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Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. Offices
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98 YIGAL ALON STREET
TEL AVIV 67891
Israel
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Adv Michael Heller
Work Department
International Corporate and Securities Department
Position
Adv. Heller is a partner and Deputy Department Head of the International Corporate and Securities Department. He specializes in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and technology and commercial transactions, and represents a broad array of start-up companies in their day-to-day legal and business activities.
Adv. Heller represents top-tier venture capital funds in Israel and abroad, as well as international corporate and strategic investors, in a wide variety of private equity financings. Adv. Heller has handled well over one thousand equity and debt financing transactions, many of which involved complex capital restructuring, reorganizations, and spin-offs.
Adv. Heller represents hi-tech start-up companies from their early stages, and advises them on all legal, business and commercial activities, including corporate governance, finance, commercial, employment, compensation and intellectual property matters. He advises companies from a wide array of industries, and provides continuous consulting to entrepreneurs and company founders regarding their ongoing and evolving relations with their companies, as well as matters relating to company formation, recruitment of service providers, compensation matters, shareholder relations, financing and complex restructuring. He plays an active role in helping companies tackle daily challenges in all aspects of their operations and business.
Adv. Heller was ranked as one of the highly recommended venture capital and hi-tech attorneys in Israel by the international guides Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers.
From 1991 to 1993, Adv. Heller served as an associate at Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP, Beverly Hills, California. From 1993 to 1997, Adv. Heller served as an associate at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, Illinois (now part of the Dentons firm).
Languages
English and Hebrew.
Memberships
Israel Bar Association, 1998. California Bar Association, 1991.
Education
J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1991. B.A. (magna cum laude), History, State University of New York at Albany, 1988.
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Hi-tech and start-ups
(Leading individuals)–
Following its recent merger, the combined hi-tech team at Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. fields one of the deepest benches in the market, with full-service experience in advising start-ups and emerging companies through to multinational technology giants. On the investment side, the group additionally enjoys strong relationships with VC funds and acquisitional companies. Among its senior names, go-to industry specialist Amir Raz finds favour for his ability to ‘navigate between insisting on the client’s interests and making the deal happen’; Ashok Chandrasekhar is recognised for his prowess in cross-border transactions; Michael Heller advises hi-tech companies on the full range of commercial matters. Chen Manzur, Danny Dilbary, Ayal Shenhav and Richard Mann are also experienced names, while Arthur Brusilov is a talented associate.
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