Olgan, Rub & Co.

Olgan Rub & Co. is a boutique firm specializing in energy and utilities, offering tailored legal and commercial services to maximize client value. Currently, the firm includes 20 employees, among them 18 associates and partners, It is Israel’s leading energy-focused practice of its kind, in terms of both the number of practicing attorneys and the scale of operations. One of the firm’s founders, Adv. Nadav Olgan, served until 2022 as the managing partner of the Energy and Utilities Department at Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co., and is one of the pioneers in the renewable energy field in Israel. The firm’s team has a deep and unique understanding of the energy market, enabling it to identify diverse business opportunities for its clients, and to provide comprehensive solutions that integrate both legal and commercial insights. The firm accompanies a considerable share of Israel’s largest energy transactions, including groundbreaking transactions for purchasing green electricity (generated by renewable energy facilities) and the construction of various energy production and storage facilities, including via pioneering technologies. The firm maintains the highest standards of professionalism and service in order to provide its clients with the best representation, constantly aiming to assist them in achieving their goals.

Diverse and Unique Services

Olgan Rub & Co. offers diverse and unique services in order to maximize the economic benefit of its clients. The firm’s team has vast experience and a unique specialization in energy and infrastructure projects from steering, initiation and procurement to construction and commercial operation, and electricity trading. The firm has unique experience in accompanying Israel’s biggest energy consumers, starting from an analysis of the energy needs and of the best actions they should carry out moving forward, up to the execution phase which includes the purchasing of discounted electricity from licensed suppliers, building power generation facilities utilizing renewable energy and natural gas, building energy storage facilities, conversion to natural gas, building EV charging stations, facilitating natural gas and fuel procurement and transmission.
Our team also accompanies licensed electricity suppliers, both conventional and virtual transactions for the sale and purchase of the electricity, and various bidders in public tenders (including BOT and PFI tenders).

Accompanying International and Local Entities

Olgan Rub & Co. operates across all segments of the energy market, serving a diverse clientele, including entrepreneurs, industrial plants, real estate firms, kibbutzim, municipalities, licensed electricity suppliers, and construction and O&M contractors.

Practice Areas

Renewable Energies
The firm has been a key player in Israel’s renewable energy market since its inception, bringing extensive experience in advising entrepreneurs, corporations, and energy consumers. It specializes in drafting and negotiating agreements for the development and operation of renewable energy facilities, including photovoltaic plants, energy storage systems, thermo-solar facilities, wind farms, biomass plants, and biogas facilities.
Energy Consumers
The firm regularly advises industrial plants, income-generating real estate companies, hotel chains, infrastructure and communication companies, kibbutzim, moshavim, and municipal authorities on competitive processes for securing energy transactions and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). This includes procuring “green” electricity from renewable energy sources; developing photovoltaic power generation and energy storage facilities; facilitating factory conversions and natural gas procurement; establishing natural gas power generation facilities; negotiating agreements for EV charging station installations; drafting fuel purchase agreements (LPG, diesel); structuring energy efficiency agreements.
Regulation
Olgan Rub & Co. has specialized expertise in electricity and natural gas sector regulation, offering professional and strategic guidance in a dynamic and complex regulatory landscape. The firm provides: regulatory impact analysis; submission of responses to regulatory changes; preparation of comprehensive legal opinions; assistance in navigating evolving regulations; representation before authorities and government ministries.
Public Tenders
Olgan Rub & Co. advises local and international entities on complex energy and infrastructure tenders, including BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer), PFI (Private Finance Initiative), public and government tenders, and private tenders in the renewable energy sector. The firm provides end-to-end support throughout all tender stages – from document preparation and negotiations to bid submission, contract award, and project implementation.
Natural Gas
Olgan Rub & Co. specializes in providing comprehensive legal and commercial guidance to leading companies and entities navigating the transition to natural gas. The firm’s services cover the entire process – from feasibility assessments and project planning to full-scale implementation.
The firm’s expertise includes advising on natural gas purchase agreements in both the Upstream (transmission system) and Downstream (distribution network) segments; managing competitive procurement processes to identify and select natural gas marketers; negotiating natural gas purchase agreements to secure favorable terms for our clients and guiding the establishment and operation of natural gas-based power generation and cogeneration facilities within Israel’s industrial sector.

Founding Partners

Adv. Nadav Olgan
Nadav Olgan is the founding partner of Olgan Rub & Co. and one of Israel’s leading energy sector lawyers. With deep expertise in electricity and natural gas regulation, he is a pioneer in representing energy consumers.
Nadav provides strategic legal and commercial counsel to prominent entrepreneurs and energy consumers in Israel and internationally. His practice spans a wide range of energy projects, including energy infrastructure development; project lifecycle management; electricity and natural gas transactions; energy and infrastructure tenders; mergers and acquisitions; regulatory consulting and advocacy. With a deep understanding of both the local and global energy markets, Nadav has played a key role in groundbreaking electricity trading, renewable energy, and energy storage transactions that have shaped Israel’s energy sector. Nadav holds an M.B.A. with a specialization in business finance and entrepreneurship from the Hebrew University, an LL.B. from the Hebrew University, and an additional B.A., History and Political Science, from the Hebrew University. Nadav has been admitted into the Israel Bar Association since 2008.
Adv. Gal Rub
Gal is the founding partner of the firm and a leading expert in electricity trading and energy consumer representation. He advises some of Israel’s largest energy consumers. Gal specializes in structuring option agreements, partnership agreements, EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) agreements, and O&M (Operation & Maintenance) agreements; advising on natural gas-based energy project initiation and development; negotiating stand-alone and integrated storage projects; facilitating power purchase agreements (PPA) from licensed electricity suppliers; overseeing factory conversions to natural gas, electric vehicle charging station developments, and fuel procurement (LPG, diesel, etc.); structuring and negotiating M&A agreements in the energy sector; representing corporations before Israeli regulatory authorities and advising on energy and infrastructure tenders.
Gal has played a pivotal role in shaping Israel’s electricity trading market, leading groundbreaking transactions, including some of the country’s first green energy PPAs. He also advises Israeli corporations on international PPAs.
Gal holds an LL.B. with a minor in management from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. (specialization in finance) from IDC Herzliya. Gal has been admitted into the Israel Bar Association since 2012.