September Edition 2020

18 A hugely active participant in the Israeli market for many years, Clifford Chance successfully harnesses its global reach to help Israeli clients reach international markets, and international clients access Israel. Nathan Krapivensky , Managing Associate in the Tel Aviv office, together with London-based partners Adrian Cohen , and Stephen Reese , are key figures in an Israel group of 20 partners and 30 associates, who work across many practice areas to offer clients immediate access to one of the widest international professional networks around. With strong relationships with the world's banks and financial institutions, the team is renowned for helping Israeli clients access funding and capital markets across the globe. In addition to confidential litigation mandates, there were some striking transactions for the group over the past year. David Lewis led on the USD 850 million sale of Edison's exploration and production oil and gas business to Tel Aviv listed Energean,while GregOlsen led on private equity firm CVC’s USD 430 million acquisition of IronSource. Founded in 2009, IronSource is Israel’s largest web company and offers mostly monetization technologies for mobile applications. Visi t: Israel Page CMS has been significant in guiding Israeli clients through their investments, plans to expand their businesses abroad, tomanage risk and to protect their assets, while assisting those businesses and investors looking to enhance their business in Israel. Clients benefit from the firm’s Hebrew speakers and key relationships with Israeli banks and corporates, prominent start-ups, and well-known lawyers and accountants. As one of the most prominent firms supporting the technology sector, CMS enjoys links with local and international venture capital and corporate venture capital and supports clients across the full range of legal services with an emphasis on the technology, finance and fintech. The group has also been involved in M&A, employment and litigation for Israeli clients and advised on many real estate mandates, including the acquisition of land for the Hebrew Institute in Chile. Within the Israel group, Andrew Besser and Louis Glass are key figures. The international knowhow and resources of DLA ensure that it is regularly involved in the Israeli market. From the U.S. to Latin America, Europe to Asia, the firm’s Israel country group comprises more than 100 lawyers, which advise international clients undertaking M&A and other transactions in Israel, Israeli clients with their strategic objectives abroad, while this Clifford Chance CMS DLA