February Edition 2021

29 M&A: The Last 12 Months at a Glance In the world of global mergers and acquisitions, the last 12months have been roller-coaster.While2019wasparticularly strong–M&Atransactions totalled over $20 billion – the Covid-19 pandemic has put many new transactions on hold. In fact, since the end of the first quarter of 2020, mergers and acquisitions around the world have come to a grinding halt. In March 2020, the Israeli M&A market nearly froze with only nine transactions closing as compared to twenty-three closings in March 2019, the strongest month for M&As that year. In this article, published in the US-Israel Legal Review 2020, Viva Gayer and Jonathan Achiron, partners in the corporate and M&A department of Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co., outline how the normally vibrant M&A market in Israel fared over the past year, and predict what can be expected for the future. Click here to read (page 46) CCPA Compliance: A To-Do List for Israeli Companies The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1, 2020 and became enforceable on July 1, 2020. The state issued final regulations in July. Israeli companies that do business in California and fall under jurisdiction of the CCPA must comply with a multitude of requirements involving privacy notices, opt-out mechanisms and consumer requests for data. In this article, Fox Rothschild partner and Chair of the firm’s GDPR Compliance & International Privacy Practice, Odiga Kagan, details the steps required in the recent US-Israel Legal Review 2020. Click here to read (page 52) 2020, More than just COVID: A look at Israeli tax developments Gornitzky partner and Head of Tax, Daniel Paserman, presents, in the recent US-Israel Legal Review 2020, some of the significant developments in Israeli tax during the past year in the high-tech industry and in private clients, including an expected major groundbreaking International Tax Reform which may have great influence on individuals with economic or personal ties to Israel. Click here to read (page 58)