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

Corporate and Capital Markets Department

Position

Adv. Reif is a partner in the Corporate and Capital Markets Department.

Adv. Reif specializes in international commercial transactions, corporate law, joint ventures, merger and acquisition transactions, investment transactions and structured finance.

Adv. Reif possesses significant experience in the energy and infrastructure field, and represents key entities which operate in the electricity sector in Israel. He provides ongoing counsel to a significant portion of the transactions aimed at establishing natural gas power plants in Israel.

In addition, Adv. Reif is engaged in establishing, advising, and providing ongoing legal counsel to high value joint ventures, in Israel and abroad, in the real estate, industrial and communications sectors. He provides ongoing legal counsel to complex energy and infrastructure projects, from their initial establishment stages to day to day commercial operation, and regularly advises his clients on all corporate aspects related to managing their businesses.

Adv. Reif accumulated unique expertise in mediating relations between founders and partners, and managing complex international corporate and commercial transactions. In this capacity, Adv. Reif provides ongoing legal counsel to his clients in partnership agreements, complex service agreements, franchise and distribution agreements, acquisition and construction agreements, and various sub-contracting agreements.

Alongside the above, Adv. Reif is experienced in providing ongoing legal counsel to government entities and tender committees on the drafting of tenders and the tender process, as well as providing ongoing legal counsel to private entities competing in major tenders in the Israeli market.

In addition, Adv. Reif represents investing entities and issuing entities in complex financing transactions and agreements with financial institutions; these include various securitization transactions, repackaging structured securities, and financing agreements for energy and infrastructure projects.

Career

From 2007 to 2008, Adv. Reif was a member of the Structured Finance Group in Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates in New York, one of the leading law firms in the United States.

Languages

English, Hebrew

Memberships

Israel Bar Association, 2004

Education

LL.B. (magna cum laude), Tel Aviv University, 2003

B.A., Economics, Tel Aviv University, 2003

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Energy

Particularly well-positioned to handle energy-related finance and corporate transactions, Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. is additionally noted for its strong track record in the power sphere. The newly merged energy group is led by former GKH team head and project finance specialist Yotam Leshem, who maintains a robust commercial practice. The multidisciplinary department also draws on Tal Danon Shenhav, who leads the administrative law, tenders and infrastructure unit; Rami Sofer, who anchors the corporate, finance and infrastructure team; and corporate and capital markets partners Oren Reif and Rayek Khoury.