Spotlight: Fladgate
With over 260 years of history, Fladgate LLP is a prominent London‑based law firm practicing across corporate, real estate, dispute resolution, private client, and regulatory sectors. It has developed a specialized Israel Desk with Hebrew‑speaking and dual‑qualified lawyers, supporting Israeli companies in transactions such as listings on the London Stock Exchange and real estate investments in the UK.
This week, we were delighted to get know London Corporate partner Orit Rioumine Gold a little better, an active member of the firm’s Israel Desk.
Fladgate’s work relating to Israel spans several key fields, including corporate, M&A, capital markets, real estate, dispute resolution, private wealth and more, what kinds of transactions have you been seeing and experiencing lately?
We currently see Israeli companies and founders setting up in, or expanding operations into, the UK. This trend is particularly strong in the UK technology space, where Israeli innovation finds fertile ground for collaboration and further growth.
We also see Israeli businesses partnering with UK-based corporates and institutions. Good examples are Israeli health-tech companies introducing advance technology solutions to the NHS, joint ventures in the green energy space, commercial partnerships in fintech and insure-tech and more.
Private M&A and inbound investment into UK-based companies, projects and assets remain active across a variety of sectors, including real estate, hospitality, green energy, consumer goods and technology.
How do you tailor your advice to Israeli companies expanding into or transacting with the UK market?
We have a number of fluent Hebrew speakers in our team, some of whom are dual qualified and have on-the-ground experience of working in Israel. Having acted on numerous UK – Israel transactions over 30 years, our team has in-depth legal and commercial understanding of the Israeli and UK markets and respective business culture.
We use this experience to understand our clients’ unique needs and objectives, bridge cultural differences, foster collaboration and help our clients to achieve their commercial goals.
What personal goals do you have for the future development of the Israel Practice?
Our personal goal is to continue helping Israeli businesses set up, expand into and transact in the UK. We want to work closely with Israeli businesses and individuals in bringing Israeli innovation into the UK and facilitating growth.
After a particularly challenging time in the past few years in Israel, which sectors – for you – have seen resilience, and why?
Israeli tech sector has shown remarkable resilience in the last 18 months or so, with growing commercial activity, despite the challenges. M&A and inbound investment into the UK has also remained strong, with transactions across real estate, hospitality, green energy, consumer goods and technology.
Your role must be extraordinarily busy – how do you switch off best outside of the law?
I enjoy walking, cycling and reading, but most of all, I enjoy spending time with family and friends.
