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Corporate/M&A: International Firms - Israel

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins is a high-profile international law firm with a well-established Israel practice holding a significant share of the country's corporate legal market. Its lawyers provide counsel to major multinational corporations looking to acquire Israeli assets, as well as advising Israeli corporations being acquired. The firm is particularly visible on corporate work ancillary to capital markets matters, including for companies floating on Nasdaq and the NYSE. The team is active on M&A and financing transactions, capital raising and regulatory compliance, with an emphasis on the hi-tech and gaming sectors and further clients in financial services and manufacturing. The practice is primarily led from London, with further expertise spread across its US network of offices.

Work Highlights

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  • Latham & Watkins advised NeoGames on its sale to Aristocrat Leisure, at a value of USD1.2 billion.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Joshua Kiernan
Expertise Based Abroad

London-based Joshua Kiernan is a major player in the Israeli market. His work includes acting on IPOs on behalf of major corporates, in addition to M&A matters. He often represents clients active in the TMT space.

Joshua is super experienced.

He is a market leader.

Edward Barnett
Expertise Based Abroad

London-based Ed Barnett is regularly engaged in cross-border M&A. His client roster includes companies from the e-commerce sector.

Gilad Zohari
Expertise Based Abroad

Gilad Zohari has recently been made partner at Latham & Watkins and is receiving increasingly broad recognition from the market. He assists clients with a range of matters including IPOs, acquisitions and sales.

Gilad gets the job done and the deals closed.

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Corporate/M&A: International Firms

Joshua Kiernan
UK expertise based abroad
Edward Barnett
UK expertise based abroad
Gilad Zohari
USA expertise based abroad