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S. Friedman & Co.
CONTACT
INFORMATION:
office: + 972-3-693-1931
S.Friedman one of Israel’s leading and longstanding lawfirms,havingbeen at the heart of the Israeli legal market for
more than 75 years, operating from its offices in Tel Aviv and Haifa. The prominence of our Securities and Capital Markets
group is driven by the volume of thematters handled and our involvement in high profile and complex transactions, as well
as the broad range of our loyal and ever-growing client base.
We offer extensive legal experience in advising on all the activities of publicly traded corporations on the TASE, including
public and private offerings, capital raising, financing transactions,M&A and corporate also advise boards of
directors and their committees, controlling and other shareholders in public companies in relation to capital market matters.
We represent many public companies traded both on TASE and other foreign markets, such as NASDAQ, LSE and others,
whether in their day-to-day matters, in public offerings or before the Israel Securities Authority and TASE. Our clients are
top-tier companies across a range of industries including partnerships, cooperatives, kibbutzim, associations and public
institutions.
In an era of increased globalization, rapid technological and geopolitical changes, S. Friedman & Co. maintains a long-
established international practice. We work closely with all types of professionals in commercial, financial, maritime and
technological centers, located in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa.
Sarit Molcho is the head of the Corporate practice group of the firm. Sarit has 34 years of legal experience and she
provides advice to conglomerates, government and public companies, kibbutzim, investors and international partnerships
– both Israeli and foreign - in a variety of fields. Sarit’s main focus is inmatters of corporate law, corporate governance and
financing, preparing a diverse range of contracts and commercial agreements, banking and real estate transactions. Sarit
has worked in one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in New York and gained practical experience working with
clients in some of the major financial centers in the U.S. and globally.
Arnon Mainfeld is the head of the Securities and Capital Markets group of the firm. He has acquired particular
expertise in this field, and, as a leading lawyer he represents private and public companies, investment funds, mutual
funds, provident funds, directors, officers in various areas of corporations, securities and financing. This also included
representation before the Israeli authorities and various regulators, in securities transactions, tender offers, merger
and acquisition agreements and ongoing transactions. Arnon has vast legal experience as an international commercial
lawyer and as such he holds an MBA degree in Finance from New York and was admitted to the New York Bar.
Naor Cohen, associate in the firm’s Securities and Capital Markets group, contributed to this article.