FWMK (Furth, Wilensky, Mizrachi, Knaani) is home to experts in venture capital and private equity financings, as well as M&A (including cross-border acquisitions). Other notable areas are technology and IP licensing, strategic partnerships, and day-to-day corporate issues. The group additionally advises on the Israeli Innovation Law, privacy, open-source software, and IP. Erez Mizrachi focuses on start-ups at all development stages; Udi Knaani assists with M&A, financing and investments; and Itai Farkash is ‘outstanding’. Amit Hirsch and Nir Sadeh are other key team members.
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Work Department
High-Tech & Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate
Position
Founding Partner - Head of the High-Tech and Venture Capital Department
Career
Adv. Erez Mizrachi is one of the firm’s founding partners, and heads the firm’s High-Tech Department.
Deservedly earning the reputation of being the “Deal maker,” Erez is a creative thinker, specializing in complex Mergers and Acquisitions and financing transactions and in providing ongoing counsel to startup companies from inception, seed and VC fundings, to comprehensive commercial and legal on-going services, until their M&A, IPO or SPAC transactions.
Erez also represents, Israeli and foreign funds and various startup companies at all stages (including several Unicorns and publicly traded companies).
With an extensive background in commercial transactions, technology transactions, licensing, and intellectual property, he also has considerable experience in legal and business counseling to well established tech companies in their day-to-day operations and transactions.
Erez was named a Leading individual in the Legal 500 rankings, with testimonials including “Fantastic balance of legal advice and business acumen. It really strives to find ways to make deals happen rather than many firms which aren’t able to explain risk and constantly find issues that block deals. It is truly business first. Erez Mizrachi is a class act. He is not just a lawyer but truly a business advisor.”
Languages
Hebrew and English.
Memberships
A member of the bar since 1998.
Education
LL.B. and B.A (Business Management) from the School of Business Management.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Highly professional and with many years of experience. Always there for clients and they always think of solutions and are creative. Consistent and trustworthy.’
‘Super professional and great leaders, but above all great partners. Their mastery of US tech firm legal issues is exceptional.’
Key clients
- Line 5
- RiverPool
Work highlights
Acting for Own Data Company from its incorporation through to its acquisition by Salesforce (a deal valued at over $2.15bn).