ES Shimron, I Molho, Persky & Co > Jerusalem, Israel > Firm Profile

ES Shimron, I Molho, Persky & Co
1 TECHNOLOGY PARK
MANAHAT
JERUSALEM 96958
Israel

Israel > Hi-tech and start-ups Tier 3

ES Shimron, I Molho, Persky & Co’s ‘experienced and professional’ team has deep expertise in handling M&A transactions and investment rounds for clients in the medical devices and software fields. The head, Shai Ganor, specialises in corporate law, with an emphasis on hi-tech and venture capital elements, while Dov Abramovitz routinely advises companies on complex commercial transactions and M&A. Rachel Shay focuses on private equity financings, with Shira Schlaff and Yakov Kohl  also noted.

Practice head(s):

Shai Ganor

Other key lawyers:

Dov Abramowitz; Rachel Shay; Shira Schlaff; Yakov Kohl; Ofek Bruck; Alexander Levintant

Testimonials

‘The team is experienced and professional.’

‘Alexander Levintant and is very productive, helps solve problems and provide excellent service.’

Key clients

N-Drip Ltd.

Bend It Technologies Ltd.

Alma Therapeutics Ltd.

Enderon Medical Ltd.

Migal Galilee Research Institute Ltd.

MigVax Ltd.

LycoRed Group of Companies

Cellcom Israel Ltd.

Netafim Ltd.

Yossi Gross

Amir Gross

Quality In Flow Ltd.

Backbox Software

Sea2Cell

Ag Bio Pro

Work highlights

  • Advised N-Drip in its latest capital raising rounds: B round in 2021, where an excess of US $20 million was raised; and a venture lending deal, closing now, with one of Israel’s leading banks for almost $15M.
  • Negotiated many research and licensing agreements between the commercial arm of Migal Galilee Research Institute and various start-up companies, for the licensing of technologies developed by Migal researchers to such companies.
  • Represented Backbox and its founders in a sale of control to a US venture capital fund, with a deal value of approximately Thirty Five Million U.S. Dollars.

Israel > Telecoms and media Tier 3

ES Shimron, I Molho, Persky & Co’s telecommunications and media team displays ‘top of the line knowledge of the market’, with 30 years’ experience in representing leading mobile operators, satellite TV platforms and OTT providers. The firm offers a comprehensive service, addressing all areas of regulation, commercial transactions, and litigation matters. The head, Dov Abramowitz, is an expert on local regulations and international developments, providing clients with ‘superb and innovative advice’. Shira Schlaff brings expertise in corporate telecommunication issues.

Practice head(s):

Dov Abramowitz

Other key lawyers:

Shira Schlaff; Rachel Shay; Hila Daniel; Ofek Bruck; Alexander Levintant

Testimonials

‘I find the team to be supper professional, ethical, personal and friendly.’

‘The firm and its entire team are known for being devoted and loyal, available and responsive at all time for a personal advice or for cracking a complexed legal challenge. Combining strong advocacy skills with vast experience, being agile and always well prepared and a robust depth of knowledge in a wide range of commercial aspects.’

‘Top of the line knowledge of the market. The deep understanding of the regulation and the pitfalls makes this office a trustworthy partner to our operation. The office is very well-connected both in the political cadre and with the civil service and operators.’

‘Adv. Dov Abramowitz is our regulatory counsel for our telecom business. He is a true partner, reviewing all aspects and risks when dealing with any issue, offering superb and innovative advice and course of action. His experience in telecom business dealings makes the difference.’

Key clients

Cellcom Israel Ltd.

Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P.

Channel 9

CNN

The Israeli Shopping Channel

Noorcom Communications

NMC United

Nextcom Group

Backbox Software

Stream IL

i24

Work highlights

Israel > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration Tier 5

The team at ES Shimron, I Molho, Persky & Co acts for a varied mix of government entities, NGOs, religious orders, private clients and private companies, among others. In a recent highlight matter, Michael Rabello represented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party in more than 15 separate constitutional and administrative petitions in the Supreme Court. David Shimron co-heads the team alongside Rabello.

Practice head(s):

David Shimron; Michael Rabello

Other key lawyers:

Isaac Molho; Shai Ganor; Roman Kogan; Ofek Bruck

Testimonials

‘Under the remarkable direction of Isaac Molho, the practice offers an excellent, diverse and prompt response to commercial issues.’

‘Isaac Molho, Shai Ganor, Roman Kogan, Michael Rabello and Ofek Bruck are outstanding.’

Key clients

Likud Political Party

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chairman of Likud Political Party.

Lexan Israel Ltd.

The Salesians of Don Bosco

Old Knesset House Ltd.

Heftziba Group

Karta Central Jerusalem Development Company Ltd.

AHMSA (Steel) Israel Ltd.; Arava Mines Ltd.

MIGAL – Galilee Research Institute Ltd.

The Embassy of the United States of America

Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority.

Azorim Construction (1965) Ltd.

Cellcom LTD.

GAL A.M.R.L.D Group

Tafnit Construction Management

Ashra – The Israeli Foreign Trade Risks Insurance Corporate Ltd.

Undisclosed Insurance Company & Underwriter

Channel 9

The Shopping Channel

UJA New York Federation (United Jewish Appeal – Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.)

Mr. Shalom Maidenbaum

Mr. Guy Naggar

Work highlights

  • Successfully represented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party in prominent constitutional cases before the Supreme Court.
  • Successfully represented the Salesians of Don Bosco in litigation proceedings before the Supreme Court.
  • Represented Lexan Israel in a breach of contract claim against Bank Hapoalim and the Isrotel hotel chain.

S. Shimron, I. Molho, Persky & Co is a prestigious full-service law firm committed to delivering quality, personalized services to its clients at the highest level. The firm aims to nurture strong client relationships and to address the particular business needs and objectives of each client in the most efficient manner.

Founded in 1953, the firm is one of Israel’s oldest and most prestigious law establishments. The firm has offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and services local and international clients in all core areas of civil and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, liquidation, litigation and dispute resolution, and intellectual property (IP).  Beyond its expertise in these general fields, the firm has particularly excelled in such sub-specialities as telecoms and media, insolvency, hi-tech and venture capital transactional work, insurance law and real estate.

The firm is renowned for its integrity, quality, creativity and experience. Its highly respected legal team includes outstanding lawyers in all of the firm’s practice areas and sectors of industry expertise and includes lawyers trained in the UK, USA and Australia. The legal team is dedicated to achieving the optimal results for the firm’s clients, as well as providing them with the best possible level of service and professionalism.

Department Name Email Telephone
Telecoms and Media Dov Abramowitz dabramowitz@smplaw.co.il
Liquidation, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Isaac Molho imolho@smplaw.co.il
Hi-Tech, Venture Capital and Technology Shai Ganor sganor@smplaw.co.il
Corporate and Commercial Rachel Shay rshay@smplaw.co.il
Corporate and Commercial Shai Ganor sganor@smplaw.co.il
Intellectual Property Yitzchak Goldstein igoldstein@smplaw.co.il
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Michael Rabello mrabello@smplaw.co.il
Real Estate Orrin Persky opersky@smplaw.co.il
Real Estate David N. Shimron dshimron@smplaw.co.il
Energy and Infrastructure David N. Shimron dshimron@smplaw.co.il
Labour Eli Avrech eavreach@smplaw.co.il
Government Authorities David N. Shimron dshimron@smplaw.co.il
Charitable Organizations Rachel Shay rshay@smplaw.co.il
Banking Shai Ganor sganor@smplaw.co.il
Wills, Trusts and Estates Orrin Persky opersky@smplaw.co.il
Number of lawyers : 23
Hebrew
English
French
Russian
Contact : Orrin Persky (Senior Partner)

Corporate, Commercial and M&A

Corporate, Commercial and M&A:

E. S. Shimron, I. Molho, Persky & Co is a prestigious full-service law firm committed to delivering quality, personalized services to its clients at the highest level. The firm’s corporate, commercial and M&A department advises a wide array of clients on all aspects of M&A transactions, investments, spinoffs, joint ventures and other equity deals. The team has acted for many Israeli and international private and institutional investors and is experienced with complex transactions in Israel as well as cross-border. The firm further consults on and has vast experience with handling corporate governance, compliance, duties and liabilities, and general company law matters. These services are provided to a number of ongoing clients, including individuals, corporations, government entities and other institutions.

The team is made up of native English speakers many of them with international legal training and broad international experience. This has allowed them to advise on cross border transactions successfully assisting their clients with various matters relating to their companies and businesses. The firm provides corporate and M&A advice over a wide spectrum of industries, including, biomedical and medical devices, agriculture, data processing, hi-tech, energy, and telecommunications.

The firm aims to nurture strong client relationships and to address the particular business needs and objectives of each client in the most efficient manner. Founded in 1953, the firm is one of Israel’s oldest and most prestigious law establishments. The firm has offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and services local and international clients in all core areas of civil and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, Liquidation, litigation and dispute resolution, and intellectual property (IP).  Beyond its expertise in these general fields, the firm has particularly excelled in such sub-specialties as telecoms and media, insolvency, hi-tech and venture capital transactional work, insurance law and real estate.

The firm is renowned for its integrity, quality, creativity and experience. Its highly respected legal team includes outstanding lawyers in all of the firm’s practice areas and sectors of industry expertise and includes lawyers trained in the UK, USA and Australia. The legal team is dedicated to achieving the optimal results for the firm’s clients, as well as providing them with the best possible level of service and professionalism.

Hi-Tech and Start-Ups

Hi-Tech and Start-Ups Israel:

E. S. Shimron, I. Molho, Persky & Co is a prestigious full-service law firm committed to delivering quality, personalized services to its clients at the highest level. The firm aims to nurture strong client relationships and to address the particular business needs and objectives of each client in the most efficient manner. Founded in 1953, the firm is one of Israel’s oldest and most prestigious law establishments. The firm has offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and services local and international clients in all core areas of civil and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, Liquidation, litigation and dispute resolution, and intellectual property (IP). Beyond its expertise in these general fields, the firm has particularly excelled in such sub-specialties as telecoms and media, insolvency, hi-tech and venture capital transactional work, insurance law and real estate.

The firm is renowned not for size but rather for its integrity, quality, creativity and experience. Its highly respected legal team includes outstanding lawyers in all of the firm’s practice areas and sectors of industry expertise and includes lawyers trained in the UK, USA and Australia. The legal team is dedicated to achieving the optimal results for the firm’s clients, as well as providing them with the best possible level of service and professionalism.

The firm’s Hi-Tech and venture capital activities, are led by Shai Ganor, who specializes in advising technology companies from all industries at all stages of development, from idea onwards, and the department is known for its outstanding client service. Shai has taken an active role in the technological arena in Israel for the last 20 years and this commercial and business experience has given him and his team a heightened understanding of the needs of their Hi-tech clients and their business operations.

The department is made up of experienced bilingual attorneys who provide a wide range of professional legal services in the high-tech field, tailor-made to the client’s needs. The firm’s clients include companies of all sizes and from all industries, including Israeli multi-nationals, start-ups, mature companies, institutional investors, angels, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and entrepreneurs, both local and from overseas. The firm has a particular expertise advising start-ups and entrepreneurs in the medical technologies field and in the

agricultural technologies field, counting a number companies in these fields among its long-standing clients.

Led by Shai, the team provides its clients with legal services and advice throughout the entire life cycle of the company, and utilizes its experience and creativity in tackling the challenges that arise in their life cycle as well as in complex and delicate aspects of its clients’ activities, including in internal and external conflicts, complex licensing and technology transactions, development, distribution and supply arrangements, and strategic alliances.

The Hi-Tech department also has extensive experience in all facets of the creation and operation of venture capital funds, having acted as counsel in venture capital fund formation and management, representing funds, general partners and limited partners.

Telecoms and Media

Telecoms and Media:

E. S. Shimron, I. Molho, Persky & Co is a prestigious full-service law firm committed to delivering quality, personalized services to its clients at the highest level. The firm has unrivalled experience working with all players in the telecommunications industry, and among the department’s clients are leading telecommunications operators and media companies, including fixed and mobile operators, television channels, streaming services and other content providers and internet service providers. The firm was one of the first firms to provide services in this field and continues to perform ground-breaking regulatory and licensing work.

The telecommunications department, led by partner Dov Abramowitz, has expertise in all aspects of telecommunications, media and broadcasting.  These include, on the telecom side:  licensing, compliance and other regulatory work;  commercial and transactional work unique to the field, such as acquisition of international capacity, interconnection and roaming agreements and technology license agreements. On the media and broadcasting side, these include broadcasting license agreements, production agreements, anti-piracy litigation and regulatory work. The team also represents clients in both domestic and international commercial transactions, including mergers & acquisitions and transfers of means of control in telecom and media licensees.

Dov and his team frequently appear before the Israeli regulatory authorities and Knesset Committees on regulatory matters. The firm represents a number of foreign telecommunications and media companies and has also advised Israeli telecom ventures regarding international operations.  The telecommunications team maintains an ongoing relationship with the regulatory departments of telecommunications and media companies and specialists in the United States, Europe and the Far East.

The telecommunications team has experience litigating regulatory matters before the High Court of Justice on a range of matters including mobile interconnection fees, implementation of “open access” provisions in the Israeli Communications Law, the authorities of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, the application of regulation to voice over broadband technology and many more.

The firm aims to nurture strong client relationships and to address the particular business needs and objectives of each client in the most efficient manner. Founded in 1953, the firm is one of Israel’s oldest and most prestigious law establishments. The firm has offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and services local and international clients in all core areas of civil and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, Liquidation, litigation and dispute resolution, and intellectual property (IP).  Beyond its expertise in these general fields, the firm has particularly excelled in such sub-specialties as telecoms and media, insolvency, hi-tech and venture capital transactional work, insurance law and real estate.

The firm is renowned for its integrity, quality, creativity and experience. Its highly respected legal team includes outstanding lawyers in all of the firm’s practice areas and sectors of industry expertise and includes lawyers trained in the UK, USA and Australia. The legal team is dedicated to achieving the optimal results for the firm’s clients, as well as providing them with the best possible level of service and professionalism.