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Legally Israel – News Roundup November 26th 2021
It's thanksgiving and we are truly thankful this year for all the positive things that came upon during this challenging year. A strong economy and market are among the things we should be grateful for, with another week of firsts and significant transactions! In a large transaction in the cyber [...]
IsraelDesks Magazine – Abraham Accords One-Year Anniversary
In this bumper November edition of Israel Desks magazine, we take a deeper dive into how the Abraham Accords are developing, one year after their signing at the White House. We catch up with thought leaders and those in the commercial trenches, from Herzog and Shibolet, to Greenberg Traurig, DLA, BCLP, [...]
Legally Israel 100 – IsraelDesks League Tables 2022 – Submission Date
While the Coronavirus pandemic has been seared onto our lives for almost two years, business has slowly adapted and after tentative steps early on, the deals and transactions have continued, workplaces have adjusted. Challenges persist across all sectors, as well as for the law firms who represent them, but the [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup November 5th 2021
As the Israeli parliament passes its first budget in over three and a half years, there are many companies this week that have had no problem ratcheting up the numbers. Japanese tech giant, SoftBank bought a stake in OurCrowd, one of Israel's most active venture capital firms, with White & Case leading. In [...]
Introducing Legal-BI – Israel Market Intelligence
Legal BI’s analytic tool is the groundbreaking application that you need to give you the best, information to make confident, informed and strategic business decisions. Legal BI uses vetted and trusted legal business information on the web and unique big data analytics to show you where law firms and lawyers are [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup October 29th 2021
Real estate deals are up front and center this week as major Israeli institutions bought up buildings in the US and UK. Greenberg Traurig acted for Clal Insurance, Menora Mivtachim Insurance, and Amitim Pension Funds in a landmark acquisition of the CBS Building in New York City, while Shlomo Insurance Ltd. and [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup October 22nd 2021
As Israel prepares to open its borders to visitors, there is no letup in activity across the M&A, Financing, and Capital Markets landscape. Meitar acted for Bank Hapoalim as it raised USD 1 billion in green CoCo bonds, the first green bond offering ever of an Israeli institution. Another week, another unicorn. [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup October 15th 2021
Another week, another first as the U.S. chain 7-Eleven is set to come to Israel in 2022, with Meitar acting in this historic franchise agreement. Another @unicorn emerges with Israeli AI chip maker Hailo joining the lucrative club after a USD 136 million Series C investment, with H-F & Co. advising, [...]
Lawyers: Leading with Empathy
“Soft skills” have been wrongly labelled as such, for some time, overshadowed by the legal and technical abilities professionals have developed - effectively, the very education they paid for, in sweat, time and tears.
Legally Israel – News Roundup October 8th 2021
More cross-border transactions involving Israeli companies this week, as well as more financings, as we roll on into October. Valens completed its business combination with PTK Acquisition Corp. at a valuation over USD 1.1 Billion valuation, with Meitar acting for Israel’s Valens; Goodwin for the SPAC. France's Voodoo bought Israeli gaming company Beach [...]
Legal Directory Submissions: don’t you just love writing them?
No one, accept us, likes to write legal directory submissions – period.
Legally Israel – News Roundup October 1st 2021
Pinch punch, the first of the month, and as we roll into October, Israeli law firms are still punching in on some large deals. Israeli fintech company Pagaya looks set to enter a USD 9 Billion SPAC deal with EJF Acquisition Corp., represented by Herzog Fox & Neeman in what would [...]