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Yona Goshen - Gottstein

Partner and Head of the Finance and Banking department, Yona Goshen-Gottstein brings clients vast and practical banking and finance experience, accumulated from roles at First International Bank of Israel (“FIBI”), U-Bank Ltd and the Bank of Jerusalem. In these roles, Yona served as the Chief Legal Counsel and Deputy CEO at FIBI, Head of Central Services Division, Chief Risk Officer and Deputy CEO at U-Bank Ltd, and she also headed the legal department at the Bank of Jerusalem, playing an integral role in the establishment of the bank’s new commercial infrastructure. Having joined Agmon in 2009, Yona advises on complex transactions of all kinds, negotiating finance agreements and arrangements and dealing with complex financial instruments, with a unique expertise in derivatives and ISDA agreements. She also has comprehensive experience in investment management and Anti-Money Laundering. Yona has represented numerous businesses, corporations and government entities before the Bank of Israel and the Israel Securities Authority. Her clients include major national and international banks and holding companies, governmental institutions, public and privately-held corporations and domestic and foreign investors. · Agmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm

IsraelBanking & Finance, Corporate / M&AHebrew, English

About

Partner and Head of the Finance and Banking department at Agmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm, Yona Goshen-Gottstein has extensive banking and finance experience from senior in-house roles at First International Bank of Israel (FIBI), U-Bank Ltd and the Bank of Jerusalem. Since joining Agmon in 2009 she advises on complex finance transactions (including derivatives and ISDA agreements), investment management and anti-money laundering matters, and has represented clients before the Bank of Israel and the Israel Securities Authority.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceCorporate / M&ACapital MarketsProject FinanceRegulatoryDerivatives

Office

Expertise

Derivatives & ISDA agreementsInvestment ManagementAnti-Money LaunderingBanking institutionsFinancial regulation / engagement with regulators

Education

  • LL.B., 1987, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • MBA (Summa Cum Laude, first in her class), 1998, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Admissions

  • Israel Bar Association (member since 1989)

Languages

HebrewEnglish