Goldfarb Gross Seligman has extensive experience in providing legal services to local and international banks and financial institutions, as well as investment houses. Our legal teams combine their expertise in capital market and M&A with expertise in financial regulation, advising prominent clients from ‘both sides of the table’. On the one side, we advise financial institutions, including foreign and local banks, credit card companies and other non-bank financial entities. On the other side, we represent the largest and leading concerns in the Israeli market, regarding their ongoing activities opposite local and foreign banks.
Our legal teams provide comprehensive counsel on all legal-banking aspects, including discussions and negotiations with the relevant regulators – the Bank of Israel, the Securities Authority, and the Anti-Trust Authority.
In this capacity, we handle sale transactions of banks and banking assets and advises international banking and financial institutions, as well as regulation and licensing of financial activities; financial derivative transactions based on ISDA documents (our firm is a member of the ISDA organization); and advise financial institutions on global services in the securities market (custody, brokerage, etc.), the credit cards field, payment systems and clearing charges, as well as network based financial services.
In addition, we advise banks and international financial institutions regarding their business in Israel, including financing transactions and the regulatory regime governing.
Among our clients in this field are some of Israel’s largest banks, insurance companies and credit card companies; Israel’s largest business groups and corporations; international banks and financial institutions; and others.
“Goldfarb Gross Seligman provides invaluable guidance, from shaping high-level strategy to executing the finest legal and commercial details”
Chambers & Partners, 2026
“Unique skill in combining legal and business knowledge”
Legal 500, 2026
“Their ability to break down complex legal and regulatory issues and turn them into actionable advice is invaluable”
Chambers & Partners, 2026
“The Goldfarb Gross Seligman team is highly competent and reliable. Its lawyers have a strong understanding of the regulatory landscape and offer practical advice”
Chambers & Partners, 2026
