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plastics industry, in complex commercial litigation.
With a long and successful track record in arbitrations,
the teamiswell versed inmulti-jurisdictional London
Court of International Arbitrations (“LCIA”). The
firm emerges in first place in the employment field,
with Israeli cybersecurity and medical technology
companies among clients benefiting from a range of
strategic employment advice, including employment
agreements, share schemes and UK employment
issues. Asserson also represents Israeli private
clients in the acquisition and disposal of residential
and commercial property for investment and has
been acting for unit purchasers of Canada Israel’s
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BRYAN CWithover 35 years’ experience in the Israelimarket,
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (“BCLP”) has one of
the longest standing and most extensive practices
offering a raft of services to Israeli clients and
Israeli-owned businesses across multiple sectors.
Since the April 2018 merger between Bryan Cave
of the US and Berwin Leighton Paisner of the UK,
the firm has further enhanced its offering to Israeli
clients.London-based Jonathan Morris and Tel Aviv-
based Paul Miller serve as Co-Chairs of the firm’s
Israel Desk, alongside Ken Henderson in the New
York office. They are well supported by more
than 50 fee earners in the Israel Business Group,
with 11 of BCLP’s offices regularly working with
Israeli and Israel based clients, especially in M&A,
capital markets and financing transactions, as well
as litigation and real estate. The team advised on
Playtech’s acquisition of Snaitech S.p.A, a leading
operator in the Italian gaming and betting market
which is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, and
also represented Israel’s Merhav, one of the sellers
of a stake in Eastern Mediterranean Gas (“EMG”)
to Delek Drilling and Noble Energy. EMG owns a
critical gas pipeline between Israel and Egypt. The
team’s capital markets expertise was underlined
by its representation of Israel’s Plus500, an
international online trading firm, as it joined the
main listing of the London Stock Exchange in 2018,
ten years after its founding, with a market cap of
GBP 2.5 billion.
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CARTER LEDYARD MILBURNBuilt on the foundation of 160 years of legal
service, one of New York’s oldest law firms, Carter
Ledyard Milburn has been representing Israel-
based companies for over 20 years in corporate,
securities, M&A, as well as litigation, intellectual
property, employment, real estate and more.Clients benefit from working with a team
comprising qualified Israeli lawyerswith experience
of both practicing law and advising Israeli clients
in the US The Israel Practice Group is regularly
involved in a raft of commercial matters for clients,
notably, over the past year in the capital markets
space, where the team provided strategic advice in
relation to secondary offerings issued on NASDAQ
by a range of Israeli clients, including Eviation, RADA
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CLEHeadquartered in New York, international firm
Cleary Gottlieb (“Cleary”) wins striking acclaim
for its long history in high profile M&A, private
equity and capital markets transactions. During
the past 12 months, the team acted as legal counsel
to International Flavors & Fragrances (“IFF”) in its
USD 7.1 billion acquisition of Israel-based Frutarom
Industries- in a deal that made IFF the largest
flavoring company in the world. The firm also
advised another international buyer, Singapore
investment company, Temasek Holdings on its
acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity start-up Sygnia
for a reported USD 250 million. The firm’s pedigree
was underlined by its representation of Google in
its 2013 acquisition of Waze.Hugely respected in capital markets, Cleary has
also been serving as underwriters counsel with
regards to a series of securities offerings by Teva
Pharmaceutical Industries (“Teva”) over the past
decade. In the past year, the team acted for Teva on
two separate debt offerings – USD 2.5 billion and a
Euro 1.6 billion – as well as advising Israel Electric
Corporation Ltd. on the issuance of USD 1 billion to
US institutional investors as the Israeli electricity
supplier carries out a major restructuring.