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AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co
CHAMPION TOWER, FLOORS 28, 39-40
30 SHESHET HAYAMIM RD
BNEI BRAK 5120261
Israel

Work Department

High Tech and VC

Position

Daniel Chinn is a partner and Head of our High-Tech Department.

Daniel specialises in representing venture capital and private equity funds, as well as companies in the technology industry.

Daniel represents early-stage technology companies from the initial stages of conception and ideation through the establishment of the company, raising capital from investors, contracting with employees, including compensation plans and options, drafting development, product manufacturing, licencing, marketing and distribution agreements, and all the way through public offerings to a possible ultimate exit.

Daniel was a partner in the commercial and corporate department of leading law firms, and a partner in Israel Seed Partners, a Jerusalem-based venture capital fund with close to $300m under his management. In addition, he served as the CEO of an Agrotech company. Daniel also served as CEO and the executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN) where he worked with management to lead the company to significant revenues before being acquired by Fortress Capital.

His extensive and varied experience, which enables him to provide legal, business and strategic advice to his clients places him in a unique position in the Israeli hi-tech landscape.

Daniel was recognized by the following international ranking guides:

  • The LEGAL 500 recommended his achievements in hi-tech and start-ups,and in commercial law – mergers and acquisitions.
  • Chambers and Partners ranked him a prominent lawyer in technology.
  • IFLR1000 chose him as a leading lawyer in technology and telecom.

 

 

Career

Bar admission:

Israel Bar Association, 1990.

Languages

Hebrew, English.   

Education

Oxford University, B.A. Jurisprudence, 1986.

 

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Commercial, corporate and M&A

AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co provides comprehensive assistance across a range of cross-border M&A transactions, notably to clients from the real estate, technology, and hi-tech industries. Head of the corporate law department, Yoav Caspi, is a venture capital expert, and consistently acts for a variety of startups, private investors, and high-tech investment funds. The hi-tech department is led by Daniel Chinn, whose broad practice spans private equity funds and capital raising, while Shlomi Bardugo is a key player in the crypto and blockchain arena. Head of the banking and finance practice Assaf Lapid is another key name for complex financing transactions.

Israel > Hi-tech and start-ups

(Leading individuals)

Daniel ChinnAYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co

The overarching technology offering at AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co fields experts in three distinct areas: hi-tech, which focuses on advice to start-ups and VC funds; technology and law, which includes IP, privacy and cybersecurity; and commercial and corporate, which covers tenders, financing and M&A. Daniel Chinn anchors the hi-tech team and is valued for his ‘practical suggestions about how a business should conduct itself’. The group also includes Saar Binyamin, who represents hi-tech entities at all stages; up-and-coming partner Mati Rosenbaum; and senior associate Hila Faber.