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Ben Kanter

Ben Kanter

Global 2026

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Herzog Fox & Neeman
 Herzog Fox & Neeman

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Transportation: Aviation

Israel

4 years ranked

Banking & Finance

Israel

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Herzog Fox & Neeman

Global

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance;

Banking Regulation;

Corporate Finance;

Insolvency & Restructuring;

Mergers & Acquisitions

Career

Ben Kanter is a member in the firm’s Banking and Finance Department.

Ben joined Herzog Fox & Neeman from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London in September 2014, having spent six years predominantly in the firm’s Corporate Finance team. Ben specialises in banking and finance, restructuring and M&A work across various practice sectors, and regularly represents leading global banks, financial institutions, private equity houses, large international and domestic corporations as well as high-net-worth individuals across a wide range of transactions.

Ben also specialises in the field of aviation financing, transfers and registrations in Israel acting principally for foreign purchasers, lessors and lenders.

Clients

Recent clients include BNP Paribas, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, JPMorgan, Macquarie Bank, Morgan Stanley Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Altshuler Shaham, Phoenix Insurance, Israel Electric Company, Sanpower, Mellanox and others.

Education

BPP Law School, England

LPC

2009

Kings College London

LLB

2007

Languages Spoken

English

Hebrew

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Transportation: Aviation - Israel

Band 1
Individual Editorial
Ben Kanter is an expert lawyer in aircraft finance and leasings. In these matters he regularly acts for both major international airlines and financial institutions.
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Banking & Finance - Israel

Band 4
Individual Editorial

Ben Kanter gains increasingly strong recognition for his finance work advising leading private equity and credit companies, as well as banks, in addition to representing borrowers. Based in Tel Aviv, he is also a notable lawyer in the area of aircraft finance.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He is very quick. When you need him, he's there.

    Transportation: AviationChambers Global Guide

  • Ben is our go-to lawyer. We don't consider using anyone else.

    Transportation: AviationChambers Global Guide

  • Ben Kanter is a pleasure to deal with. He is very experienced in both leasing and financing aspects of aviation finance matters, which make transactions very smooth.

    Transportation: AviationChambers Global Guide

  • He is very pragmatic, very helpful and goal oriented. He understands what we try to achieve and gives advice that appeases all parties involved.

    Transportation: AviationChambers Global Guide

  • Ben Kanter is a very efficient and diligent adviser.

    Transportation: AviationChambers Global Guide

  • Ben Kanter is super smart, hard-working and he anticipates and deftly manages challenges before they even occur. He is someone we can rely on across a variety of different finance-related workstreams.

    Banking & FinanceChambers Global Guide

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