September Edition 2020

23 Kirkland & Ellis Kobre & Kim The Israel Practice of distinguished law firm Kirkland & Ellis (“Kirkland”) is recognized for a robust market position in mergers and acquisitions. In 2019, the team advised Gazit-Globe Limited on its €1.4 billion acquisition of Atrium European Real Estate, building on two landmark transactions previously – SK Capital on its USD 1 billion acquisition of Israel Chemicals’ fire safety and oil additives business and Mazor Robotics on its USD 1.6 billion sale to Medtronic. Key individuals include David Fox, Matthew Elliott, Stuart Boyd and Rebecca Villareal . The Firm’s Israel Practice Group, recognized for its enterprise and energy, is steeped in the Israeli social, cultural and political environment and has a deep understanding of the particular nuances of international companies doing business in Israel. Focused exclusively on disputes and investigations, Kobre & Kim enjoys a commanding reputation for representing Israeli clients in cross-border disputes involving Israel, the U.S., Europe, Asia and other jurisdictions. RobertHenoch , MichaelRosen and JeremyBressman are instrumental figures in a compact, tight-knit team, which earns significant roles in sensitive and high-profile litigation and also helped Israeli start-ups through the launch of a Litigation fund in 2018, in partnership with litigation finance firm IMF. As the only firm with a former U.S. federal prosecutor based full time in Israel (Robert Henoch), the team specializes in assisting Israeli clients in complex international government investigations. One striking example has been its role as Independent Examiner for the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division in their investigation of Bank Hapoalim’s entities in Israel, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, and the U.S. in relation to allegations of the Bank’s support in evading their U.S. tax obligations. Israeli clients also benefit from the senior experience of a U.S.-trained IP litigator with almost two decades’ experience of U.S. courts. The firm acts for top- level Israeli executives and U.S. subsidiaries of Israeli companies. Visi t: Israel Page Latham & Watkins’ (“Latham”) Israel Practice leverages its global reach to provide strategic advice to Israeli clients on some of the highest profile and highest value M&A and capital markets transactions in the Israeli market. In 2019, the Latham team represented Playtika in its acquisition of Seriously Holding Corp., a developer and manufacturer of mobile games for iOS and android platforms and has also played an instrumental role for buyers, sellers and financial advisors on a string of striking acquisitions, such as the sale to NVIDIA Corporation of Mellanox Technologies, a U.S. and Israel-based Latham & Watkins