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Mr Rafael Herbst
Work Department
Commercial
Corporate
Hi-Tech
Hi-Tech Silicon Valley
Position
Partner
Career
Rafael Herbst is a Foreign Legal Consultant at Herzog Fox & Neeman’s Silicon Valley Representative Office in Palo Alto. Rafael has extensive experience representing VC’s, startups, entrepreneurs, investors and mature companies within the Hi-Tech industry. His Hi-Tech expertise in both Israeli and the US, positions Rafael as a unique bridge between the two ecosystems.
Rafael focuses his practice on providing ongoing corporate consulting to start-ups and mature technology companies on the commercial aspects of their activities, as well as overseeing their day-to-day operations and advising on corporate governance matters. In Rafael’s M&A experience, he has represented large multinationals and mature companies in their acquisitions in Israel, as well as startups in their exit transactions. His startup clients, which he represents through all stages of the corporate life cycle, from pre-incorporation planning through seed and venture capital financings, to mergers and acquisitions, span many sectors including biomed, software and e-commerce. In his practice, Rafael also has extensive experience in working with accelerators and technology hubs.
Additionally, Rafael accompanies clients through a broad spectrum of financing transactions, including debt and equity transactions and venture lending.
Prior to joining Herzog Fox & Neeman, Rafael received an LL.B from Hebrew University (manga cum laude), as well as his MBA. During his studies, he served as the Editor-in-Chief for Hebrew University’s Law Review, “Mishpatim” and completed his pre-internship at the Ministry of Justice, Legal Counsel and Legislation (Economics and Tax). Following which, Rafael clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel for Supreme Court Justice A. Levi.
Languages
Hebrew, English
Memberships
Israel, 2011
Education
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, MBA, 2012; Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, LL.B, (magna cum laude), 2010
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Employment
- Energy
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Insurance
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes
- Planning and zoning
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Telecoms and media
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: filing/prosecution