Adv Amir Zolty > Lipa Meir & Co > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile

Lipa Meir & Co
2 Weizmann St
Beit Amot Hashkaot
Tel Aviv 64736
Israel

Work Department

Technology. Corporate. M&A Department

Position

Partner, Head of Hi-Tech Practice

Career

Amir Zolty, a graduate of Tel-Aviv University (LL.B. Magna Cum Laude) and of Yale University (LL.M) has been admitted to the Israeli Bar Association in 1990.  Until 2001 he served as a Registrar of the Supreme Court of Israel and as the senior legal assistant to the President of the Israeli Supreme Court, Professor Aharon Barak, and before that, as a senior legal assistant to the Attorney General of the State of Israel. Amir worked as an associate at Herzog Fox Neeman prior to his career in the civil service.

Since 2001, Amir has been extensively engaged in high-tech and biotech/pharmaceutical transactions, and he represents a considerable number of private and public high-tech and biotech companies with regard to their day-to-day activities, as well as corporate finance, M&As, compliance, etc.

Amir also lectured at the Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University and thereafter joined the faculty’s Board of Trustees. Amir is also a panel member and country reporter in various activities and publications of the IBA in the fields of corporate law, M&A, high-tech law and venture capital.

Languages

English, Hebrew

Memberships

Israel Bar Association, 1990

Education

Tel-Aviv University (LL.B., Magna Cum Laude 1989)

Yale University (LL.M., 1992)

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Hi-tech and start-ups

Lipa Meir & Co’s dominant healthcare and life sciences offering is reflected in its hi-tech and start-ups practice, which acts for a broad roster of food-tech, pharma and biotech clients. Other sector strong suits include agri-tech, cybersecurity and defence. A ‘real professional’, Ziv Preis advises entrepreneurs, start-ups, emerging companies and investors on day-to-day matters and transactions. Preis co-heads the department together with Gary Copelovitz, Amir Zolty and Eyal Khayat.