The session focused on practical implications for leadership and boards, including compliance oversight, disclosure risk, and governance expectations as companies engage US customers, partners, investors, and regulators. It was geared toward CEOs, CFOs, general counsel, compliance officers, business development executives, and board members across stages of growth.

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The alert, authored by the firm’s Cross-Border Disputes Team of Udi Karklinsky, Daniel J. Saval, Elina Karayianni, Jake Calvert, Jeremy Bressman, John Han, and Michael Brasky, emphasizes early-stage structuring choices that can shape dispute outcomes, including control rights, capital and funding commitments, guarantees and indemnities, deadlock and exit mechanisms, and enforcement strategy across jurisdictions.

Read the client alert here.

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The senior tranche, representing 94.5% of the securitized mortgage portfolio, received a -AA rating from S&P Global, exceeding the credit rating of the State of Israel. The transaction marks the second securitization of its kind carried out by an Israeli bank, following a prior NIS 500 million issuance completed in June 2025.

Herzog, Fox & Neeman advised Bank of Jerusalem on the transaction. The team was led by partners Natalie Jacobs and Elina Shechter, and associate Moshe Asayag.

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The project, promoted by Aminim Group, includes the demolition of existing residential buildings and the construction of 637 new housing units in 32-story towers, alongside commercial space and underground parking.

The financing consortium is led by the Ruby Capital Group together with Phoenix and Migdal, and represents a significant milestone in the city’s ongoing urban renewal activity.

Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano advised the consortium of financiers, with a team led by Roy Gross and Avishai Sadeh, together with Dor Maimon and intern Barak Steinberg.

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The deal will create one of Israel’s largest listed residential real estate groups, with a combined market value of roughly NIS 10 billion and a significant pipeline of urban and high-density development projects in central Israel.

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illumex develops a platform that structures and contextualizes organizational data through a semantic layer, enabling generative AI systems to operate more accurately and reduce hallucinations in enterprise environments. The deal is reported at approximately USD 60 million.

Herzog, Fox & Neeman represented illumex on the transaction. The Herzog team was led by partners Yair Geva, Lior Katz, and Nathan Wiesenberg, and associates Yarden Elter, Rasha Zoabi.

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In 2025, dual-listed firms made up about 22% of the TASE’s total market value (USD 114 billion), with major names including Teva, Elbit Systems and Tower contributing USD 76 billion between them.

Read more in The Jerusalem Post.

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US-based data center operator Serverfarm has partnered with Israel Infrastructure Fund to develop a 130-megawatt data center for Dalia Energy.

The facility is expected to significantly expand Israel’s computing capacity at a time of accelerating demand driven by artificial intelligence, cloud migration, and enterprise digitization. The project positions Ashdod as a strategic technology hub, leveraging proximity to power infrastructure, fiber connectivity, and port access.

Lipa&Co. represented Serverfarm and Israel Infrastructure Fund, with the team being led by Yoni Steinmetz and Amir Zolty.

Meitar acted for Dalia Energy, led by Adina Shapira.

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The decline reflects softer increases in goods and services prices, alongside currency strength and stabilizing supply conditions. At the same time, Israel’s economy is showing signs of resilience, with gradual recovery in business activity following months of conflict-related disruption.

Economists remain divided over the central bank’s next step. Some argue that easing inflation creates room for an additional interest rate cut to support economic expansion, while others caution that policymakers may prefer to pause given ongoing geopolitical risks, fiscal pressures, and global monetary trends.

The Bank of Israel’s upcoming decision will be closely monitored by investors, lenders, and corporate borrowers, particularly in sectors sensitive to financing costs and currency movements. The central bank is expected to balance improving price stability against the need to maintain financial discipline and currency stability.

Learn more in Globes.

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Reco provides security solutions tailored to complex SaaS and AI environments, helping enterprises gain visibility and control across sprawling cloud ecosystems. The new funding will support the company’s continued product development and global expansion as demand for integrated security solutions accelerates.

Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano served as legal advisor to Reco on the transaction, led by Viva Gayer and Amit Horovitz, with support from intern Itamar Dor.

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