Commercial Finance

Our legal teams accumulated many years of experience and unique expertise in the finance field. The firm handles large-scale finance transactions and the financing of projects in Israel and abroad, as well as raising capital by means of creating complex financial instruments.

Our attorneys advise clients on particularly complex finance transactions, and have a deep understanding of local and foreign regulations. The knowledge and experience accumulated by our legal teams, alongside their expertise in commercial law, make the firm one of Israel’s leading firms in the field.

Our expert attorneys advise clients regarding a broad array of financing transactions and models, in relation to both the corporate finance and project finance fields. Our legal teams act for lenders, including banks and other financial entities, as well as credit enhancers and borrowers, representing prominent clients from ‘both sides of the table’, anticipating and addressing the needs and objectives of all parties to a transaction. Based on this knowledge, our attorneys provide comprehensive legal-strategic counsel, considering all commercial, financial and finance aspects of each finance transaction and tailoring the financing model to meet the unique needs of each client.

In the corporate finance field, our legal teams represent the largest and leading concerns in the Israeli market in connection with their ongoing activities that involve domestic and foreign banks. In addition, our attorneys advise international corporations regarding financing aspects of their activity in Israel, specifically their contact with Israeli banks and financial entities. Our legal teams in-depth understanding of the commercial and financial environment in which the client operates, in Israel and abroad, enables them to provide innovative legal solutions in the corporate finance field.

In the project finance field, our attorneys advise on various large-scale projects in the infrastructure, development, energy and transportation fields, providing comprehensive counsel regarding financial and economic aspects. Our legal teams regularly handle complex financing transactions, advising on the choice of the financing model best suited to the unique business environment of each field. In this capacity, our attorneys provide counsel regarding various financing models, such as PPP (Private Public Partnership), PFI (Private Finance Initiative) and BOT (Build Operate Transfer), including advising on negotiations regarding long term loan settlements, interim period financing settlements, and refinancing agreements. Our firm advises on the finance aspects of a significant share of the major infrastructure, energy, real estate and transportation projects in Israel.

In addition, the firm has a unique practice and extensive experience in providing counsel in the financing field to airlines, government companies, defense corporations and large aviation corporations. In this capacity, our legal teams represent clients before banks and other financial institutions in credit agreements and private financing agreements, advising on the financing of air and space assets, including passenger airplanes, private jets, satellites and more. In recent years, the firm’s legal teams handled several complex financing agreements intended for the purchase and refinancing of dozens of planes.

"These are excellent, available, efficient professionals, real team players."

The Legal 500 | 2020

"Notable experience advising lenders on cross-border financing transactions and serving as counsel to underwriters."

Chambers & Partners | 2020

"Represents excellent value for money on complex transactions and assignments."

The Legal 500 | 2016

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