Naschitz Brandes Amir & Co.

As one of the largest and most prestigious full-service law firms in Israel, counting 194 lawyers, Naschitz Brandes Amir (NBA) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of excellence in all areas of the firm’s commercial practice.

The firm’s diverse practices include representation of private and public companies, multinational corporations, infrastructure companies, high-tech and bio-tech/life sciences companies ( in various stages of the corporate lifecycle), private equity and venture capital funds, private investors, commercial banks, investment banks, insurers, governmental organizations, and real estate and construction companies. NBA’s corporate department is supplemented by its prominent regulatory, competition, real estate, intellectual property, tax, labor, and litigation practices. In recognition of NBA’s robust cross-border transactional practice, the firm was awarded the prestigious “M&A Legal Advisor of the Year” award by Mergermarket in 2015 and 2018. In addition, NBA’s practices and attorneys are consistently recognized by such international ranking authorities as Chambers Global, The Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Who’s Who Legal, as well as by such local ranking guides as Dun’s 100 and BDI.

Main Areas of Practice

Corporate & M&A: As one of the most prominent M&A law firms in Israel, year after year NBA maintains its powerhouse status advising leading corporations, private equity funds, international companies and financial institutions across a wide set of industries on all aspects of cross-border and domestic M&A transactions. The firm’s lawyers are among the most experienced and skilled in Israel, having acted as buy-side or sell-side advisors in many public and private M&A transactions in the Israeli market in the last few years, including some of the largest deals ever undertaken Israel.

Capital Markets: Naschitz Brandes Amir boasts one of Israel’s leading Securities and Capital Markets practices, providing legal advice to global and domestic companies, issuers, underwriters and shareholders on a wide range of issues, including IPOs, secondary offerings, equity, convertible and debt securities offerings, tender offers, public disclosure and reporting, corporate governance and other regulatory matters. The firm has unparalleled experience representing Israeli issuers, shareholders and global investment banks and underwriters in cross-border securities offerings of Israeli companies on NASDAQ, the NYSE, the LSE and the TASE, whether SEC-registered, Reg S or Rule 144A offerings. We provide ongoing advice on all regulatory matters to Israeli companies whose securities are traded in the U.S. and Europe, as well as to many “dual listed” companies whose shares are traded both, in the U.S. and on the TASE.

Banking & Finance: NBA’s banking and financial services longstanding full-service practice is widely recognized as a market leader in Israel. Many commercial banks, insurance companies, finance companies, private investment funds, and other institutions trust the firm’s attorneys to take a practical, client-oriented approach to achieving their business objectives. NBA specializes in complex cross-border financial transactions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and representation before regulatory authorities (such as the Bank of Israel, the Securities Authority, the Antitrust Authority, the Supervisor of Banks, the Supervisor of Insurance, and others).

Litigation & Insurance: The depth and dimension of the firm’s litigation practice enables NBA to represent public companies, private entities, and other organizations in a wide range of corporate, commercial, securities, antitrust, class-action, insurance, tort, product and professional liability, employment, real estate, white-collar, and intellectual property litigation proceedings.

High-Tech & Venture: The acclaimed High-Tech and Venture Capital practice at Naschitz Brandes Amir is dedicated to assisting founders, entrepreneurs, mature and emerging growth innovative technology companies, startups, as well as angels and venture capital funds, corporate strategic investors, and other institutional investors with their venture capital or other strategic transactions. NBA crafts innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions for established and emerging companies in areas ranging from venture capital, public offerings, M&A and strategic relationships, to intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution, taxation, antitrust, and employment law.

Intellectual Property: NBA’s Intellectual Property practice comprises of highly experienced lawyers providing a full range of IP- related services, such as: strategizing IP portfolios; copyright; prosecution of patents, designs, trademarks, plant breeders’ rights and appellations of origin; enforcement; trade secret law; unfair competition; and transactional work including cross border licensing and software development agreements, IP due diligence reviews and reports and freedom to operate opinions.

Real Estate: The firm’s leading real estate practice provides on-going advice and consultation in complex commercial building projects involving thousands of residential apartment units, offices, and commercial and industrial buildings and covering hundreds of thousands of square meters. NBA’s real estate clients include some of the largest and most active developers in the Israeli market.