June Edition 2021

20 Abridgebetween Israel and theU.S.,FoxRothschild 's31-strongnationwide Israel practice group is a prime destination for Israeli clients launching or expanding into U.S. markets. The group’s work is driven by Sarah Biser, Mark Hess and Michael Sweet in the New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco offices respectively, with technology and innovation at the heart of the firm’s extensive client roster. The firm’s transactional and regulatory expertise has stood out in the past year, with clients also turning to the firm’s depth of resources and talent in relation to employment, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, and real estate. Heavily involved in litigation involving Israeli parties, the firm is also involved in compliance work, with Philadelphia-based partner Odia Kagan , the Chair of GDPR Compliance & International Privacy group, advising Israeli clients on such key issues over the past year. Visit: Israel Page As one of the most impressive names in the Israeli market, Freshfields’ Israel group is one of the pacesetters and emerges with two top spots – in banking and energy and infrastructure. Adir Waldman is on the ground in Israel, leading a multijurisdictional team of Freshfields lawyers dedicated to advising Israeli clients and businesses with interests in Israel. Among the team is New York partner Menachem Kaplan , whose practice encompasses IP, licensing, joint ventures,andemergingtechnologies,andTel Avivbased ChaimSeligman ,who is fronting the Tel Aviv office’s tech initiative and brings clients a background of Private and Public International Law. Withthe Israeli bankingsectorundergoingatransformation,Freshfieldsadvised U.S. private equity giantWarburg Pincus on its acquisition of Leumi Card (Max) and follow-on matters including their first milestone payment in February 2020. Both Adir Waldman and London-based Patrick Ko were involved. The firm’s London office also advised Leumi Partners on their first investment outside of Israel, a co-investment alongside Blackstone in the Dutch bank NIBC. Simon Orton and James Smethurst , who heads the firm’s financial institutions regulatory practice in London, were involved in the €1 billion investment. Freshfields is also active in providingM&A, capital markets, energy and infrastructure, regulatory advice, and much more. For example, Freshfields also provides ongoing regulatory advice to Israeli-owned and headquartered, SodaStream on its operations in key European jurisdictions. The Group flies high in the Litigation and Arbitration table, with a successful track record in some of the highest-caliber dispute resolution matters in the Israeli market. Among a raft of matters, the team advised VW on claims Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fox Rothschild