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 energy and project financing head Yotam Leshem; corporate finance leader Rona Bergman Naveh; and payments practice head Ido Amir.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Unique skill in combining legal and business knowledge.’
- ‘Great knowledge and experience.’
- ‘Well oriented within the business and capital markets sectors.’
- ‘Ofer Hanoh - great and unique knowledge and experience. Probably the best in the market.’
- ‘Ofer Hanoh and Ido Amir stand out for their legal creativity and familiarity with Business.’
- ‘Ofer Hanoh and Ido Amir are two excellent lawyers.’
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 HSBC Deutsche Bank Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Revolut Group Holdings The Association of Banks in Israel Isracard Group Cal (Israel Credit Cards) Esh Bank Banco Itaú Brazil Clal Insurance group Edmond De Rothschild Bank Edmond De Rothschild Bank (Israel) Phoenix Insurance Group AIG Israel IDI Insurance Company FIBI Holdings Gilad Pension Fund IBI Investment House The Arison Group Arison Investments Arison Sustainability Menora Insurance Group Excellence Nessuah Investments House Amitim - Pension Funds Excellence Nessuah Brokerage Services Altshuler Shaham Menora Mivtachim Holdings Migdal Insurance Group Michman Finance RiseUp Albar Mimunit Services Paz Oil Group Shikun & Binui Poalim Equity Poalim Ventures Investment Houses Association Bank of Montreal Nuvei Corporation More Provident Funds Partner Communication Aura Investments Hever Soldiers and Veterans Harel Insurance Group Bank Massad Leumi Partners Adani Group Gadot Chemicals Terminals (1985) Rapac Energy Insightec Feezback MGG GP SBges EPC JV Pagaya Investment Israel Canada Israel Group Israel Canada (TR) Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd ICR - Israel Canada Rem Residence B.S.R. Group Shufersal Ltd. Virtu Financial Inc. The Shlomo Group Keshet Broadcasting Ashdod Refinery Ltd. Negev Natural Gas Ltd. Darom Natural Gas Ltd. Lahav Fund Two, Limited Partnership Elron Electronic Industries Cointree Arbel Fund SigmaTek Satixfy Communication Nuvei Strauss Group PayBox Opal Balance Investments Torchlight Investors Tiedemann Advisors Harris Associates Bergos Bank Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering
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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Leading partners
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Practice head
Ofer Hanoh; Ariel Rosenberg
Other key lawyers
Yotam Leshem; Rona Bergman Naveh; Ido Amir; Ran Ben-Ari; Yigal Binyamini; Orit Kremer; Loni Bahar; Roy Reiss; Shani Galant-Frankfurt; Michal Matthews-Maor