Acting for banks, lenders, credit enhancers and borrowers, Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. covers the gamut of domestic and cross-border banking and finance transactions. Its expertise ranges from corporate, acquisition and project finance, to banking and regulatory issues, general bank lending and refinancing. Team head Ofer Hanoh is a well-known financial regulation expert, while co-head Ariel Rosenberg is a factoring agreement specialist. Other names to note are Ehud (Udi) Alfassi, an adviser to both local and international banks; energy and project financing head Yotam Leshem; corporate finance leader Rona Bergman Naveh; and payments practice head Ido Amir.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Great knowledge and experience.’
- ‘Unique skill in combining legal and business knowledge.’
- ‘Ofer Hanoh and Ido Amir are two excellent lawyers.’
- ‘Ofer Hanoh and Ido Amir stand out for their legal creativity and familiarity with Business.’
- ‘Ofer Hanoh - great and unique knowledge and experience. Probably the best in the market.’
- ‘Well oriented within the business and capital markets sectors.’
Key clients
- Bank Leumi le Israel
- FIBI- First International Bank of Israel
- Bank Hapoalim
- Mizrahi Tefahot Bank
- Israel Discount Bank
- Bank Clearing Center
- Discount Capital
- UBS
- Goldman Sachs
- JP Morgan
- Credit Suisse
- Citigroup
Work highlights
Advising large banks on financing transactions, banking issues, and financial regulation matters.
Advising Ashdod Refinery on credit line and factoring agreements (amounting to over 2.6 billion ILS).
Advising Keter Group on a 700 million EUR multi-jurisdictional refinancing transaction.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Ofer Hanoh; Ariel Rosenberg
Other key lawyers
Ehud (Udi) Alfassi; Yotam Leshem; Rona Bergman Naveh; Ido Amir; Ran Ben-Ari; Yigal Binyamini; Orit Kremer; Loni Bahar; Roy Reiss; Shani Galant-Frankfurt; Michal Matthews-Maor