44 THE US-ISRAEL | Legal Review 2025/26 Sheppard Headquartered in Los Angeles, with more than 1,200 lawyers across its office network, global law firm Sheppard maintains an active Israel practice advising Israeli companies, investors, and international businesses operating in Israel across corporate transactions, litigation, intellectual property, and real estate matters. The firm’s Israel Desk is led by Ariel Yehezkel (Partner, New York), who co-heads the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group, and draws on a team of approximately 20 lawyers across multiple practice areas. The firm has represented approximately 45–55 Israeli clients, spanning sectors such as technology, healthcare, energy, and travel services. Sheppard also maintains a presence in Tel Aviv, supporting cross-border activity between Israeli businesses and the US. Recent work reflects a focus on cross-border corporate transactions and Israel-linked capital markets activity. In the M&A space, Sheppard represented M.S.T. Travel Ltd., the Israeli subsidiary of Korean travel technology company Yanolja, in its acquisition of RightRez Inc., a US-based provider of air automation and post-booking optimization technology for the travel sector, and also represented a US property owner-developer in connection with a corporate bond offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange secured by US real estate assets, advising on the US property aspects of the financing. Visit: Israel Page Taylor Wessing Taylor Wessing’s Israel Desk operates as a central platform for advising Israeli clients on crossborder matters spanning technology, life sciences, media, pharma and medical devices, as well as real estate. The Israel Desk is fronted by Josef Fuss (Partner, London), who focuses on venture capital and M&A transactions in IP-rich sectors, working closely with Israeli companies, founders, and global investors on UK and cross-border mandates. Drawing on more than 20 years of continuous engagement with Israel, the team comprises fluent Hebrew speakers and a network that includes on-the-ground presence in Tel Aviv through Joshua Gertner. In 2025, the firm secured impressive rankings across the board, and especially in private client and tax related work, as well as real estate, litigation and employment, frequently led by Helen Farr (Partner, London). In its M&A work, Taylor Wessing advised Prodalim Group, an Israeli-headquartered global provider of juice-based solutions and specialized ingredients, on its acquisition of René Laurent from US-listed International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. It also advised the founders and shareholders of Greenbids, a French AI-driven adtech company, on its sale to Perion Network Ltd., an Israeli Nasdaq-listed digital marketing company. Both transactions were led by Gilles Amsallem (Managing Partner, Paris) and Dalila Mabrouki-Jacques (Partner, Paris), underscoring the firm’s integrated European approach to Israeli-linked deals. Visit: Israel Page White & Case White & Case maintains a long-standing and deeply embedded Israel practice, advising Israeli corporates, financial institutions, and global investors on cross-border M&A, capital markets, and complex disputes. Ranked Elite in M&A (Volume), Capital Markets Value), the firm is also active in high-stakes litigation, in which it also earns an Elite ranking. The team acts for Meta in a series of Israeli class actions spanning data protection, privacy, and competition law. The team operates across high-tech, healthcare, energy, financial services, and real estate, reflecting the breadth of Israel’s outbound and inbound deal flow and the increasing intersection between regulatory risk and commercial strategy. The practice is led by Daniel Turgel (Partner, London/Tel Aviv), who has spent over a decade advising on leading Israel-related transactions and divides his time between the UK and Israel. He works alongside Tali Sealman (Partner, New York), who focuses on US–Israel M&A, representing both US acquirers of Israeli businesses and Israeli sellers, and Joel Rubinstein (Partner, New York), who advises on IPOs, SPACs, and de-SPAC transactions involving Israeli issuers and investors. On
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