with the ad-tech company Tremor filing for a Nasdaq IPO at USD 1.5 Billion valuation, while Pearl Cohen advised Geffen Technologies on its capital raising down on the Australian Stock Exchange and [...]
As we roll into May, the talk is investment, investment, investment! Israeli startups raised over USD 2.2 Billion in April, the second successive month in which Israeli startups raised more than USD 2 Billion, after raising a record USD 2.8 billion in March. In another IVC report, carried out with Sweetwood Capital, Israel VC's raised [...]
Digital intelligence and forensics firm, Cellebrite looks to list on NASDAQ at USD2.4 Billion valuation (with White & Case LLP and Meitar advising Cellebrite, Herzog Fox & Neeman support the SPAC). Gornitzky & Co. advised Yum! Brands Inc. on its purchase of Israeli food ordering start-up, TicTuk Technologies Ltd., while Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP advised Macquarie Capital on a partnership with [...]
While Israel’s politicians try to negotiate the country towards a coalition government, there are plenty of negotiations for Israeli businesses this past week. Israeli startups raised a record USD 2.8 billion in March 2021, almost doubling the previous monthly record of USD 1.44 billion, set in January. Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. represented More [...]
