S. Horowitz & Co — Israel

About

The firm: S. Horowitz is one of Israel’s leading full-service law firms. The firm offers the full range of corporate, commercial and dispute resolution services to the international and Israeli business and financial communities. It is also one of Israel’s largest law firms, with over 150 fee-earners, many of whom are multilingual and have qualified and practised as lawyers in the US, England and South Africa. Chambers Global describes S. Horowitz & Co as being ‘in a class of its own’ for domestic and cross-border banking and finance, and as ’without doubt, the best commercial litigation law firm in Israel’. The Legal 500 EMEA has described the firm’s corporate and M&A practice as being ‘simply outstanding.’ Areas of practice: The firm operates in a number of practice areas, including the following: Corporate: the firm advises on a wide spectrum of transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions (including tender offers, forward and reverse triangular mergers and private acquisitions), joint ventures (including strategic alliances, partnerships and other forms of collaboration), IPOs and secondary offerings (including SEC registered offerings and offerings of Israeli securities on European markets), venture capital (including venture capital structuring and private equity investment) and corporate governance. Dispute resolution: the firm has been involved in a large proportion of the major commercial disputes that have arisen in Israel. It regularly represents clients in complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings, acting and collaborating, where necessary, with foreign counsel. Banking and corporate recovery: it advises banks, financial institutions and borrowers on all aspects of secured and unsecured financings, acquisition finance, project finance, trade finance and asset finance. The firm has acted for banks on most of the major international and domestic syndicated financings that have taken place in Israel. With the largest dedicated IP department among the leading commercial law firms in Israel, the firm advises on all aspects relating to the use, enforcement, licensing, and protection of IP rights. Project finance and infrastructure: extensive experience advising on major projects in various sectors, including electricity, roads, light railways, tunnels, construction, telecommunications and infrastructure. The firm’s tax practice offers a broad expertise in all aspects of business taxation, international tax planning, property taxation, value-added tax and customs duties. Securities and capital markets: the firm advises on the issuances of debt securities and other instruments, international offerings, securitisations and derivatives and represents foreign underwriters in relation to public offerings. Pharmaceuticals/biotechnology: the firm provides clients with a full range of legal services specifically tailored to the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector. Clients include pharmas, start-ups, universities and health funds. Telecommunications and media: the firm advises mobile phone operators, broadcasters, cable franchisees, program providers, satellite operators, service providers and financiers on all corporate and regulatory issues that may arise from operating in the telecommunications field in Israel. The firm advises on all areas of law relating to antitrust and trade matters. It regularly advises on the Israeli antitrust regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions and the application of Israeli antitrust law to agreements that may be regarded as restrictive arrangements. Energy and natural resources: extensive experience in acting for most of the major players that operate in Israel’s electricity, oil and gas industries. Intellectual Property: The firm advises on all areas of law relating to IP and patent matters. It regularly advises both global pharma giants and technological startups, and provide cutting edge legal advise and litigation. The firm deals with all types of commercial property transactions. ### Languages - English - French - German - Hebrew - Spanish - Afrikaans ### Staffing Figures - 230 Number of lawyers

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Lawyers in this office

Adi Hoffman

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Adi Shlomo

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Aharon Bloch

Partner · Banking & Finance

Alex Hertman

Executive Partner · Dispute Resolution

Amir Assali

Partner · Banking & Finance

Amir Caspari

Partner · Litigation

Amit Becher

Partner · White Collar Crime

Amit Steinman

Managing Partner · Corporate / M&A

Asaf Rentsler

Partner · Administrative Law

Asher Heled

Partner and chair the firm’s Employment practice group. · Employment

Avi Eldor

Partner, head of the fund formation and institutional investors practice. · Investment Funds

Avi Ordo

Parner · Intellectual Property

Avigail Kastiel

Partner · Real Estate

Aviv Halperin

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Avner Itzhaki

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Benjamin (Benny) Sheffer

Partner · Dispute Resolution

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Chen Zaefen

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Clifford Davis

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Dovev Apel

Partner · Intellectual Property

Ehud Arzi

Partner · Banking & Finance

Eliya Zunz Koller

Partner · Administrative Law

Eran Bezalel

Partner · Administrative Law

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Eti Wissotzky-Cohen

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Evyatar Azulay

Partner · Administrative Law

Eyal Brook

Partner, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Practice Group. · Artificial Intelligence

Eyal Doron

Partner · Arbitration

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Gal Arad Cohen

Partner · Blockchain & Digital Assets

Gilad Gafni

Partner · Intellectual Property

Gilad Katz

Partner · Commercial Litigation

Gitit Levin Grinberg

Partner · Antitrust & Competition

Guy Firer

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Guy Wertheim

Partner · Litigation

Hagai Doron

Partner · Antitrust & Competition

Hagar Pines

Partner · Administrative Law

Hugh Kowarsky

Partner · Intellectual Property

Ilan Golod

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Ira Hardy

Partner · Litigation

Katia Leokumovich

Partner · Intellectual Property

Keith Shaw

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Lance Blumenthal

Associate · Litigation

Leor Meller

Partner · Real Estate

Leor Nouman

Partner · Tax

Lior Mimon

Partner · Tenders & Government Procurement

Lior Pollak

Associate · Litigation

Liraz Zehavi

Partner · Banking & Finance

Meital Malkiel Wertheim

Partner · Construction & Infrastructure

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Michal Levanon-Porat

Partner · Employment

Michelle Liberman

Partner · Banking & Finance

Miriam Zaltsman

Partner · Biotech

Moran Katz

Partner · Intellectual Property

Mordehay Malca

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Moshe Zilberberg

Partner · Tax

Moti Saban

Partner · Tax

Nicolas Gips

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Noa Glazer-Becher

Partner · Real Estate

Noam Blei

Partner · Intellectual Property

Noam Zamir

Partner · Dispute Resolution

Ofir Pozner

Partner · Employment

Ohad Ben-Yehuda

Partner · Commercial Litigation

Omri Sender

Partner · Public International Law