FISCHER (FBC & Co.) acts for a wide range of major creditors, including banks, insurance companies, investment houses and other financial institutions, and is also instructed by borrowers. The practice handles acquisition finance, real estate and structured financings, and general corporate lending, alongside advising on banking and financial regulatory matters across diverse transactions. The team is led by finance specialist Miri Kimhi, who is ‘strategic and unflappable’; while commercial practice head Orit Israeli has longstanding experience in advising banks, insurance companies and debt funds. Dikla Lavy-Fischer is an expert in syndicated finance, mezzanine loans, and secured debt transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Dikla Lavy-Fischer is a meticulous drafter with strong regulatory instincts. Excellent at turning sticking points into workable positions. Calm, responsive and commercial.’
- ‘Miri Kimhi is strategic and unflappable - truly hands-on and ego-free, she sees both the boardroom and the footnotes, producing flawless documents and decisive solutions under pressure.’
- ‘Miri Kimhi - very good personal relations and professional thoroughness. She really is one of a kind.’
- ‘Miri Kimhi is a talented and creative lawyer, who is willing to seek and finalise out-of-box solutions to complicated situations.’
- ‘When problems surface, they don’t turn away. They lay out options, trade-offs and clear recommendations so clients can keep momentum. Coordination across jurisdictions is smooth.’
- ‘Their regulatory know-how and drafting quality show from the first mark-up to closing - clean, accurate and practical.’
Key clients
- Bank Hapoalim Bank Leumi Le-Israel Israel Discount Bank Mizrahi Tefahot Bank JP Morgan Discount Capital Harel Insurance Group Amitim Pension Funds Menora Mivtachim Insurance Group Clal Insurance Group, Finance Division Phoenix Insurance Group Migdal Insurance Group Energian Group El-Al Israel Airlines Tarya Israel Menif - Financial Services Mashav Initiating and Development Nesher Israeli Cement Trax Group The Amir Brothers Payment Financial Technologies Deutsche Bank New York Branch Liberty Pay Kessem Credit Mivtach Shamir Holdings Sonol Israel Group Danya Cebus Bayit Bakfar Group OPC Energy Generation Capital Centerbridge Partners Europe & Gallatin Point Capital Bareket Finance MLRN Projects and Trading Allied Real Estate Golf & Co Group Archimedes Credit (2021) Colmobil Financial Solutions Arbel Funds Cal Israeli Credit Cards Yesodot Financing Group Kata Capital Leumi Partners
Work highlights
Advised Energian Israel Finance on a $750m syndicated financing (led by Bank Leumi Le-Israel).
Advised Bank Hapoalim on its private issuance of an approximately NIS 1bn credit linked notes series.
Advised Fattal Hotel Group on the financing of the purchase of the Jaffa Hotel in Tel Aviv.
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Practice head
Miri Kimhi
Other key lawyers
Orit Israeli; Dikla Lavy-Fischer