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Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.
ELECTRA TOWER
98 YIGAL ALON STREET
TEL AVIV 67891
Israel

Work Department

Managing Partner
Capital Markets and Corporate Department

Position

Aya Yoffe is the Managing Partner and the Head of the Capital Markets and Corporate Department, and specializes in corporate law, securities and finance. Aya has extensive experience in raising public and private capital and debt, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions and in providing ongoing advice and support to public companies, boards of directors and independent committees. In addition, Aya specializes in representing companies and creditors in debt settlements and insolvency proceedings.

Languages

English and Hebrew.

Memberships

Israel Bar Association, 1994

Education

LL.B., University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K., 1992

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Restructuring and insolvency

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. acts as receiver, liquidator and trustee in insolvency and debt settlement proceedings, and counts issuing companies, trustees of debenture holders and debenture holders, shareholders, investors, directors and executives among its roster of clients. Senior counsel David Hahn acts for clients in insolvency and corporate recovery proceedings, while Aaron Michaeli frequently represents senior officials in debt settlements and insolvency cases, particularly in related litigation proceedings. Other key contacts in the group include Aya Yoffe, and Hagit Blaiberg, who acts for domestic corporations and financial institutions as creditors in insolvency cases. Asher Engelman left the firm in September 2022 to become the Official Receiver of the Israel Justice Ministry.

Israel > Capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Aya YoffeGoldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. routinely handles high-value capital markets transactions in Israel, including debt and equity securities work, IPOs, equity and debt offerings, derivatives issues and securitisations. A range of corporations, issuers and underwriters regularly turn to the team for its expertise in managing cross-border transactions; international capital markets expert Amir Tzafrir excels in handling a variety of complex, often cross-border corporate and finance transactions. Securities and finance specialist Aya Yoffe focuses on raising public and private capital and debt, an area in which Gur Nabel is also particularly well versed. Head of the corporate and capital markets department Dubi Zoltak assists major private and public listed companies in Israel and abroad, and David Hodak advises the Israeli government on privatisation and debt financing mandates. Other prominent names include corporate and securities law specialists Renana Lev and Yuval Eden, capital markets and financial regulation expert Roy Reiss, hi-tech specialist Ashok Chandrasekhar, and Aaron M. Lampert, who is the key contact for international securities offerings.