At a time of huge change in the legal industry, we are determined to continue leading the market as we have throughout our 85-year history. We do that by staying one step ahead and by constantly challenging ourselves to bring new ways of thinking to the most complex legal challenges our clients face. Over the past year we have worked with some of the world’s most sophisticated businesses on market-leading transactions that have changed their industries. This includes: advising on the largest oil refinery project in Vietnam (Nghi Son) and the joint venture between H.C. Starck and Vietnam’s largest private sector company, Masan Group; advising 888 Holdings Plc, in relation to its proposed takeover offer for bwin.party digital entertainment; and representing Novartis in its successful patent battle with MedImmune over Novartis’ blockbuster drug Lucentis. Our commitment to help our clients deliver their global strategies has seen us build a truly global network with our presence in 31 countries as well as our strong ties with relationship law firms in more than 100 countries where we are not present. This network has allowed us to become one of the largest and most connected law firms in our peer group, with a global reach and local depth that is unrivalled. So when we talk about global coverage, we are not just talking about having offices in some important cities around the world. We mean being able to combine our international resources and sector expertise to work on cross-border transactions directly in the markets and regions important to our clients. Lee Noyek has recently relocated to Tel Aviv to act as consultant to A&O at of-counsel level. Lee has been at A&O for over a decade and is a senior English qualified corporate finance lawyer. Lee has also spent time in A&O’s Hong Kong office.” Lee advises on English law matters, and will continue to do so in Israel, with his practice focusing on public and private mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, private equity transactions and investments and corporate advisory work. With his connections across A&O’s global network, Lee also acts as a local point of contact to support Israeli companies who are looking to expand their business globally. He is also well placed to support A&O’s international clients who are interested in taking advantage of Israel’s innovator friendly business environment. A couple of his deal highlights include acting for VimpelCom on the multibillion euro merger of its Italian subsidiary ,WIND, with Hutchison’s Italian subsidiary, 3 Italia and acting for the shareholders of Eden Springs on its sale to Rhône Capital.