Kobi Ben-Chitrit > Arnon, Tadmor-Levy > Israel, Israel > Lawyer Profile

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy Offices

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy
132 Menachem Begin Road, Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv 6702101
31 Hillel Street, Jerusalem 9458131
Israel
Visit website 972 3 608 7777 972 3 608 7724

Kobi Ben-Chitrit

Kobi Ben-Chitrit photo
(+972) 2 623 9249 kobi@arnontl.com View profile

Position

Partner, HighTech and M&A

Career

Kobi Ben-Chitrit focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investments, initial public offerings and diverse corporate and commercial transactions. He also represents acquirers, VCs and target companies in acquisitions and financings and advises on intellectual property related transactions such as joint ventures, licensing deals and distribution agreements. In addition, Kobi has extensive experience advising technology startups in regard to optimal corporate structuring, counseling companies from their early stages and first financings through their acquisition or IPO and beyond.

Kobi also has considerable experience handling international technology licensing, OEM, partnering, distribution and other commercial technology-related agreements for companies active in a variety of industries.

Kobi is recognized by his colleagues and peers as a leading lawyer in the Israeli M&A scene. The international legal directory ‘The Legal 500’ recognized him as “an exceptional lawyer and a true business partner” in the high-tech field.

With vast legal experience practicing in Israel and as an attorney in the U.S. law firm of Hogan & Hartson, as well as entrepreneurial expertise in establishing high-tech companies, Kobi is dedicated to providing his clients with comprehensive, personalized and insightful legal services.

Kobi is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, teaching a course on investments and exits of emerging growth companies. He graduated from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1997 and was admitted to the Israel Bar in the same year. Kobi joined the firm in 1999 and became a partner in 2006.

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.

Israel > Hi-tech and start-ups

An ‘AAAA+ law firm’,  Arnon, Tadmor-Levy is acclaimed by hi-tech companies for its experience across the full growth cycle. Well-balanced between company and investor-side mandates, the group handles a range of early-stage investment matters, through to IPOs and beyond. Nimrod Vromen is a ‘world-class expert’ in the field and recently advised Vi Labs on two acquisitions of companies in the US. Other key contacts include Joeri Kreisberg, whose practice spans hi-tech, corporate finance and transactional IP; Jacob Ben-Chitrit, who handles M&A, VC and private equity transactions; Elie Sprung, noted for financings, M&A, IP and commercial transactions; Yarom Romem, who co-heads the investment funds team; and up-and-coming partner Daniel Damboritz.

Lawyer Rankings

Top Tier Firm Rankings

Firm Rankings