Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. > Firm Profile

Firm overview:  Naschitz Brandes Amir (NBA) is one of Israel’s largest and most prestigious full-service law firms, with an international and domestic practice that embraces virtually the entire spectrum of civil matters. The firm represents some of the world’s largest companies and financial institutions in corporate, commercial, and litigation matters, in Israel and abroad. These matters include cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, hi-tech, capital markets, banking, finance, commercial, insurance and tort litigation, real estate, antitrust, taxation, and other regulatory matters.

NBA has played a significant role in many major cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and sophisticated venture capital financing transactions and acted as counsel to issuers or underwriters in IPO’s and offerings of Israeli companies on NASDAQ, the NYSE, LSE and the TASE, among others. The firm represents a diverse array of domestic and international clients in the most significant litigation matters and advises some of the major international insurers and reinsurers on various litigation and regulatory issues in Israel. With over 190 outstanding legal professionals consistently recognized as leaders in their respective fields, the firm offers extensive commercial experience imperative for succeeding in today’s highly competitive world.

Main areas of practice
Corporate & M&A: As one of the most prominent M&A law firms in Israel, year after year NBA maintains its powerhouse status advising leading corporations, private equity funds, international companies and financial institutions across a wide set of industries on all aspects of cross-border and domestic M&A transactions. The firm’s lawyers are among the most experienced and skilled in Israel, having acted as buy-side or sell-side advisors in many public and private M&A transactions in the Israeli market in the last few years, including some of the largest deals ever undertaken in Israel.

Hi-tech and venture: The acclaimed Hi-Tech and venture capital practice at Naschitz Brandes Amir is dedicated to assisting founders, entrepreneurs, mature and emerging growth innovative technology companies, startups, as well as angels and venture capital funds, corporate strategic investors, and other institutional investors with their venture capital or other strategic transactions. NBA crafts innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions for established and emerging companies in areas ranging from venture capital, public offerings, M&A and strategic relationships, to intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution, taxation, antitrust, and employment law. Its lawyers bring their comprehensive expertise to counsel clients in cutting-edge areas of technology, including software, mobile, e-commerce, cybersecurity, as well as healthtech, agtech, foodtech and fintech.

Banking and financing: NBA’s banking and financial services longstanding full-service practice is widely recognized as a market leader in Israel. Many commercial banks, insurance companies, finance companies, private investment funds, and other institutions trust our attorneys to take a practical, client-oriented approach to achieving their business objectives. The firm specializes in complex cross-border financial transactions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and representation before regulatory authorities (such as the Bank of Israel, the Securities Authority, the Antitrust Authority, the Supervisor of Banks, the Supervisor of Insurance, and others).

Capital markets: Recognized as top experts in the field, NBA’s securities and capital markets lawyers advise global and domestic companies, issuers, underwriters and shareholders covering the full spectrum of products and services, including IPO’s, secondary offerings, equity, convertible and debt securities offerings, tender offers, public disclosure and reporting, corporate governance and other regulatory matters. The firm’s capital markets clients include some of the largest publicly-traded companies in Israel.

Antitrust/competition: Built around highly experienced lawyers, NBA’s antitrust and competition practice provides a broad range of services, from representation of clients in civil and criminal proceedings before the Israel Antitrust Authority, the Israel Competition Tribunal and other governmental authorities, to assisting clients with obtaining clearance from Israeli antitrust regulators for various mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, exclusive licenses, restrictive arrangements, and other various cross-border and domestic transactions. The firm also provides competition law advice to clients with dominant market position and monopolies.

Litigation and insurance: The depth and dimension of the firm’s litigation practice enables NBA to represent public companies, private entities, and other organizations in a wide range of corporate, commercial, securities, antitrust, class-action, insurance, tort, product and professional liability, employment, real estate, white-collar, and intellectual property litigation proceedings.

NBA attorneys are experienced at managing litigation at every stage of the process and they regularly appear in arbitration proceedings and before all levels of courts in Israel on behalf of their clients. At the same time, the firm’s vast trial experience enables NBA to resolve cases in the early stages of disputes upon the most favorable terms possible, where appropriate.

Real estate: NBA’s real estate practice has been involved in numerous landmark real estate transactions, advising on structuring, development, negotiation, taxation and financing of real estate projects.

NBA’s real estate clients include some of the largest and most active developers in the Israeli market. NBA provides on-going counsel in complex commercial building projects involving thousands of residential apartment units, offices, and commercial and industrial buildings, covering hundreds of thousands of square meters.

Privacy and data protection: NBA’s privacy and data protection practice provides a wide range of counseling and litigation services to domestic and international clients in data privacy and protection, cybersecurity, databases and information law.

The firm’s attorneys advise on compliance with Israeli, European and international regulations and legal requirements on databases, data security, marketing activities and cross border data transfer, data mapping, audit and privacy compliance.

NBA drafts and negotiates internet and application terms of use, privacy statements, data security policies and procedures, advise on spam issues, cybersecurity and provide on-going regulatory consulting in these areas to diverse clients some in highly-regulated industries, inter alia in the financial and insurance sector, aviation, IT and internet providers and commercial companies.

Additionally, the firm handles data breach incidents and responses to enforcement authorities, domain name disputes, cyber and spam litigation and privacy-related litigation.

Labour and employment: NBA advises some of the leading Israeli and international clients from various industries on the full spectrum of employment matters and represents them in arbitration and mediation proceedings and legal proceedings before Labour Courts.

Services include providing on-going legal support to HR divisions and legal opinions on labor law, labor relations and HR issues, negotiating individual and collective agreements and pension arrangements, reorganization and retirement arrangements, supporting various M&A proceedings including DD efforts in all labor issues, formulating internal compliance regulations and procedures, as well as providing general law updates and training for managers and employees and advising on disciplinary procedures and sexual harassment issues.

Comparative Guides

• Israel: Insurance & Reinsurance

  Published: April 2021

  Authors: Adv. Gil Atar Adv. Shay Cohen

  This country-specific Q&A provides an overview to Insurance & Reinsurance laws and regulations that may occur in Israel.