Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co

Firm Details:
Managing Partner: Racheli Guz-Lavi, Yoav Etzyon
Chairman: Yonatan Altman
Number of partners: 44
Number of lawyers: 60
Languages: English, Hebrew, French, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, German

FIRM OVERVIEW:
Established in 1956, APM & Co. still works under the same basic ethos upon which it was established – in-depth knowledge of the firm' fields of expertise, creativity, flexibility of thought and uncompromising dedication to the firm's clients.

At APM & Co. provides comprehensive legal advice in commercial, civil and public law.

APM & Co. is unique in its thinking and practice. Comprised of a group of multi-disciplinary professionals with wide ranging education, backgrounds and experience, this exceptional group has one thing in common – a passion for law. It is this shared passion that brings together seasoned lawyers with motivated young attorneys all working together, inspired and looking to achieve more for their clients.

The firm understands that in the current economic environment you require a lawyer who will understand your business. That is why it offers multi-disciplinary professional counsel and strategic legal and business advice that is based on years of experience, accompanying businesses like yours.

As one of the largest, leading law firms in Israel APM & Co. believes in leveraging opportunities and has created a vast network of local and international contacts in almost every field, allowing it to facilitate the creation of business opportunities for clients.

The group also understands that cross border services are essential for conducting business and has therefore placed great importance on the international aspects of their work; this becomes clearly evident in the teams’ diverse backgrounds, international experience and license to practice law in various countries

PRACTICE AREAS:
Arbitration & Mediation
AdTech & Media
AgroTech
Compliance
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets & Securities
Class Actions
Corporate & Commercial
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Cyber
Environment
FinTech
FoodTech
Fund Formation & Representation
Gaming
Hi-Tech, Technology & Venture Capital
India and East Asia Practice
Infrastructure, Energy & Project Finance
Intellectual Property
Insurance-Tech
Insolvency & Restructuring
Labor & Employment
Life Sciences
Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Class Actions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Municipal Tax
Planning & Zoning
Privacy and Data Protection
Private Equity
Regulation and Technology
Real Estate & Construction
Tax
Technology, Internet, Compliance
Telecommunications, Media, e-commerce
Travel-Tech
Urban Renewal

Main Areas of Practice: 

Corporate and M&A & APM & Co. represents clients in the full spectrum of M&A transactions including public company mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin offs, joint ventures and in corporate restructurings and more.

Contact: Ian Rostowsky and Stephen Barak Rozen
Email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

Capital Markets:
The firm routinely counsels public companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange on the required on-going reporting, IPOs and regulatory compliance matters.

Contact: Daniel marcovici
Email: [email protected]

Hi-Tech, Venture Capital & Private Equity: APM & Co. has extensive experience in representing domestic and foreign venture capital and private equity funds, technology companies and entrepreneurs in private equity and venture capital investments (all stages). The firm has prominent experience and practice in the formation of funds and investment vehicles of all types.

Contact: Ian Rostowsky and Yoav Etzyon
Email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

Banking & Finance: APM & Co. advises clients on intricate and large scale financing transactions in Israel and abroad, including with banking consortia, investment houses, insurance companies and other institutional investors in addition to the structuring of financial instruments.

Contact: Yoav Etzyon
Email: [email protected]

Arbitration and Litigation: APM & Co. represents clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings before a wide range of courts and tribunals (including international).

Contact: Erez Haver
Email:[email protected]

Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Class Actions: APM & Co. represents both plaintiffs and defendants in all types of disputes, with a specialization in handling class action litigation.

Contact: Doron Levy and Sharon Lubezky Hess
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Bankruptcy, Litigation & Reorganization: APM & Co. represents both creditors (including financial institutions and banks) and debtors in restructuring, reorganization and intricate domestic and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

Contact: Erez Haver
Email: [email protected]

Real Estate & Construction: APM & Co. represents local and international real estate developers, building contractors, investors and companies in various real-estate transactions in Israel and abroad. The firm counsels clients on the acquisition of properties, obtaining permits, securing financing and through to the completion of sales. The firm also specializes in urban renewals including gentrification projects and NOP 38 projects.

Contacts: Moshe Matalon, Amitai Erlich, Ori Avigad
Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Planning& Zoning: The firm has vast experience in promoting complex and prestigious real estate projects for Israel’s leading real estate companies, landowners, developers and investors. The firm has experience in a wide variety of planning and zoning topics, including master plans and permits, urban renewal, betterment charges, lawsuits on grounds of planning damage, appropriations, municipal taxation, reliefs, formalizing breach of restrictive covenants and more.

Contacts: Yuval Gal-On, Salam Hamed, Dan Or
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Taxation: APM & Co.’s tax department takes a creative approach in handling Israeli and international tax matters. The firm offers advice on tax structures (local and offshore), tax permits and exemptions and has published a leading Israeli treatise on international taxation.

Contact: Doron Levy and Racheli Guz-Lavi
Email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

Employment & Labour: APM & Co. provides its clients with comprehensive legal advice on all matters pertaining to employment and labour law including in the context of M&A transactions and on employee compensation plans. The firm routinely represents clients before labour courts, arbitration panels and other tribunals.

Contact: Shani Ashkenasi
Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property: APM & Co. advises clients on the development and commercialization of intellectual property rights, on licensing agreements and on trademark prosecution. The firm handles cases of enforcement of various types of intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs and trade secrets.

Contact: Ian Rostowsky
Email: [email protected]

Infrastructure, Projects & Energy: APM & Co. represents corporations and conglomerates in the structuring, development and construction of conventional and renewable energy and infrastructure projects involving complex multinational regulatory aspects and financing matters. It holds considerable experience in BOT and PFI projects including counseling the oil and gas search industry.

Privacy, Cyber & Information Security: The firm provides legal and technological counsel on matters of information security, the implementation of technological means, managing the privacy and information security function, managing the marketing function of organizations, support for receiving information security standards certifications (ISO / SOC) etc. The firm responds to compliance proceedings of relevant regulations in Israel and globally. The firm has a dedicated rescue team which specializes in handling information security events and overcoming cyber challenges.

Contact: Itamar Cohen, Hilla Shribman, Adi El Rom
Email: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected]

Environmental: APM & Co. has a leading environmental practice in Israel serving the main industrial companies as well as infrastructure, gas and oil companies. The firm represents clients on a broad range of environmental matters including regulation and legislation, clean-tech projects, toxic torts, class actions and environmental criminal proceedings.

Contacts: Yuval Gal-On, Salam Hamed, Dan Or
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Key Clients: APM’s clients are a diverse group operating across a broad spectrum of industries, ranging from small domestic businesses to multinational corporations with operations in Israel. APM provides a full range of legal services to a wide ranging client base, including major international (Fortune 500) and other global companies, local and foreign banks, financial institutions, venture capital and private equity funds, emerging growth companies, investor groups, government entities, and individuals.

Contact:
Website: http://www.apm.law
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: +972 3 568 9000
Fax number: +972 3 568 9001

Head Office:
APM House, 18 Raoul Wallenberg
Building D,
Ramat Hachayal, Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv District, Israel 6971915