GT represents Israeli holding company, ARKO Holdings (“ARKO”) in USD 1.4 billion merger with Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly traded special purposes acquisition company (“SPAC”), as it expands its convenience stores across the United States. ARKO operates in the GPM Retail and Wholesale, Finance, Real Estate for Investment and Ligad business segments. GPM, in […]
Author: Idan Nishlis
A complex and landmark three-year saga comes to an end after Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank acquires Union Bank of Israel for NIS 1.4 billion, becoming the 3rd largest bank in Israel. EBN advised Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd., the third largest bank in Israel, on its successful acquisition of the Union Bank of Israel Ltd., for a value of NIS […]
Amidst all the commercial uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, it is business as usual for Latham & Watkins, who have been involved in 16 Israeli-related capital markets transactions since the beginning of the pandemic, including 9 completed IPOs, 4 convertible bond offerings and 3 follow-on offerings. Recently, the firm advised the underwriters on the mega […]
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 global law firms and […]
In a special edition of the latest bi-monthly magazine, Israel Desks, we explore the unprecedented impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Israeli and global law firms and their clients. Managing and Senior Partners, amongst Israel’s leading law firms discuss what issues have concerned clients and how they have been coping. We also talk to leaders in Germany, […]
In the latest bi-monthly magazine, Israel Desks, we explore the vibrant field of medical cannabis and speak to experts about the strong outlook for this relatively new sector. We also examine the trends for 2020 in M&A after Israel recorded a stunning year in 2019. What factors will play out? What do the experts think? […]
With Israelis having gone to the polls again, for the second time in five months, we take a look at one of the vitally significant issues affecting the electorate – infrastructure. WIth projects amounting to hundreds of billions of shekels, we speak to a number of key experts about the latest trends in the market […]
Aric Press, the former editor in chief of The American Lawyer and then its parent company, ALM Media, is the doyen of legal commentators in the US. Here he conducts a roundtable discussion with two of Israel’s senior in-house technology counsel: Edva Liveanu-Justo, Region Counsel, Central Europe and Israel, at HP; and Gideon Rosenberg, Deputy […]
In January 2019, approximately 200 representatives from nearly 100 Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi and Toshiba, accompanied the Japanese Minister of the Economy, Hiroshige Seko to Israel. They attended meetings of the Japan Israel Innovation Network (“JIIN”), whose goal is to advance and strengthen economic cooperation between Japan and Israel and which has organized business networking […]
Murphy & McGonigle launch Blockchain Litigation Database (BLD) to bring cryptocurrency cases from different jurisdictions into a single, searchable location. Created by Murphy & McGonigle’s Innovation Lab, the BLD tracks total cases, trends, designation of cases as criminal or civil, and whether it involves the SEC or the CFTC. The first full year of tracking […]
