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IHL SPRING 2017 EDITION
Israel > Law firm and leading lawyer rankings
Legal market overview
The Israeli legal market is particularly sophisticated with highly trained lawyers, many with US or UK qualifications, charging rates that are much lower than New York or London equivalents. The country has the highest number of lawyers per capita in the world, which has driven down fees.
Despite legislative changes in 2012 allowing foreign firms to operate in Israel, only two firms have a significant operational presence on the ground: Greenberg Traurig P.A has a team of close to ten lawyers in Tel Aviv, which handles outbound or inbound M&A, and Yingke Israel – Eyal Khayat, Zolty, Neiger & Co., Law Offices, which is the result of a Chinese acquisition of an Israeli firm. A handful of other international firms have representative offices, such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, which is noted for its international arbitration work, and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, which is focused on IP. The large local firms which dominate the market have grown in size in recent years through combinations and hires.
Changes in the market included the break-up of Zellermayer, Pelossof, Rosovsky, Tsafrir, Toledano & Co. Advocates, as well as the dissolution of Adini, Berger & Gabbay Advocates.
Israel is often referred to as ‘the start-up nation’ and its hi-tech sector attracts huge amounts of foreign interest, particularly from the US, Europe and China. Real estate is another strong driver of work as the country’s residential infrastructure struggles to keep pace with demographic expansion and projects are another major generator of work.
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Changes in California’s Privacy Law Have Worldwide Impact
If you are the operator of a commercial internet website, an online service or a mobile application (app) ("Operator") and you collect personally identifiable information (PII) 1 about consumer residing in California, you need to update your privacy policy following the enactment of a new California law in order to avoid potentially significant penalties. -
Companies Law (Amendment No. 23), 2013
On December 23, 2013, the Israeli Knesset approved Amendment No. 23 to the Israeli Companies Law, 1999 (the " Amendment ", and the " Companies Law ", respectively). The Amendment is primarily concerning the establishment and governance of "Charitable Company Fund" (the " Fund "), which are companies established in order to finance and fund non-profit entities. Below is an overview of the main provisions of the Amendment: -
Critical Information for New Immigrants and Returning Residents Regarding Tax Benefits
A New Governmental Proposal to Significantly Narrow the Tax Benefits for New Immigrants and Returning Residents in Israel -
New Temporary Tax Relief for "Trapped Earnings"
On November 5, 2012 the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) adopted a proposal of the Israeli Ministry of Finance and passed legislation providing for a temporary tax relief with respect to the recapture tax applicable to certain Israeli companies holding undistributed earnings that were previously exempt from Israeli corporate income tax under tax incentive programs. -
The Coming of Age of Environmental Regulation in Israel – Recent Aligning with Stringent EU Standa
Environmental policy and regulation in Israel have developed significantly over the course of the past several years. After decades of what may be considered as regulatory standstill, Israeli environmental regulation has taken a tremendous leap forward. Numerous environmental matters, some of which were not previously regulated and others which were subject to outdated standards, have been revised and updated through new comprehensive statutes, innovative regulations and professional guidelines. -
Israeli Market Developments
Welcome to the 4 th edition of Unfolding, which looks at some important developments in Israel in recent months. Much has happened in Israel since the last edition of Unfolding. The Israeli economy may be small in scale, but never in the level of its business activity. -
Memorandum on the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction in Concentration
Following on from the Government's decision to adopt the recommendations of the Committee for Increasing Competition in the Marketplace, the Government published last week a Memorandum on the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction in Concentration, 5772-2012. The Memorandum aims at providing a statutory framework for implementing the recommendations of the Committee. -
Israeli Law Update February 2012
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Agency Contract Law (Commercial Agent and Supplier), 5772-2012
On February 27, 2012, the Agency Contract Law (Commercial Agent and Supplier), 5772-2012 (hereinafter: the “Law”) was published. The Law shall enter into force 60 days from the date of publication. -
Why is it important to adopt Anti-Bribery Procedures? - by Adv. Gil Remeny
Is your business involved in international trade? If the answer to this question is a resounding “YES”, then it might well be time for your business to prepare and adopt a code of conduct that includes procedures to detect and prevent bribery of foreign government officials. The day is coming when not having such a code will be a bar to entering many different lucrative markets and will place you and your business in danger of breaking the law.
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Baker & Partners Provide Insights into Regulatory ‘Hot Topics’ for Local Industry
At a Breakfast Briefing Event this week, entitled ‘Walking The Tightrope’, Baker and Partners provided guidance on current regulatory ‘Hot Topics’ to Jersey’s compliance industry. The panel discussion facilitated by, Director of Regulatory and Compliance, Tim Smith , Advocate William Redgrave and Advocate Simon Thomas Baker & Partners , discussed several important areas of focus for finance industry professionals with particular emphasis on effective Suspicious Activity Reporting (SARs) and Sanctions issues. -
MOSCOW OFFICE OF ETERNA LAW REPRESENTED THE INTERESTS OF THE OWNER OF LARGE ASSETS (SHOPPING CENTER)
Eterna Law team represented the interests of the Group of companies located in Belgorod region in a dispute with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia on sanctions for the violation of antimonopoly legislation of the Russian Federation in the form of an agreement with a public authority to limit competition. -
VEGAS LEX at INNOPROM-2017
VEGAS LEX Partner, Head of special projects Maxim Grigoryev has discussed problems in implementing special investment contracts (SPIC) and ways to avoid them, and the potential of SPIC for migration to best available technologies (BAT) at the INNOPROM-2017 International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg. -
ETERNA LAW SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTED THE INTERESTS OF POLISH AGRO COMPANY
Eterna Law successfully defended the interests of Polish agro company in a dispute with the Ukrainian agro trader . -
VEGAS LEX discusses the formal logic tools and written communication skills
On 11 July 2017, VEGAS LEX held in its office the workshop “Dealing with the rule-making initiatives. The skills of drafting opinions and commentaries” dedicated to adjustment of key algorithms of logic analysis and written communication skills for the professionals of companies operating in pharmaceutical sector and related industries -
AVELLUM Advises Seller on Sale of Karavan Hypermarket Chain to Auchan Group
AVELLUM acted as a legal advisor to the seller regarding the sale of Karavan Hypermarket chain to Auchan Group. -
AVELLUM Advises Kernel Holding S.A. on Acquisition of Farming Business by Its Subsidiary
AVELLUM advised its longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. (“Kernel”) on the acquisition of 100% of shares in a farming business that manages over 170,000 tons of grain storage capacity and over 27,500 hectares of leasehold farmland by one of its subsidiaries. Total consideration of the deal amounted to USD43.3 million and was paid in cash. -
CJEU: Impermissible advertising for glucose featuring true statements
Even if health-related advertising claims are true, they may still mislead consumers and thus be impermissible. That was the verdict of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (Az.: C-296/16 P). -
Bär & Karrer Advised the Sellers of Rotronic
The owners of Rotronic AG, which develops and manufactures measuring technologies, sold the company to funds managed by Battery Ventures. -
BKL Partner Kap-You (Kevin) KIM Appointed as President of KCAB International Arbitration Committee
Mr. Kap-You (Kevin) KIM, a senior partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (“BKL”), has been appointed as President of the International Arbitration Committee of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (“KCAB”).