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In our  Legally Israel weekly roundup, we catch up with Lipa Meir's Head of International Department, Gary Copelovitz after a strategic investment for biopharma company, Mileutis Ltd., and recent ties with the UAE are at the fore: As Sharon Tzfoni joins Naschitz, Brandes, Amir as Head of the Gulf Desk, Herzog Fox & Neeman’s Head [...]

In this week's Legally Israel news roundup, we catch up with Tuvia Geffen to find out how busy Naschitz Brandes Amir has been with over USD 1 billion in offerings, discover more cutting-edge investments for hi-tech boutique H-F & Co. and after a robust Q3 2020, how is seed funding now? In one [...]

We'd like to introduce Legally Israel - our weekly roundup of news, moves, events and interviews with the key figures at domestic and global law firms.  As part of our international PR efforts, we aim to be be the main legal news outlet for international law firms to reach their [...]

The International Tax Review World Tax's  2021 guide to the world's leading tax law and accounting practices, was published last week. This comes closely after the 2020 publication which was in June 2020, thus making the current release an extension and modification of the previous release. World Tax ranks law firm and accountancy firms [...]

We are excited to present you with a special edition of IsraelDesks, featuring our recently published Legally Israel 100 - IsraelDesks league tables.  We showcase those law firms with a strong pipeline of Israel-related work, as well as the pioneering lawyers at the heart of it. We also speak with those [...]

Join IsraelDesks member Yigal Arnon, August 11th, 18:00 IST, for a truly global webinar on the effects of Covid-19 on law firms from Israel, China, US and UK. Some of the topics that will be discussed in the webinar and that are relevant and important to any lawyer, are: How [...]

We invite you to join us in a series of webinars bringing in experts from the world's leading international law firms to share best practices and know-how on how to best manage your legal departments in times of crisis. This time we host Sheppard Mullin, August 12th at 1700 IST on [...]

Following our Chambers Webinar, held in May (click here for the recording), we had been approached to conduct an additional webinar, dedicated to the upcoming Legal 500 EMEA submissions, to be sent August 10th. Due to this and due to recent changes, such as the new Legal 500 template, we saw much [...]

With the Legal 500 deadline fast approaching, we asked The Legal 500 EMEA Editor, Ella Marhsall, to provide us with insights and tips that will help you improve your upcoming submissions.  In terms of pointers, I'd include the below as a general guide to all firms:Use the templates available on [...]

We are excited to launch the second annual ranking of international law firms with an Israel desk. This unique and one-of-kind ranking places the focus specifically on Israel desks of international law firms, thus making their quality and professional level accessible to Israeli law firms. Significant increase in activity of [...]

Due to the varying impact the current lockdown is having on our clients partners, we are pushing back the publication of our 2nd Israel Desk a little - until later in the month. We will publish the new date shortly.

While it is still early to fully understand the long-lasting effects of Covid-19, one thing appears certain - the legal industry, as will many others, will be different afterwards. It is widely believed that law firms and in-house departments will be transformed, and that the pandemic will usher the legal sector [...]