FISCHER (FBC & Co.) — Israel

Adam Kadesh

Adv. Adam Kadesh is a partner in FISCHER’s tax practice. Adam has over 13 years of experience in the taxation field, and holds extensive knowledge in all areas of taxation, including corporate taxation, individual taxation, international taxation, taxation of mergers and acquisitions, trust taxation, VAT, land taxation, and the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law. Adam provides legal advice and tax planning services to companies and individuals, residents of Israel and foreign resident. Adam represents clients in front of the ITA in various aspects, including for the purpose of obtaining preliminary approvals (“pre-rulings”), filing tax objections and managing assessment proceedings, voluntary disclosure proceedings, and more. Adam has extensive experience in representing taxpayers against the tax authorities in front of the competent courts, including income tax appeals, VAT appeals, appeals under the Land Taxation Law, and representation of taxpayers in front of the Supreme Court in groundbreaking tax cases. · Tax

Alex Berman

Mr. Berman is a partner at FBC, specializing in U.S. and Israeli securities, corporate and commercial law. His areas of practice include public offerings in the U.S., public and private M&A transactions, venture capital transactions (representing issuers and funds) and ongoing representation of hi-tech companies. Alex’s practice also includes fund formation and representation and counseling of funds. Alex obtained his J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Alex was a partner at Sharir, Shiv & Co. until the firm joined FBC . Prior thereto, Alex spent seven years at the New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he worked in the Capital Markets Group, focusing on equity and debt financings, and in the Israeli Practice Group, concentrating on Israeli IPOs in the U.S. capital markets. · Capital Markets

Alona Korman Gafni

Ms. Korman Gafni is an associate in the Planning and Zoning practice at FBC. Ms. Korman Gafni specializes in real estate and planning and zoning. Within this context, she handles the preparation and submission of plans, objections in various planning proceedings and appears before various legal entities, including district appeal committees, administrative and quasi-legal courts, critical appraisers, the Israel Land Authority and more. Ms. Korman Gafni represents clients of the practice, including, developers and landowners, at all stages of the planning process. · Real Estate

Amir Chen

Mr. Chen - Chairman and Head of the Real Estate and Planning & Zoning Department. He focuses on the planning and execution of large-scale and complex real estate projects, real estate-related financing, and real property tax matters. Mr. Chen is recognized as one of Israel’s leading deal-makers and is consistently ranked by international and domestic indices as one of the pre-eminent Israeli real estate attorneys. Mr. Chen advises and comments upon legislation in the real estate sector and frequently provides interviews, publishes and lectures on current trends in the Israeli real estate market. Mr. Chen serves as Chairman of the Property and Real Estate Committee of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association, is a director and the academic coordinator at the Practical Law College, and is the academic director of the advanced real estate management course at the Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute at the IDC Herzliya. Mr. Chen is active in a number of non-profit organizations and led FBC’s establishment of the Senior Citizen Support and Social Facilitation Clinic at the IDC Herzliya. · Real Estate

Amir Varon

Mr. Amir Varon is a partner in FISCHER’s Aviation & Maritime and Hotels & Tourism practices. He has special expertise in commercial litigation, class actions and commercial transactional matters involving, among others, consumer related claims, contractual claims and commercial law. Mr. Varon represents major foreign airlines and other foreign and local companies operating in the tourism industry, in a variety of areas related to international aviation law, private international law, Israeli law and Israeli consumer-related and aviation-related regulatory matters. · Aviation & Maritime

Amit Bechler

Mr. Bechler is a Senior Associate in FBC’s Labor & Employment practice, regularly advising domestic and multinational clients on various labor and employment related matters, including in complex litigation proceedings in different courts and tribunals. In particular, he has experience in representing employers in collective disputes and class actions in the field of labor and employment law. Mr. Bechler has experience in accompanying employers in collective negotiations, reorganizations and layoff procedures. In addition, he provides general counsel to corporations and individuals on a wide scope of collective and personal employment matters. Mr. Bechler leads the Firm’s immigration practice and is proficient in the various procedures for obtaining work permits and work visas for foreign employees in Israel. He regularly accompanies and guides multinational companies in proceedings for relocating employees to Israel. His extensive labor and employment law experience provides clients a comprehensive and full-range service in all aspects relating to the employment of workers in Israel, including negotiating and drafting employment contracts, and advice regarding employment terms and legal rights of foreign employees in Israel. · Labor & Employment

Amit Dat

Mr. Dat is the head of the Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice in FBC’s Corporate Department. Mr. Dat’s practice concentrates on technology oriented legal matters. He provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies and public companies (local and multi-national) with respect to intellectual property, information technology, privacy, data protection, information security, commercial activities in the cyberspace, internet law, gaming, and media and entertainment law. Mr. Dat has extensive experience in advising clients on various types of intellectual property transactions, including investment in companies whose primary asset is IP, development agreements, purchasing and licensing of intellectual property, content and data transfers, as well as services in the arena of big data, web intelligence industry and other information oriented transactions. Mr. Dat is a member of the Israel group for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). · Intellectual Property

Amit Pines

FBC - Amit Pines Mr. Pines is the head of FBC’s Liquidation & Receivership practice and Sports Law practice. Mr. Pines has an extensive and diverse experience in complex and comprehensive insolvency cases, and has broad experience in all matters relating to insolvency procedures. Mr. Pines acts from time to time as liquidator, receiver or trustee of companies or other entities and, especially on behalf of commercial banks. Mr. Pines has handled, in various positions, some of the most complex and major insolvency cases (including liquidation and restructuring) in Israel. Mr. Pines has vast experience in non-profit organizations` laws, after serving as liquidator and/or special administrator to substantial amount of non-profit organizations, including political parties and sport enterprises. Mr. Pines represents major clients in complex and comprehensive commercial disputes, and deals with diverse legal matters, including representation in civil and commercial cases in court, arbitrations and serves as an arbitrator. · Liquidation & Receivership

Anat Sterenlib-Molkho

Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho is a partner in our Real Estate practice. Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho has extensive expertise and a prominent reputation in leading significant large-scale construction projects, including residential projects, income-producing properties, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, and offices and hotels. Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho has vast experience in complex real estate financing transactions and is skilled at representing both entrepreneurs and financial institutions. Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho specializes in providing legal advice throughout all stages of real estate projects, including land purchase and due diligence, changes in the property's designation, issuing of building permits, handling infrastructure, raising financial support for the project, marketing of the project, and executing agreements with builders and contractors. In addition, Ms. Sterenlib-Molkho advises her clients in all proceedings vis-à-vis relevant governmental and municipal bodies. · Real Estate

Ariel Mazer

Mr. Mazer is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department. Mr. Mazer's practice encompasses a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border commercial transactions, private equity and venture capital transactions. · Corporate / M&A

Asaf Gabay

Mr. Gabay is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department, where he advises various foreign and Israeli venture capital and private equity funds, strategic investors and buyers with respect to their acquisitions and investments in Israel. In addition, Mr. Gabay provides day-to-day general counseling to startup and mature technology & life science companies in diverse corporate and commercial matters, and has been involved in numerous complex international and domestic transactions; including equity investments, debt financing, venture lending, technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions and other corporate matters. Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Gabay was an associate in the hi-tech department of a leading Israeli law firm. · Corporate / M&A

Aviad Gurman

Mr. Gurman is a senior associate in FBC’s Insolvency & Restructuring and Sports Law practices. He specializes in navigating complex legal issues surrounding company dissolutions and recoveries, bankruptcy, receiverships, and corporate reorganizations. advises individuals, private and public companies, on intricate disputes across insolvency & restructuring, banking, commercial, and civil law matters. He also represents court-appointed officers, companies, shareholders, creditors, and investors in insolvency proceedings, including stays, creditors' arrangements, liquidations, and receiverships. His multidisciplinary approach, honed through extensive experience representing sports bodies and in legal fields like litigation, insolvency, commercial, and corporate law, allows Aviad to provide clients with comprehensive and successful legal representation. · Insolvency & Restructuring

Avraham Well

FBC - Avraham Well Mr. Well is the head of FBC’s Corporate practice. With over 25 years of experience, he is ranked by international and domestic indices as one of Israel’s premier corporate attorneys, specializing in debt restructuring, capital markets, banking & finance, corporate governance, securities regulation and M&A. Mr. Well has been involved in numerous high-profile M&A transactions, including representing the Government of Israel in the privatization of major banks in Israel, advising the Eurocom Group in the acquisition of the controlling interest in Bezeq for NIS 6.5 billion (one of the largest M&A transactions ever in Israel), and advising The Bright Food Group in its acquisition of the controlling intesret in Tnuva (one of the largest Chinese investments in Israel). Mr. Well has been involved in virtually all of Israel’s most significant restructurings, aggregating to billions of NIS of debt, and he is the first and only Israeli member of the International Insolvency Institute. Mr. Well is frequently consulted by major Israeli regulatory agencies to develop and comment on proposed legislation and regulations, and appears frequently at conferences organized by the Israeli Securities Authority and the Israeli Formal Receiver. Mr. Well was selected as a member of a committee appointed by the Ministry of Finance to examine the regulatory framework of tailor-made lending by institutional investors. · Corporate / M&A

Aya Reich-Mina

Ms. Reich-Mina is a partner in the Litigation practice in our firm. Ms. Reich-Mina represents her clients in complex disputes in a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation proceedings. Ms. Reich-Mina has unique expertise and in-depth experience in the field of administrative law. Within this framework, she manages and leads a variety of petitions submitted to the High Court in a broad range of areas, as well as administrative petitions in the field of tenders. Ms. Reich-Mina provides ongoing legal counsel to public bodies that conduct tenders, to tender participants and tender committees. Ms. Reich-Mina is considered an expert with an illustrious reputation in this field. She regularly lectures on a wide variety of litigation related matters and takes part in drafting various bills relating to tender law. In recent years, Ms. Reich-Mina has won a number of complex precedent-setting petitions submitted to the High Court, on a variety of issues, including the application of the law on tenders to local corporations, and a petition establishing the illegality of external property tax collection agencies providing collection services for municipal authorities – which was chosen by “TheMarker”, a leading financial website in Israel, as one of the six most important rulings handed down by the High Court in 2018, and was labeled the "activist" among them. Ms. Reich-Mina is the Legal Adviser of the Israel Export Institute. Within this context, she provides representation to all the Institute's activities, including to its Tenders Committee. Ms. Reich-Mina served as Deputy Chair of the Bar Association's Courts Forum and was a member of the Bar Association's Litigation Committee, for six years. Ms. Reich Mina interned with Adv. Hanan Melcer, the retired Vice President of the Supreme Court. · Litigation

Ayelet Huta

Ms. Ayelet Huta is a senior associate in our firm’s Planning & Zoning practice. Ms. Huta specializes in a variety of aspects in the fields of real estate and planning and zoning. Within this framework, Ms. Huta has extensive experience in accompanying city building plans at the planning institutions; in handling objections in various planning processes and representation before diverse legal bodies, including in district appeal committees, courts for administrative and quasi-judicial matters and deciding appraisers, and more; in accompanying proceedings in connection with improvement levies, value depreciation compensations and the various stages of planning; and more. Ms. Huta represents practice clients, including entrepreneurs and landowners, in all stages of the planning process. · Planning & Zoning

Barak Glickman

FBC - Barak Glickman Mr. Glickman is a partner in FBC’s Regulatory practice, representing Israeli and multinational commercial entities in regulatory matters in various areas, particularly communications, energy and food. · Regulatory

Ben Levi Tsedek

Mr. Levi Tsedek is a partner in FBC’s Planning & Zoning Department. Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Levi Tsedek was a partner at a law firm specializing in sale and lease of real estate assets, and real estate taxation. Mr. Levi Tsedek handles procedures involved with land expropriation, including management of legal proceedings required during planning an execution of procedures involved with roads, railroads etc. · Planning & Zoning

Boaz Noiman

FBC - Boaz Noiman Mr. Noiman is a partner in FBC’s Corporate Department, where his practice focuses on M&A, capital markets, debt restructuring and private equity. Mr. Noiman provides general corporate counsel and legal opinions to public and private multinationals and domestic companies with respect to their ongoing business operations and interaction with the Israel Securities Authority and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Mr. Noiman has been involved in Israel’s most significant and complex restructurings, representing both companies and bondholders, as well as in many major public offerings and private placements. · Corporate / M&A

Boaz Tavor

Mr. Tavor is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department. His practice concentrates on development projects in Israel, sale and lease of income-yielding properties (office buildings, commercial centers and industrial parks) and other real estate assets. Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Tavor served as an associate in an Israeli law firm and specialized in real estate and planning & zoning. · Real Estate

Chen Cohen

Ms. Cohen is a partner in FBC’s Litigation Department, her practice concentrates on litigating commercial and administrative disputes. Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Cohen worked as a legal clerk in the legal department of the Supreme Court of Israel, following her legal internship there. She also completed a legal internship in the criminal department of the State Attorney's Office. During her academic studies, Ms. Cohen acted as a teaching assistant in various fields and served as a member of the "Hukim" Law Review editorial board. Recently Ms. Cohen acted as a frontal teaching assistant for Dr. Uri Ben-Uliel in the area of Contract Law at the College of Law and Business. · Litigation

Dikla Lavy-Fischer

FBC - Dikla Lavy Fischer Ms. Lavy-Fischer is a partner in FBC’s Corporate Department and specializes in banking and finance transactions. Ms. Lavy-Fischer represents both lenders and borrowers in domestic and international financing transactions, such as syndicated finance, mezzanine loans, and complex secured debt transactions. In addition, she also counsels Israeli and foreign financial institutions with respect to financial regulation issues. Ms. Lavy-Fischer also advises on debt financing arrangements, and has advised on one of the largest debt financing arrangements in Israel. · Banking & Finance

Doron Kol

Mr. Kol is a partner in the Litigation Department, where he specializes in commercial litigation and commercial disputes, with particular expertise in libel and slander, privacy law, media law and gag orders. Mr. Kol served as an assistant lecturer in criminal law and civil procedure at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) as well as in the IDC's annual moot court program. During his legal studies, Mr. Kol served as a research assistant at the IDC Herzliya, Faculty of Law, as well as a member of the editorial board of the IDC Herzliya Law Review. · Litigation

Efrat Sharon

FBC - Efrat Sharon Ms. Sharon is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department, where her practice concentrates on planning & zoning matters. Ms. Sharon's practice handles the initiation, promotion and support of major city planning. Her practice supports its clients in each stage of the planning approval process, starting from the initial and conceptual stages of the plans, through the promotion of the plans in the various planning committees, and culminating in the actual construction phase. Ms. Sharon's practice also deals with planning-related litigation proceedings, such as the handling of objections and appeals regarding the city plans at all levels; "betterment" tax; claims for damages regarding city plans under Section 197 of the Planning and Zoning Law, and more. In addition, her practice handles the various stages of construction licensing and building permits. · Real Estate

Eli Blechman

Mr. Eli Blechman is a partner in FISCHER’s Litigation and Insolvency & Restructuring practices. Mr. Blechman focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on class actions and derivative lawsuits. Within this framework, he provides comprehensive legal support to the clients of the practice concerning corporate restructuring and bankruptcy matters under the Israeli Insolvency Law, the Economic Rehabilitation Law, and Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Blechman represents clients before various Israeli courts and jurisdictions as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Prior to joining FISCHER, Mr. Blechman spent five years working at the New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, in the Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department, where he routinely provided legal consultation on complex corporate restructuring matters, including Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 cases. Prior thereto, Mr. Blechman served for three years as a Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice (retired) Yoram Danziger of the Supreme Court of Israel and interned for the Honorable Judge (retired) Varda Alshech of the Tel Aviv District Court. · Litigation

Eran Reichman

Eran Reichman specializes in corporate and commercial law. His primary areas of practice include venture capital transactions and providing ongoing advice to corporate clients. · Corporate / M&A

Eran Yaniv

Mr. Yaniv is co-head of FBC’s Hi-Tech Department and a partner in the firm's Corporate Department, and acts for clients in a variety of cross-border corporate transactions with an emphasis on technology, life sciences and venture capital investments. Mr. Yaniv has a particular expertise in hi-tech and complex international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and public offerings. Mr. Yaniv is also involved in the structuring and representation of venture capital, mezzanine, and hedge funds operating in Israel and the United States, and has significant experience in restructuring, debt financing, and spin-offs. He regularly advises public and private companies on strategic collaborations, technology licensing, and securities issuances. Mr. Yaniv was named one of the 100 most influential figures in Israeli hi-tech by Geektime. Mr. Yaniv lectures as part of the graduate program in Business Management at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and serves as the Co-Chairman of the Corporate Committee of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association. · Hi-Tech

Etti Dolev

FBC - Etti Dolev Ms. Dolev is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects in Israel and abroad, sale and lease of income-yielding properties (office buildings, commercial centers and industrial parks) and other real estate assets (large-scale residential projects, including urban renewal projects), combination transactions, real estate taxation, and real estate litigation. Ms. Dolev advises on all aspects of initiating and establishing residential and commercial projects, including planning the outline of the acquisition; financing the acquisition and establishing the project; managing negotiations and finalizing agreements with contractors, service providers and financial institutions; and advising on relations with municipal councils and planning authorities. · Real Estate

Eyal Konyak

Mr. Konyak is a partner in the Real Estate Department. His practice concentrates on development projects, planning and zoning, sale and lease of real estate assets, and real estate taxation. Prior to joining FBC, Mr. Konyak was an associate in the Real Estate department of a leading Tel Aviv law firm where he represents some of the leading real estate corporations in Israel in all aspects of large scale real estate residential projects. · Real Estate

Fatima Mahmoud

Ms. Fatima Mahmoud is an associate in FISHCER’s Labor & Employment practice. Ms. Mahmoud specializes in a variety of aspects in the field of labor law. Within this framework, she provides legal advice to the practice's clients on a wide range of issues, including litigation proceedings, purchase agreements, collective disputes and class actions. · Labor & Employment

Gal Doitch

Ms. Doitch is a Senior Associate in FBC’s Corporate Department, where she provides general counsel to public and private companies, with an emphasis on venture capital and private equity financing, technology, mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions. Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Doitch was an associate in the Capital Markets department of a leading Israeli law firm. · Corporate / M&A

Galai Sharir

Mr. Sharir is co-head of FBC’s Hi-Tech, Technology & Venture Capital Department and a partner in the firm's Corporate Department. Mr. Sharir specializes in corporate, securities and commercial law. His primary practice areas include ongoing representation of start-ups and mature corporate clients, including in connection with commercial and strategic transactions, venture capital and other private equity transactions and M&A transactions. Mr. Sharir represents investors in venture capital limited partnerships and advises international investors and venture capital funds with respect to their investments in Israel. Mr. Sharir has been involved in the high-tech and venture capital industries since the initial stages of their emergence in Israel in the early 1990’s. The breadth of his legal and practical experience has made Galai a respected advisor by corporate clients and investors alike. Mr. Sharir obtained his LL.B. from Tel Aviv University, where he served as an editorial staff member of the Iyunei Mishpat Law Review. Mr. Sharir was a co-founder at Sharir, Shiv & Co. until the firm joined FBC. · Corporate / M&A

Garance Seroussi

Ms. Seroussi's represents companies and individuals before various courts and tribunals in connection with allegations of committing international criminal offenses and cross-border white collar crime offenses, including tax fraud, money laundering and cyber offences. Ms. Seroussi studied law at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her international profile enables her to provide in-depth expert opinions in international criminal cases and especially in the ones involving France and Israel. Ms. Seroussi serves as Deputy Chair of the International Forum - Israel and France of the Israel Bar Association. · White Collar

Gil Orion

FBC - Dr. Gil Orion Dr. Orion, co-head of FBC’s Litigation Department and the head of the Class Actions & Derivative Suits practice, is recognized by international and domestic indices as one of Israel’s most highly-regarded litigators and one of the leading practitioners in the area of class actions and derivative suits. His practice spans the field of complex commercial litigation, securities law matters, and international and domestic arbitrations, and he is a well-known speaker and author on a range of topics related to commercial litigation and class action defense. Dr. Orion received his doctorate in 1996 from Harvard Law School in the fields of corporate law and securities regulation. He has also served as an assistant lecturer for contract law and held the position of editor and member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review. Dr. Orion serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Israel Bar Association's Class Actions Committee. · Litigation

Gilad Winkler

FBC - Gilad Winkler Gilad Winkler serves as FBC’s Managing Partner and the Head of its project finance and energy practice, one of the leading practices in Israel. He advises many of the world's most prominent companies in Israel's most significant infrastructure, projects and energy matters, totaling billions of dollars. Mr. Winkler is ranked by Chambers and Partners as an outstanding lawyer and one of the leading energy practitioners in Israel; he is also ranked as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 and by IFLR 1000. With over 15 years of experience, Mr. Winkler has been involved in many of the highest-profile and largest transactions in the Israeli market, and has represented leading Israeli and multinational companies in a wide range of industries and sectors, including energy, finance, infrastructure, transportation, natural gas, water and the photovoltaic (PV) energy field, with particular focus on the complex regulatory and real estate aspects that are integral to this sector. Mr. Winkler has been involved in many large-scale infrastructure and energy projects in Israel and abroad, including projects concerning the construction and operation of roads, railways, power plants, and renewable energy facilities, such as the Tel Aviv Light Rail project, the Gilboa Pumped Storage Plant, as well as other various energy projects utilizing renewable energy technologies and gas infrastructure. In addition to Israel, Mr. Winkler's countries of legal expertise in the infrastructure and energy field include England, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. · Project Finance

Hadar Kohen

Ms. Hadar Kohen is an associate in our Labor and Employment practice. She specializes in a variety of aspects in the field of labor and employment law. Within this framework, she provides legal counsel to the firm’s clients on a wide range of matters, including litigation proceedings, M&A agreements, class actions and ongoing counsel concerning the different aspects of labor and employment legislation. · Labor & Employment

Hezi Kattan

Mr. Hezi Kattan is a partner in our Infrastructure, Project Finance & Energy practice. Mr. Kattan has more than two decades of unique managerial and legal experience in accompanying corporations and complex transactions, especially in the fields of infrastructure, energy, real estate, and financing. He gained experience in his many years serving, among other duties, as the general counsel in global companies, traded in Israel and abroad, and operating mainly in the fields of infrastructure, energy, and real estate. Among his many roles, Mr. Kattan served as the General Counsel of Shikun & Binui (2006-2017) and of Ormat Technologies (2018-2021). As part of his diverse roles, he has led extensive legal activity, in Israel and abroad. Among other activities, Mr. Kattan coordinated the legal aspects of mega infrastructure projects, renewable energy (including solar and geothermal projects) and transportation; mega-scale financing transactions; tenders in Israel and around the world; development of projects and mergers and acquisitions. He also guided the legal work of joint ventures and partnerships in connection with local and international companies for the development of infrastructure projects. Mr. Kattan has unique experience in leading legal teams and managing all legal aspects related to the activities of large-scale companies traded in Israel and around the world, including in the fields of corporate law; financing; securities law; IPOs and listing for trade; and more. He holds a Bachelor of Law from Tel Aviv University and a Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University. · Infrastructure

Hilla Sachs

Ms. Sachs is a Senior Associate in FBC's Labor & Employment Department. Ms. Sachs advises corporations and individual clients on a wide range of labor and employment law matters, and represents clients in different litigation proceedings in various courts, including with respect to individual litigation, collective employment disputes, and arbitration and mediation proceedings. Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Sachs was an associate in the labor and employment law department of a leading commercial law firm. · Labor & Employment

Itay Brafman

Mr. Itay Brafman is a partner in FISCHER’s Capital Markets practice, where he heads the Oil & Gas, R&D (publicly traded VCs) and Film production Partnerships’ practice. Since 1993, Mr. Brafman specializes in representing corporations in their ongoing corporate matters and in all matters relating to capital markets (public offerings, private placements etc.) and has unique expertise in providing legal advice to limited partnerships in general (both public and private) and specifically, to public limited partnerships. Additionally, Mr. Brafman has extensive experience in representing publicly traded corporations listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange as well as investors and corporations raising public and private capital in Israel and providing ongoing legal representation to pre and post-IPO corporations. In the field of Oil & Gas, in addition to his expertise in capital markets, Mr. Brafman provides ongoing representation to local and foreign oil and gas corporations throughout the course of their business, from the acquisition of oil and gas interests in Israel and abroad, through international agreements, joint operating agreements (JOA’s), agreements for the acquisition of oil interests (including farmout agreements), transactions with geological survey companies, drilling rig companies and Israeli and international energy service contractors, applications for onshore and offshore oil exploration licenses and agreements for the financing of corporations that operate in this industry. In the field of R&D, in addition to his involvement in the structuring and raising of funds for R&D partnerships (both private and publicly traded VCs), Mr. Brafman also provides ongoing representation to said partnerships in the ordinary course of their business, including involvement in the negotiating and drafting of investment agreements. In the film industry, Mr. Brafman represents film production partnerships (private and public) on a regular basis in their day-and-day activities and accompanies and advises them in raising capital. Lastly, Mr. Brafman provides legal advice to the firm’s clients on their relationship with the relevant regulatory bodies including the Petroleum Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy, the Israeli Securities Authority, the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, the Israeli Innovation Authority, the Tax Authority, and various other government agencies. Mr. Brafman is also a certified notary in Israel. · Capital Markets

Itay Zemel

Mr. Zemel is a partner in the firm's Real Estate Department. Mr. Zemel specializes in various aspects of real estate Law, including real estate taxation as well as planning and zoning. Throughout his work on numerous diverse transactions, Mr. Zemel has acquired extensive experience in residential and commercial real estate, purchase groups, and tenders, including under the government subsidized apartment price program, and has also represented clients in the financing of these projects. Based on his comprehensive experience, Mr. Zemel advises clients through all stages of real estate transactions including due diligence, tax planning, and financing. Mr. Zemel also advises his clients during execution of the project, including in marketing, registration of the property, and parcelization procedures. Mr. Zemel’s clients include several of Israel’s leading real estate companies and investment funds, whom he advises on complex projects. · Real Estate

Jana Rabinovich

Ms. Rabinovich is a Senior Associate in FBC’s Litigation Department. Her practice concentrates on corporate and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on class actions and derivative suits. Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Rabinovich clerked for the Honorable Justice Daphne Barak-Erez of the Supreme Court of Israel. During her legal studies, Ms. Rabinovich was a member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review, as well as an editor of the Law, Society and Culture book series. Ms. Rabinovich also served as a research and teaching assistant at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. · Litigation

Jonathan Shtang

Mr. Shtang is a senior associate in FBC’s Tax practice. His practice concentrates on a wide range of tax law matters, including domestic income taxation, international taxation, real estate taxation and VAT. Mr. Shtang provides legal opinions and tax planning to domestic and multinational corporations and individuals and assists in obtaining tax rulings and other arrangements with the Israeli Tax Authorities. He advises on tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the laws for the encouragement of capital investments, as well as tax planning for clients of FBC’s Private Asset Management practice. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shtang worked as an accountant at Deloitte Israel. · Tax

Judy Amidor

Ms. Judy Amidor is a partner in the Hi-Tech, Technology and Venture Capital practice of FISCHER. Ms. Amidor specializes in merger and acquisition transactions, intellectual property, finance transactions, licensing agreements, capital raising, regulation (including privacy law) and corporate transactions in Israel and abroad. Ms. Amidor provides ongoing counsel to companies, particularly companies in the hi-tech and biotechnology fields, on various matters, including, mergers and acquisitions. She specializes in corporate finance, commercial and technology agreements, and commercial and technological matters in the intellectual property field. Ms. Amidor has vast experience regarding regulatory processes in Israel and abroad, and advises her clients on an array of matters, including complicated commercial agreements with global companies, universities, hospitals in the fields of pharmaceuticals, intellectual property, personal data, health data, clinical trials, AI, and more. Amongst Ms. Amidor’s clients are leading start-ups, hi-tech companies and global companies. · Corporate / M&A

Katya Kravits

Ms. Kravits is a senior associate in FBC’s Corporate Department. She provides general counsel to companies in the field of energy and infrastructure, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, domestic as well as cross-border commercial transactions and tenders. · Corporate / M&A

Keren Berger

Ms. Keren Berger is an associate in our Labor and Employment practice. She specializes in a variety of aspects in the field of labor and employment law. Within this framework, she provides legal counsel to the firm’s clients on a wide range of matters, including litigation proceedings, M&A agreements, class actions and ongoing counsel concerning the different aspects of labor and employment legislation. · Labor & Employment

Laurence Elbaz-Avisar

Ms. Elbaz-Avisar is a senior associate in FBC’s Project Finance & Energy Department. Ms. Elbaz-Avisar works on various aspects of project finance transactions including, the development, acquisition, disposal and funding of energy and infrastructure assets. Ms. Elbaz-Avisar has experience advising international and Israeli consortium members, project companies, lenders and funds on domestic and cross-border transactions. Prior to joining FBC & Co., Ms. Elbaz-Avisar was an associate at Allen & Overy LLP, Paris Office. · Project Finance

Lennie Zivoni

Ms. Lennie Zivoni is a senior associate in our firm’s Hi-Tech, Technology and Venture Capital practice. Ms. Zivoni specializes in commercial law, tenders, corporate law and cooperative societies, as well as providing ongoing counsel to hi-tech companies, including in international transactions. Ms. Zivoni provides represents clients in the hi-tech and biotechnology fields, in complicated transactions with global corporations, universities, and hospitals regarding matters of pharmaceuticals, intellectual property, personal data, health data, clinical trials, AI, regulatory aspects and more. As of 2011 Ms. Zivoni serves as the general counsel at Kfar Saba’s water supply company and is active in different matters involving the Municipality of Kfar Saba. · Technology

Liat Halperin

FBC - Liat Halperin Ms. Halperin is a partner in the Corporate Department and provides general counsel to foreign and domestic clients in diverse corporate, commercial, and financing transactions. Ms. Halperin has specific expertise in the fields of venture capital, private equity, debt restructuring, technology & life sciences and M&A, and has been involved in numerous complex international corporate and commercial transactions. Among Ms. Halperin's clients are international corporations, venture capital and private equity funds, public companies, and emerging growth companies in the various stages of their development. · Corporate / M&A

Lihi Blumenfeld

FBC - Lihi Blumenfeld Mrs. Blumenfeld is a partner in FBC’s Liquidation & Receivership practice, responsible for handling complex litigation and arbitration cases. Mrs. Blumenfeld has extensive and diverse experience in representing major clients in complex and comprehensive procedures, and routinely deals with diverse legal matters, including representation in civil and commercial cases in court and arbitration, professional negligence, companies` law, banking and securities law and liquidation proceedings. In the aspect of banking laws, Mrs. Blumenfeld represents several leading banks in lawsuits concerning the ongoing relationship between a bank and its clients, including, inter alia, claims of negligence on the part of the bank, breaching of banks` duties toward its clients, etc. In the aspect of professional negligence, Mrs. Blumenfeld represents insurance companies in various kinds of lawsuits brought against legal attorneys, which are based upon various kinds of claims. Mrs. Blumenfeld handles complex and comprehensive liquidations, and has broad experience in all matters relating to liquidation and receivership procedures of corporate insolvency. She acts from time to time as liquidator or receiver of companies, especially on behalf banks in Israel. Mrs. Blumenfeld guides and follows cases from the initial stages of the controversial disputes, through preliminary proceedings, litigation proceedings in courts, and appeals. · Liquidation & Receivership

Lior Linhard

Ms. Linhard is a senior associate in FBC’s Aviation & Maritime and Hotels & Tourism practices. Ms. Linhard provides general counsel to major foreign and local airlines in a variety of areas related to international aviation law. Ms. Linhard specializes in representing foreign and domestic airlines in class actions, as well as providing ongoing legal advice and handles passenger’s claims. · Aviation & Maritime

Liron Cohen

Mr. Cohen is a partner in FBC's Corporate, Commercial and Hotels & Tourism practices. Mr. Cohen provides general counsel to public and private companies. His practice includes representing major foreign and local companies and providing support to in-house legal departments across a full range of strategic commercial matters and ongoing business, as well as M&A and litigation. In addition to his commercial expertise, Mr. Cohen has extensive experience and wide knowledge in the fields of Aviation, Hotels & Tourism. Mr. Cohen provides counsel to major foreign and domestic airlines, tourism service providers worldwide and other companies that are involved in tourism-related activities, on various matters, including acquisitions; operations and management; corporate and joint ventures; franchising, licensing and outsourcing; consumers protection regulation; commercial agreements and dispute resolution. Prior to joining FBC (2010-2015), Mr. Cohen served as an associate in the Corporate Department of a leading Tel Aviv law firm. · Corporate / M&A

Liron Usherovich

Ms. Usherovich is a partner and head of the Real Estate Litigation practice in our firm. Ms. Usherovich has in-depth experience and unique expertise in the field of real estate litigation and its various aspects. Within this context, Ms. Usherovich specializes in managing and leading dissolution of partnership lawsuits, shareholder disputes in real estate companies, lawsuits against the Israel Land Authority, contractual disputes, lawsuits involving hold-over tenants, construction defect claims and more. In addition, Ms. Usherovich has extensive experience in representing clients on a wide range of issues in the field of civil law, including contractual lawsuits, defamation lawsuits, shareholder disputes, petitions to the High Court, administrative petitions and more. Within this context, she represents individuals and companies - private, public, local and foreign - in all courts and tribunals, including in mediation, arbitration and more. · Real Estate

Michael Zellermayer

FBC - Michael Zellermayer Mr. Zellermayer is a partner at FBC. His practice specializes in local & cross-country Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & Commercial Law, Banking & Finance and Telecommunications, with extensive experience in the fields of Capital Markets and Energy & Infrastructure. Mr. Zellermayer represents acquirers in some of the largest and high-profile M&A transactions in Israel, including the Apax-Saban-Arkin group in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Bezeq Telecommunications, the largest telecom provider in Israel, as well as in the sale of such holdings in exchange for US$2.2 billion, Saban Capital Group in the acquisition of a controlling interest in Partner-Orange, one of the leading cellular operators in Israel, in consideration for approx. US$400 million, SI Corporation, a Delaware corporation traded on the NASDAQ, in a US$750 million stock-for-stock acquisition of Fundtech Ltd., an Israeli company (dual listed on TASE and NASDAQ), EndoChoice Inc., in a stock-for-stock acquisition of Peer Medical Ltd., valued at US$150 million, Apax Partners in the acquisition of Psagot Investment House, the largest investment house in Israel, in exchange for US$800 million; Apax Partners in the acquisition of Tnuva, one of Israel's largest privately-held conglomerates, in a transaction valued at over US$1 billion and Permira in the acquisition of Netafim, valued at approx. $850 million. Mr. Zellermayer was recently ranked as a leading individual in Corporate and M&A by Legal 500, and is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in Israel by major local and international indices. · Mergers & Acquisitions

Michal Faktor

Ms. Faktor is a partner in FBC's Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects, financing transactions for real estate projects, combination transactions, purchase groups, sale & leasebacks of logistics sites & buildings, and income-yielding properties, including shopping malls, office buildings, commercial centers and nursing homes. Ms. Faktor's clients include Israel's leading real estate, construction and insurance companies, institutional and private investors and REITs. · Real Estate

Michal Nissani Josefson

Ms. Nissani Josefson is a partner in our firm’s Corporate practice. Ms. Nissani Josefson possesses diverse expertise in multiple fields, including Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Securities Law. In addition, Ms. Nissani Josefson is experienced in corporate finance and high-level corporate matters. Ms. Nissani Josefson represents public and private companies in a variety of M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and other corporate matters, as well as commercial entities engaged in highly regulated industries, with an emphasize in the insurance and health sectors. Ms. Nissani Josefson represents major Israeli public companies in securities matters and has represented issuers in several initial public offering in the last few years. · Corporate / M&A

Michal Sela

Ms. Sela is a partner in FBC’s Litigation Department and has extensive experience in representing leading multinational and domestic companies in class actions, derivative suits and complex commercial disputes Ms. Sela represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings. She represents major clients in a wide range of industries, including communications, insurance, technology, pharmaceutical, banking and energy. During her undergraduate studies, Ms. Sela served as a member of the editorial board of the Tel Aviv University Law Review. In addition, Ms. Sela is a certified mediator. · Commercial Litigation

Michal Tamar

Mrs. Tamar is a senior associate in FBC’s Litigation Department. Her practice is focused on class actions, with a particular emphasis on consumer protection and insurance, corporate litigation and commercial disputes. Mrs. Tamar represents clients before various Israeli courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings. During her studies, Mrs. Tamar was a member of the editorial board of the Law Review of the Hebrew university of Jerusalem, and served as a research assistant in the field of administrative law. · Litigation

Miri Kimhi

FBC - Miri Kimhi Ms. Kimhi is a partner in FBC's Corporate Department and the head of its Banking & Finance practice. Ms. Kimhi specializes in finance, banking and financial regulation. Ms. Kimhi has advised on numerous complex financing transactions, especially in transactions involving securities, and in the structuring of innovative financial instruments for her clients. She also regularly advises major Israeli and foreign clients in banking regulation and in the regulation of financial institutions. · Banking & Finance

Moran Friedman

Mrs. Friedman is a partner and Head of the Labor & Employment Department. Mrs. Friedman specializes in all aspects of labor law and labor relations, including collective bargaining, labor disputes, strikes and organized actions, collective agreements, and collective litigation. Mrs. Friedman also specializes in employer-employee litigation, labor contracts, and labor relations, and represents clients in various tribunals in all forms of labor disputes. · Labor & Employment

Moran Rabbia-Perera

Mrs. Rabbia-Perera is a partner in FBC's Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects, planning and zoning, sale and lease of real estate assets, and real estate taxation. · Real Estate

Natali Askira

Ms. Askira is a partner in FBC's Real Estate Department. Her practice concentrates on development projects, sale and lease of real estate assets, and real estate taxation. · Real Estate