“The new draft amendment to Israel’s Restrictive Trade Practices Law, published by the Israel Antitrust Authority last week, bypasses the legal system.” Dr. David E. Tadmor, the former Director General of the Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA(, addressed the issue of the proposed reform, and finds it to be a mixed in an article in financial […]
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Does the new Competition Law Legislative Memorandum reflect a true revolution? Will it strengthen enforcement and reduce the regulatory burden on small and medium-size businesses or not? Shai Bakal, Head of our firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group, addressed these issues and discussed the possible implications of the proposed reform on the business activity of domestic and international players, in […]
In an effort to facilitate capital formation, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance expanded its nonpublic review process to permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to an initial public offering (IPO) for review on a nonpublic basis.
The IFLR1000 ranking was recently published, which reviews Israel in five practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Capital Markets, Project Finance and Project Development, which is new this year. In continuation of the trend that began last year, IFLR1000 also published a personal ranking of Israel’s leading lawyers in these areas.
“The Marker” Lists Giora Erdinast Among the Three Most Influential Lawyers in Israel for 2017. Giora Erdinast, the founder of Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co., was chosen as one of the three most influential civil lawyers in Israel by “The Marker”, Israel’s leading financial magazine, for the year 2017. This is yet another recognition […]
EBN represented the insurance company Sirius, in the acquisition of shares of The Phoenix Holdings, from its controlling shareholder Delek Holdings. The transaction valued The Phoenix Holdings at NIS 4.8 billion and included an initial acquisition of 4.9% of Phoenix and an option to purchase Delek’s remaining shares (47.4%), following a due diligence examination. Sirius was […]
Adv. Kobi Bar-Lev, a former Advisor at Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and a Senior Advisor to the Ministry’s Director General, joins our firm as Head of Naschitz Brandes Amir’s Environmental Law Practice group. Alongside Bar-Lev, Advs. Bila Cahana Levnsohn (partner) and Shiran Yona Nissenboim have joined the firm as well. Adv. Tal Eliasaf, Managing […]
EBN represented UPS in a leasing transaction for its largest logistics center in Israel, at a cost of NIS 100 million over a ten year period. The logistics center is being built for UPS in the Ligad Industrial Zone in Modi’in, on an area of 33,000 square meters owned by Sheinfeld Ltd. Adv. Roy Harash, partner […]
Our firm acted for US public company Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE), as Israeli counsel, on its USD 80 million cross-border acquisition of Israeli private company, Dip Tech Ltd. This was Ferro’s first acquisition in Israel. Ferro is a pioneer in various technologies in the ceramics, electronics, glass and pigments markets and the acquisition will give […]
Naschitz Brandes Amir represented the Pitango Growth Fund and Oakstone Ventures, Inc. (Capital One) in a US$ 33 million round of financing in Riskified Ltd., led by Pitango Growth Fund. The investment round was led by Senior Partner Sharon Amir and Partner Einat Rosu.
