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Gornitzky & Co. Offices
Vitania Tel-Aviv Tower
20 Haharash St. TLV Israel 6761310
Israel
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Adv Assaf Harel
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Corporate, Commercial, Technology and Life Sciences, Administrative Law, Homeland Security and Defense
Position
Partner
Career
Assaf Harel is a partner at Gornitzky & Co. who leads our firm’s Cyber-Security and Data Protection practice.
Assaf advises various clients, from international financial institutions to tech companies and cyber-security companies, on the practical implications of privacy and cyber-security laws and regulations. Such advice includes, among others, assisting companies in crafting organizational data protection policies, negotiating data protection agreements, tailoring practical solutions to cyber-security and privacy related matters in cross-border M&A transactions and minimizing the legal exposure from cyber attacks. Assaf is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). Assaf is also a member of the Israel Bar Association’s Internet Committee.
Assaf also advises clients on various regulatory and compliance matters, including anti-corruption, homeland security and international law. In that context, Assaf is experienced in conducting internal corporate investigations and in representing clients before governmental authorities in Israel and abroad. Additionally, Assaf represents clients in cross-border investments, mergers and acquisitions and transactions involving intellectual property and information technology.
Prior to joining the firm, Assaf held several key positions as a legal advisor to the Israel Defense Forces. As part of his service as a government lawyer, Assaf advised decision makers in the highest levels of Israel’s security administration on issues involving international law, administrative law and national security law. Assaf had a key role in crafting the Israeli government’s legal positions on various national security matters and he also took part in representing the government before the Israeli Supreme Court.
Languages
Hebrew and English
Memberships
2007, Israel Bar Association
Education
LL.M. (International Law), summa cum laude, The Judge Advocate General’s School (Charlottesville, Virginia), (2012) – Ranked top of the class. M.B.A (Finance & Corporate Strategy), Tel-Aviv University (2011) LL.B., magna cum laude, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2006) B.A. (Economics), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2006)
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Healthcare and life sciences
Praised by clients for its ‘wide range of expertise’, Gornitzky & Co. acts for its varied client base of medical equipment manufacturers and distributors, and pharma companies. The team is jointly led by Assaf Harel, Itamar Mei-Zahav, Netta Shaked-Stadler, and Shy Baranov. Harel is well-versed in the full range of data privacy and cyber-security issues, whilst advising on internal anti-corruption policies. Mei-Zahav is known for his extensive corporate expertise, assisting a number of healthcare clients with IPOS and strategic collaborations. Corporate law specialist Rebecca Genis is particularly adept at handling the drafting of medical data processing agreements within the medical device industry.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Energy
- Infrastructure
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Telecoms and media
Firm Rankings
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Employment
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Transport
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: filing/prosecution