The Israeli Knesset Internal Affairs Committee recently approved the new E-2 visa regulations thereby allowing Israeli entrepreneurs to file for and obtain E-2 visas in the United States. Until now, Israeli citizens were not eligible for the E-2 visa. This is a tremendous step forward for Israeli investors looking to pursue startups in the United […]
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Moty Yamin, former director of the Corporate Finance Department at the Israel Securities Authority (ISA), joined Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. as head of the Securities and Capital Markets Department. Moty is an acclaimed expert in all aspects of Israeli securities laws as well as corporate law. Together with the Chief Counsel of the ISA he […]
Iam Patent 1000 released its annual ranking of the top industry firms across the world in the following three categories: Transactions, Prosecution and Litigation. The renowned rating guide noted the lively automotive sector that is increasing prosecution and filing work in Israel, as well as the growing cybersecurity market and the consistent life sciences disputes […]
Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce its continued international expansion with the launch of its London office on June 1, 2018. The office, which will be the firm’s fifth location globally and its second in Europe, will serve clients in all aspects of the investment industry, including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital […]
Herzog Fox & Neeman’s Capital Markets and Securities Department advised the Israel Electric Company (“IEC”) and its Board of Directors in negotiations with state officials on the historic reform and the approval process of Israel’s electricity market. The reform in the electricity sector is expected to be one of the most complex reforms in Israeli […]
Contributed by: China Deals InfoBase. The big story this week was Jack Ma’s trip to Israel with around 40 of his closest business associates. Here are some of the highlights: JVP – talked more collab/investment and met and learned about select portfolio companies Tel Aviv University – received an honorary doctorate (That’s Doctor Ma to you!) and held a Q&A with students […]
An analysis of The Legal 500 ranking results – the big winners were: Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. with the highest number of increases in rankings, and Herzog Fox & Neeman and Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal with the highest number of Tier 1 appearances – 14 in total.
Contributed by: China Deals InfoBase In the news: We reported about a week or two ago about Sirin Labs partnering with a Foxconn sub to produce the first blockchain mobile phone. Turns out that wasn’t just talk. Japan, the US, the UK, South Korea and Vietnam will see about 100,000 of these things called ∫ in around October. I guess I better […]
Idan Nishlis, Founder and CEO of Nishlis Legal Marketing, recently attended the international Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, celebrating the 10th anniversary of legal marketing in Israel, and shared a number of insights into the legal marketing field in Israel and its implementation for law firms.
Israeli tech in numbers: In 1997-2017, 16,000 High-Tech companies were set up. There are 505 cybersecurity companies, which raised $5.6B; there are 1487 life sciences companies that raised $13.5B and 356 active Israeli incubators and accelerators.
