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Gornitzky & Co.
Vitania Tel-Aviv Tower
20 Haharash St. TLV Israel 6761310
Israel
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Work Department

Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Capital Markets & Securities; Private Equity & Venture Capital; Banking & Finance; Commercial; Technology and Life Sciences

Position

Partner

Career

Chaim Friedland is a partner at Gornitzky & Co.

Chaim’s practice is focused on capital raising transactions and mergers and acquisitions involving Israeli and multinational corporations. He has extensive experience in capital markets transactions, including both equity and debt raising transactions (including Rule 144A/Regulation S transactions) where he has acted for both issuers and underwriters.

Chaim is also active in representing Israeli and foreign corporations in M&A transactions, including transactions involving companies publicly traded in the United States and Israel.

In addition, Chaim acts for private equity firms and emerging companies in connection with private capital raising transactions. He has extensive experience in acting for private investment funds in connection with complex equity and debt investments and dispositions.

With his vast experience, Chaim is frequently invited as a guest lecturer at Israel’s leading universities.

Prior to joining Gornitzky, Chaim was a partner at another leading Israeli law firm. From 1998 to 2003, Chaim was an attorney in the corporate department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York. Chaim also served as a staff attorney at the Israel Antitrust Authority in Jerusalem, Israel from 1996-1997.

Chaim is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem-based research and educational institute dedicated to developing and transmitting ideas in the areas most crucial to the intellectual and public life of the Jewish people.

Languages

English and Hebrew.

Memberships

1999, New York State Bar; 1995, Israel Bar Association

Education

LL.B., Bar-Ilan University.

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Capital markets

(Hall of Fame)

Chaim FriedlandGornitzky & Co.

Gornitzky & Co. boasts a highly skilled team of capital markets practitioners, advising both Israeli and international issuers, banks, investors, and underwriters on a wide range of public and private offerings. The team also has a strong track record in cross-border transactions, with Chaim Friedland being particularly adept at guiding issuers and underwriters through complex outbound deals. Sharon Werker-Sagy is an expert in IPOs and follow-on offerings, and Yair Shiloni is recognised for his expertise in debt and equity transactions, capital raising, bond issuances, and compliance. Other key contacts include Ari Fried who specialises in equity and debt public offerings, Uri Heller, who focuses on capital and debt funding transactions, and Lior Porat, head of the firm’s corporate and local capital markets practice, noted for his work in equity and debt public offerings.

Israel > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading partners)

Chaim FriedlandGornitzky & Co.

Gornitzky & Co.’s M&A practice is renowned for its expertise in managing complex cross-border and domestic transactions for Israeli and international conglomerates, public corporations, private equity funds, and venture capitalists. Co-head Chaim Friedland specialises in capital raising, while fellow co-head Elite Elkon is recognised for her work on intricate mergers and acquisitions, financial regulatory matters, and financing transactions. Timor Belan is an expert in international compliance and investigations, while Yehonatan Raff specialises in cross-border private M&A and hi-tech venture capital. Firm chairman Pinhas Rubin, Yuval Horn and Keren Kanir also come recommended.