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Legally Israel – News Roundup April 23rd 2021
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 [...]
Legal 500 Israel Rankings for 2021 Published
The Legal 500 2021 has been published, ranking law firms in 25 practice areas. The two main trends in this years rankings for Israel: Although there were less changes (105 moves), in comparison to 2019 (175) and 2020 (134), most of the changes were negative - more firms went down [...]
LMG’s Life Sciences Awards 2021 Europe Published
LMG published the shortlist for its Life Sciences Awards 2021 Europe. This marks the inaugural year for Israeli law firms to participate. Nominees for Israel life sciences firm of the year: Gornitzky Gross Law Firm Herzog Fox & Neeman Liad Whatstein Lipa Meir Pearl Cohen S Horowitz Tadmor Levy In addition, the [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup April 8th 2021
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, [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup March 25th 2021
While the Israeli election remains uncertain, there is no doubt that the trend of SPAC transactions shows no sign of slowing. This past week, we saw Meitar and Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano & Co. continue to advise on SPACs. Meitar advising ironSource on its SPAC merger, valuing the merged company at a whopping USD [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup March 18th 2021
As we step towards Passover, it has been a SPACtastic week again in Israel. While Herzog, Fox & Neeman acted for PLAYSTUDIOS in huge SPACmerger in mobile gaming sector, Meitar advised Israeli fintech company, eToro on a record-breaking merger via another SPAC by FinTech Acquisition Corp. V represented by Gornitzky & [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup March 11th 2021
As we race into March and hope springs up, yet another Israeli company joined the Unicorn Club –Axonius, which recently completed a USD 100 million Series D funding round, giving the company a valuation of over USD 1 Billion. Both Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Goldfarb Seligman advised. There were twin acquisitions for [...]
ALB Middle East Inaugural Law Awards – Finalists Published
ALB Middle East Law Awards, published by Thomson Reuters, revealed the shortlist for the inaugural Israel Law Firm of the Year award. Nominees are: Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. Advocates Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co - FBC Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lipa Meir & Co. Advocates Naschitz, Brandes, [...]
Chambers Israel Rankings for 2021 Published
The much-anticipated Chambers Global launched yesterday, and hot off the press, the Israel chapter looking as follows: There were 16 law firms who moved up the rankings, with 21 individuals also climbing in the rankings. With Chambers looking to reflect the current market and keep the guides fresh and relevant, [...]
IsraelDesks Magazine – Renewable Energy, Poland and Defining Deals of 2020
Last Friday (February 19th), President Biden recommitted theUnitedStates to the Paris Climate Agreement. Climate change and renewable energy are firmly back on the map. With UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looking to “turn Britain into the Saudi Arabia of wind” and Israel building some of the most cutting-edge solar farms in the world, we [...]
WTR1000 Published
The 2021 edition of World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, featuring Israel, has been published. The WTR 1000 research directory, which focuses exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners, has firmly established itself as the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking world-class legal trademark expertise. WTR ranks the [...]
Legally Israel – News Roundup February 11th 2021
As we head towards Valentine’s Day, there is a lot of love still in the air for the SPAC. Israeli digital payments company Payoneer is set for a $3.3B value SPAC merger, with Meitar acting as Israeli counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Paul Hastings as regulatory counsel, while Morgan, Lewis & Bockius represented FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. [...]