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Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. Offices
ELECTRA TOWER
98 YIGAL ALON STREET
TEL AVIV 67891
Israel
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Adv Yotam Leshem
Work Department
Energy and Project Financing Department
Position
Adv. Yotam Leshem is a Partner and Head of the Energy and Project Financing Department.
Yotam is an expert in the field of energy and project financing and has accumulated extensive legal experience and knowledge in tenders (PPP), including tender procedures, purchase and marketing of natural gas (GSPA agreements), financing agreements and EPC and O&M agreements, electricity and energy sales and purchase agreements and more. Yotam’s experience includes advising private, financial and governmental entities in the energy and infrastructure market, as well as in the field of transportation, security, water desalination and other areas.
Prior to joining our firm, Yotam was a Partner in the Project Financing, Energy and Infrastructure Department at Tadmor Levy & Co., where he accompanied significant projects in the field, including the acquisition of the Alon Tavor power plant, the debt turnover of the northern stations, the Rapac Group gas transactions, solar power plant financing and other considerable gas transactions. Among his prominent clients are the Generation Group, Mivtach Shamir, Rapac, CHEC, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Bank Discount, institutional investors and more.
Languages
English and Hebrew.
Memberships
Israel Bar Association, 2009
Education
LL.M. (with distinction), The Interdisciplinary Center
B.A. Business Management (with distinction), The Interdisciplinary Center, 2008
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Infrastructure
The infrastructure practice at Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. is commended for its ‘forward-looking counsel that takes into account the broader market’. The newly merged department stands out for its public sector-side work, where it counts the Israel Government Companies Authority, Cross Israel Highway and various other state entities among its key clients. The team also routinely represents construction companies and lenders, among others, on large-scale infrastructure projects. The group is co-led by all-round transactional specialist Rami Sofer; go-to infrastructure expert Tal Danon Shenhav; energy and project finance partner Yotam Leshem; and Dubi Zoltak, who leads the corporate and capital markets team.
Israel > Energy
(Leading partners)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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Insurance
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Planning and zoning
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Employment
- Energy
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Telecoms and media
- Transport
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes