September Edition 2020

20 a raft of corporate and commercial matters. Philadelphia-based partner Odia Kagan is the Chair of GDPR Compliance & International Privacy group and has been advising Israeli clients on such key issues over the past 12months. Technology and innovation is at the heart of the firm’s extensive client roster, which taps into the group’s transactional experience, as well as a depth of resources in relation to employment, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, and real estate. Recently, the group advised an Israeli airline in relation to sensitive litigation. Furthermore, the comprehensive nature of the practice is enhanced by the firm’s robust Taxation & Wealth Planning department,withmembers supportingAmericans living in Israel,dual citizens, or individuals moving to Israel on various trust, estate planning and tax issues. Visi t: Israel Page As one of the most impressive names in the Israeli market, Freshfields’ Israel group is one of the pacesetters. With Adir Waldman on the ground in Israel, the 20-strong core team’s comprises Noah Rubins , Mitchell Presser and Richard Lister , whose dedication to Israeli clients is plain to see. Clients benefit from its access to a wider network and its strategic advice to Israeli companies going overseas and multinationals investing in Israel. With the Israeli banking sector undergoing a transformation, Freshfields advised U.S. private equity giant Warburg Pincus on its USD 679 million acquisition of credit card company Leumi Card, followed by a follow-on co-investor transaction in the summer of 2019, involving the selling down of an additional 5% each to Menora Mivtachim and Clal Insurance, two of the largest Israeli insurance companies. Both Adir Waldman and Patrick Ko were involved. Adir and Sebastian Lawson also advised several of EMG's shareholders on the USD 518 million divestment of their shares in the EMG pipeline between Israel and Egypt to Israeli oil and gas players Noble and Delek. Freshfields also provides ongoing regulatory advice to Israeli- owned and headquartered, LSE-listed 888 Holdings on its operations in key European jurisdictions. The Group takes the lead spot in Litigation and Arbitration table, with a successful track record in some of the highest-caliber dispute resolution matters in the Israeli market. In a raft of matters, the team advised Shikun & Binui, one of Israel’s leading real estate and infrastructure companies, on litigation arising out of a tender for the Jerusalem Light Rail, one of the country’s flagship transport projects. Freshfields