Naschitz Brandes Amir & Co.

Naschitz Brandes Amir is among Israel’s largest and most established full-service law firms, with 326 lawyers and 480 employees.Founded in 1957, Naschitz Brandes Amir provides its clients with comprehensive legal services across all areas of commercial and civil law. The firm is renowned for advising on complex transactions and representing clients in a wide range of sophisticated legal matters.
The firm boasts extensive experience and expertise in a diverse range of legal fields, including M&A, hi-tech and capital markets, commercial and civil litigation, real estate, tort and insurance, and labor law. Additionally, the firm offers specialized legal services in competition and antitrust law, administrative law, tax, intellectual property and patent drafting, energy, infrastructure and financing, artificial intelligence, privacy and cybersecurity, class actions, kibbutzim and cooperative societies, insolvency, planning and zoning, communication and media, defamation and reputation management law, environmental, white-collar crime, medical cannabis, and other pertinent areas of law. The firm provides legal representation to a broad range of clients, including domestic and international private and public companies, multinational corporations, entrepreneurs, established and growing technology companies, private equity funds, venture capital funds, private investors, institutional investors, government organizations, family & inheritance law, civil law, Defense-Tech, DECA (Defense Export Controls Agency) etc. Naschitz Brandes Amir has consistently been ranked as a top firm by international ranking guides such as Chambers Global, Legal500, and IFLR1000. In recent years, the firm has been awarded the title of “Legal Advisor of the Year in the M&A Field” by the research institute MergerMarket. The firm is consistently ranked among the leading commercial law firms in Israel and was also the first Israeli firm to be named “Israel Law Firm of the Year” by Asian Legal Business, part of Thomson Reuters. In addition, the firm receives annual recognition as a leader in its areas of expertise by Israeli ranking guides as well. The firm is active in advancing Israel’s high-tech sector and has worked with the 8200 Alumni Association’s entrepreneurship programs since their establishment, including EISP, which supports entrepreneurs and startups and promotes innovation; Impact, which focuses on social entrepreneurship; and the national 8200 for Small Businesses initiative. The firm also works with entrepreneurs through the Mamram Alumni Association’s entrepreneurship program. In addition, the firm is involved in a range of pro bono and community initiatives, including volunteer work for different communities, assistance to victims of the October 7 war, support for the Kibbutz Be’eri rehabilitation project, and pro bono advice to families in need, senior citizens, at-risk children, animal welfare initiatives and others. The firm provides comprehensive legal counsel to organizations, non-profit associations, and private individuals, and represents clients before the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice (HCJ), in petitions involving matters of significant public and constitutional importance.
Commercial Law, M&A: As one of the leading firms in the field of M&A in Israel, the firm advises in complex transactions involving cross-border aspects of local and international transactions across a wide variety of fields and industries. The firm represents key players in public and private transactions in the Israeli investment market and has been involved in some of the largest transactions carried out in Israel. The firm has extensive expertise in all aspects of commercial law and various aspects of M&A transactions, including intellectual property, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and data protection, competition and antitrust, taxation, defense-sector regulatory advice, employment law, environmental matters and more.
High-Tech and Venture Capital: The firm has a longstanding reputation among founders, entrepreneurs, innovative technology companies, growth companies and startups, as well as angels, venture capital funds, strategic corporate investors and institutional investors. The firm provides innovative, creative and practical solutions to established and emerging companies across a broad range of matters, including venture capital, public offerings, M&A, strategic relationships, intellectual property, litigation and commercial dispute resolution, tax, antitrust, cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, defense-tech, employment law and more.
Capital Markets: The firm’s Capital Markets practice is regarded as one of the most prominent and well-recognized in Israel. The firm advises international and domestic companies, Israeli issuers, shareholders, management teams and boards of directors, foreign investment bankers and underwriters on cross-border securities offerings by Israeli companies on Nasdaq, the NYSE and the LSE, as well as offerings by local and foreign companies on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, secondary offerings and corporate governance matters. The practice also provides ongoing advice on regulatory matters to Israeli companies traded in the United States and Europe, including dual-listed companies traded in both the United States and Israel.
Commercial Litigation: The firm has extensive experience and expertise in commercial and civil litigation, including corporate matters, securities, antitrust, class actions, employment law, administrative litigation, real estate, planning and zoning, defamation, white-collar matters, intellectual property, family law and more. The firm handles highly significant cases, including major claims valued at billions of shekels, for some of the largest entities in the Israeli market. The firm has long represented domestic and multinational clients, including in complex international commercial disputes, before all courts and tribunals in Israel and abroad, including the Supreme Court, petitions before the High Court of Justice, arbitrations and mediations.
Real Estate, Urban Renewal, Planning and Zoning: The firm provides ongoing, multidisciplinary advice on real estate projects of all types and sizes, including commercial construction, planning and zoning, urban renewal projects of all kinds, residential construction, tenders and national infrastructure, including BOT projects, land rezoning and development, expropriations, claims, project finance and more. The firm advises and represents a broad range of parties involved in real estate transactions, including developers, government companies, contractors, agricultural and kibbutz-sector entities, private clients, tenants, financial institutions and others.
Torts and Insurance: The firm’s torts and insurance practice is one of the longest-standing in Israel and covers a broad range of matters, including large-scale property claims, product liability, environmental toxic torts, medical malpractice, professional negligence, maritime and aviation tort claims, bodily injury, mass tort claims and more. The firm handles claims arising from some of the largest disasters in Israel and represents Israeli insurance companies, numerous reinsurers and foreign insurers.