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ISRAEL DESKS LEAGUE TABLES
investment management firms, the firm also acts
as a listing agent on the Irish Stock Exchange and
the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.It is in the capital markets arena, where the
team’s Israel-related work has particularly shone
during the past year. London-based Matthew
Gilbert, head of the firm’s BVI group, guides a team
of seven lawyers, which is prominent in debt capital
markets and has advised on significant bond
offerings in Israel. The team represented global
investment firm, Starwood Capital Group, which
has USD 60 billion of assets under management, on
a USD 264 million debt offering to Israeli investors
in order to refinance loans on ageing US shopping
malls. The teamalso advised Silverstein Properties,
the longstanding New York-based property
developer, landlord and management firm, on its
USD ond offering on the Tel Aviv Stock
Exch t on the Israeli market.
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MC ILL EMERY Backed by the multidisciplinary resources of
the firm’s 20 offices, McDermott Will & Emery
(“McDermott”)isknownforextensivetransactional
advice, particularly capital markets transactions,
involving Israeli clients across many cutting-edge
sectors, especially technology, bio-tech and life
science. McDermott takes pole position in the Israel
Desks Capital Markets category.With considerable experience in advising these
types of companies, partners Gary Emmanuel
and Mark Selinger in the firm’s New York office
are key figures in the 18-strong team, which has
recently provided strategic advice regarding
acquisitions, IPOs, direct and follow-on offerings
for a number of Israeli clients, such as Ability
Inc., provider of cyber intelligence tools used by
security and intelligence agencies, military forces,
law enforcement and homeland security agencies
worldwide, and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical
company Galmed. The team also represents some
of the most prominent US underwriters, such as
H.C. Wainwright & Co., one of the oldest financial
institutions and one of the leading placement
agents in the country, as underwriter in a number
of pu n offerings for Israeli medical
devic pireMD, Inc. andMedigus Ltd.
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MORRISON & FOERSTERMorrison & Foerster is one of the longest standing
players with regards to the development of the
Israeli market, acting for many Israeli companies in
their dealingswithEurope, Asia and elsewhere.With
a comprehensive practice, for more than 40 years,
the team has supported clients with regards to
their cross-border M&A transactions, securities and
capital markets transactions, for example, advising
Mobileye on its USD 890 million IPO, the largest US
IPO ever by an Israeli company back in 2014.The Israel Desk enjoys a strong reputation
acting for US and Asia-based investors in venture
capital investments in, and acquisitions of, private
Israeli companies, in a variety of sectors, notably
bio-tech, software, artificial intelligence (“AI”),
and medical sectors. Recently, the team advised
Japan’s SoftBank Group on two key transactions –
its USD 120 million funding of Israeli-led insurance
start-up, Lemonade Insurance as it looks to expand
outsi ing
of Isr td.
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PEARL COHEN ZEDEK LATZER BARATZ (USA)Pearl Cohen’s ranking as one of the top law firms in
intellectual property is once again underlined by its
involvement in a whole host of instructions in the
patent field. The firm’s teams in New York, Boston,
Los Angeles and London comprise experienced
patent attorneys, patent agents, scientific advisors
and transactional lawyers, who have been advising
on technologies spanning the gamut of high-tech,
medical, biologic and chemical technologies.The New York office leads the firm’s US
intellectual property and technology-related work
in prosecution (patents and trademarks), patent
and other IP litigation, and technology transactional
work. Managing Partner, Zeev Pearl, and Life
Scien ntacts in the
New
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SCHUS boutique law firm Schulman & Charish
specializesinrepresentingIsraeliandUScompanies
and individuals as lead counsel in complex business
litigation, international arbitration, and defense