Cozen O’Connor’s Israel Practice provides full-service, one-stop shopping legal support to Israeli companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and executives operating in the United States or seeking to do so, as well as those doing business with them or aspiring to do so. With a deep understanding of Israel’s dynamic business landscape and its U.S. and other international dimensions, our team combines local knowledge with global experience across the sectors and legal and business issues that matter from birth to exit and from term sheet to closing.

We advise clients across the spectrum of relevant sectors including:

• Technology, Media and Telecommunications
• Defense Tech including Aerospace and Drone Technology (and dual use)
• Semiconductors including Measurement and Testing
• Software
• Hardware
• Cyber Tech
• Ad Tech
• Biotech
• Pharma
• Medical Devices
• Food Tech
• Retail and Consumer Goods and Services

We facilitate the flow of Israel-related business by supporting clients on the full gamut of relevant legal services, including:

Launching the Company

• Formation
• Shareholder Agreements
• Operating Agreements
• Intellectual Property Counseling
• Seed Financing

Establishing U.S. Operations

• Tax Counseling
• Formation and “Flips”
• Bylaws
• Shareholder Agreements
• Operating Agreements
• Hiring and Incentivizing Contractors and Employees
• Equity and Incentive Plans

Navigating the Regulatory Regimes

• Product Launches and Navigating the Relevant Agencies from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the Food and Drug Administration
• Export Control
• Sanctions
• CFIUS
• Antitrust and Competition
• Insurance
• Advertising
• Payment Processing
• Privacy
• Labor and Employment
• Customs
• Tariffs

Financing the Business

• Friends and Family Rounds
• Convertible Notes
• Venture Capital—Equity Financing and Venture Debt
• Growth Capital
• Lines of Credit
• Debt Facilities
• Private Equity Transactions
• Public Offerings

Protecting your Assets

• Intellectual Property Counseling
• Patent Prosecution
• Trademark Protection
• Copyright Protection
• Advertising Issues
• NDAs
• Employee and Contractor Agreements
• ITC Proceedings (International Trade Commission)
• Infringement Actions
• Cybersecurity Programs and Counseling
• Cybersecurity Breaches and Other Incidents

Labor & Employment

• Visas of Every Type
• Offer Letters and Employment Agreements
• Employment Policies
• HR and Employee Training on Equal Employment and the Gamut of Appropriate Topics
• Benefits
• Equity Plans, Stock Options, Bonus Arrangements and All Forms of Executive and Workforce Incentive Programs
• RIFS (reductions in force) and Individual Personnel Terminations
• Non-compete and Other Restrictive Covenant Issues and Disputes

Doing Business with the U.S. Government and State and Local Governments

• CAGE and SAM
• Small Business, Women, Minority and Hub Zones
• Procurement
• FOCI, SSA and Proxy Boards
• Facility Clearance
• Understanding and Negotiating the Contracting Process and Contracting Issues
• Intellectual Property
• Bid Protests

Commercial Transactions

• Licensing and other Tech Transactions
• Strategic Alliances Among Biotech and Pharmaceutical Companies, As Well As Universities and Government-Funded Organizations
• Software Agreements
• Artificial Intelligence Agreements
• Franchising
• Customer and Vendor Contracts of All Types
• Leasing
• Real Estate Financing and Acquisitions

Securities and Public Offerings

• Foreign Private Issuer Representation
• Foreign Listings on US Exchanges
• IPOs
• Follow on Offerings
• Confidentially Marketed Public Offerings (CMPOs)
• At the Market Offerings (ATMs)
• Registered Direct Offerings
• PIPEs
• SPACs

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Buy Side
• Sell Side
• Stock Deals
• Asset Deals
• Acquihires
• Complex Deals in Heavily Regulated Sectors and with Complicated Loans, Earnouts, IP and Other Issues

Crises, Disputes, and Litigation

We have attorneys who focus on addressing disputes and handling crises and litigations in each and every area noted above at the “bet the company” level including evaluating risk management, conducting investigations, assessing insurance issues, and advising on cost benefit analysis.

Leadership

Our Israel Practice is chaired by Sam Feigin, who has 25+ years of intensive experience representing cutting-edge Israel-related businesses from startups to many of the largest companies and industry leaders. Our team truly understands how to effectively work with Israel-related businesses from deploying strategies to maximize their opportunities, to connect them with key business partners to minimize their challenges, to get deals closed, and to support them in a cost-effective manner.