Barak Platt > Arnon, Tadmor-Levy > Israel, Israel > Lawyer Profile
Arnon, Tadmor-Levy Offices
132 Menachem Begin Road, Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv 6702101
31 Hillel Street, Jerusalem 9458131
Israel
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Barak Platt
Position
Partner, M&A and HighTech
Career
Barak Platt is a partner in the firm’s commercial department and specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions, High-tech and Venture Capital and Private Equity. His clients range from large multinational corporations to early-stage start-ups as well as venture capital funds and private equity funds. Barak has been recognized repeatedly by leading international legal guides as an expert in his practice areas and as a recommended lawyer.
For over 25 years practicing law both in Israel and the United States, Barak has served as lead counsel in numerous merger and acquisition transactions, addressing all aspects of those transactions, including intellectual property issues, tax aspects and regulatory matters.
In addition, over the years many of the leading players both in the Israeli and the global venture capital scene have turned to Barak to assist them in hundreds of investments in portfolio companies.
Before moving to Israel, Barak spent numerous years practicing law in Los Angeles at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and in San Francisco at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen LLP).
Barak graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Magna Cum Laude in 1984 and received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1987. After graduating, Barak served as a legal clerk to United States District Judge Earl B. Gilliam in the Southern District of California.
Barak was admitted to the California Bar in 1987 and to the Israel Bar in 1993.
Barak has been a partner at Arnon, Tadmor-Levy since 2001.
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The newly merged Arnon, Tadmor-Levy‘s firm now houses one of the largest teams of corporate and M&A experts in Israel, equipped to advise both Israeli and foreign clients on the full spectrum of M&A transactions ranging from corporate structuring to securities issues and financial regulatory mandates. Reputed as ‘one of the best M&A lawyers in Israel’, Ophir Nave is also recognised as a key M&A lawyer in the defence sector, while Kobi Ben-Chitrit notably advises technology start-ups on corporate structuring, and Barak Platt is a high-tech, venture capital, and PE specialist. High-profile M&A experts Barry Levenfeld and Ben Sandler are the go-to choice for several multinational technology companies, while David Schapiro‘s focus is on complex public and private financings and project finance transactions. Other key contacts include ‘professional’ cross-border M&A transaction specialist Oded Levy, and ‘outstanding’ US and Israeli-qualified lawyer Micki Shapira.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Planning and zoning
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency