September Edition 2020

16 around 400 units in Wembley, north London. David Prais is one of the most prominent in the team. Asserson is well respected for a range of disputes involving Israeli parties, including professional negligence, shareholder disputes and complex commercial litigation. In the past year, the firm has been acting on a breach of distribution agreement for A. Meshi Cosmetics, a developer and producer of over 400 cosmetic products sold around the world. Yis Hiller, Baruch Baigel and Shimon Goldwater feature prominently in the Litigation team, which also enjoys a long and successful track record in arbitrations and is well versed in multi-jurisdictional London Court of International Arbitrations (“LCIA”). Another forte of the firm its support to clients in relation to GDPR and various privacy matters, an area in which Avishai Ostrin is considered an expert. With over 35 years’ experience in the Israeli market, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (“BCLP”) has one of the longest standing and most extensive practices offering a raft of services to Israeli clients and Israeli-owned businesses across multiple sectors. Since the April 2018 merger between Bryan Cave of the U.S. and Berwin Leighton Paisner of the UK, the firm has further enhanced its offering to Israeli clients, today advising more than 150 Israeli/Israel-related corporates and financial institutions (as well as family offices and their advisers) across a wide range of sectors. London-based Jonathan Morris and Tel Aviv-based Paul Miller serve as Co-Chairs of the firm's Israel Desk, alongside Ken Henderson in the New York office. They are well supported by more than 50 fee earners in the Israel Business Group, with 11 of BCLP’s offices regularly working with Israeli and Israel based clients, especially in M&A, capital markets and venture financing transactions, as well as litigation and real estate. In M&A, Nicholas Myatt advised Northenstar Investments Ltd., owned by Israeli businessman Teddy Sagi, in connection with the USD 899 million takeover offer by Nuvei Corporation for SafeCharge International Group Limited. Simon Pollock and Jonathan Morris also guided Miya Water, a subsidiary of Israel’s Arison Group, on its USD 260 million sale to global private equity firm Bridgepoint. The team’s capital markets expertise was underlined by Morris’ representation of Israel’s Albert Technologies in its delisting from the AIM, after the team last year advised Plus500 as it joined the main listing of the London Stock Exchange. In contentious matters, Bryan Cave is prominent in litigation involving Israeli clients, active in commercial, shareholder and other complex litigation, with Oran Gelb a key figure, as are New York’s Andy Auerbach and the UK’s Barry Gross in the firm’s thriving Real Estate team, which is recognized for acquisition, development and financing. Nohar Bresler and Paul Miller are both consultants based in Israel. Bryan Cave