Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

An international law firm of affiliated local firms with offices in the United States, Israel and the United Kingdom. Pearl Cohen’s priority is to provide exceptional legal advice with maximum commercial impact.
For decades, our commitment to excellence has been earning the confidence of innovation-driven enterprises, including Fortune 500 and small-cap emerging companies, start-ups and entrepreneurs, investors, academic institutions and government-related entities. Our clients recognize the excellence of our strong team of multilingual professionals, educated in some of the world’s most renowned legal, academic, and scientific institutions, with experience from the world’s most prominent law firms. As such, our international perspective is entrenched in the DNA of the firm – introduced by the partners, reinforced by the associates, and valued by our clients.

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Patents - Our Patent Group provides the strategic vision, creative support, and professional guidance needed to successfully protect and promote our clients’ inventions and ideas. With over 45 experienced patent attorneys and agents authorized to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO), and the Israeli Patent Office (IPO), and relationships with leading intellectual property firms around the globe, Pearl Cohen helps clients obtain worldwide patent protection. Our clients regularly depend on our reputation for providing innovative and strategic international patent strategies to protect their inventions and commercial products and services, and they benefit greatly from the synergy between our related practice areas, including intellectual property and business law, to acquire, sell, or license patents. Our patent expertise is enhanced by a significant support staff of scientific advisors.
Led by Adv. and Patent Attorney Zeev Pearl, Adv. and Patent Attorney Mark Cohen & Adv. and Patent Attorney Assaf Weiler.

Intellectual Property Litigation - The Intellectual Property Litigation Group is the leading group for disputes concerning infringement and ownership of patents and other intellectual property, technology licensing, copyright, trade secrets, trademarks, parallel imports, and brand protection. The firm has extensive experience in multiple jurisdictions, ranging from U.S., Europe, and Israeli trial work to USPTO post-grant procedures, their counterpart procedures in Israel, and before the European patent and trademark offices.
Led by Adv. And Patent Attorney Zeev Pearl and Adv. Yossi Markovich.

Trademarks and Designs - Our experienced attorneys provide clients with personalized trademark counseling, prosecution, licensing, and enforcement strategies - including litigation.
Led by Adv. Dor Cohen Zedek, Adv. Yossi Markovich and Adv. Todd Braverman.

Licensing & IP Transactions - Pearl Cohen’s lawyers bring decades of cutting-edge experience in negotiating, structuring, and closing complex transactions relating to technology and IP, including technology licensing agreements, joint development agreements, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Our Licensing Group also advises a wide range of clients in the academic sector, including universities’ and hospitals’ technology transfer offices “licensing out” academia IP and start-ups and established companies on the “licensing in” of technologies.
Led by Adv. Yael Baratz and Adv. Hili Rashkovan.

Cyber, Data Protection & Privacy - Our team guides our clients on the measures they need to take to comply with the fast-paced evolution of legal standards applicable to their activities in cyberspace. The team has accumulated decades of experience counseling clients on the law as applied to the Internet and cyberspace. Our attorneys have a thorough grasp of new and Internet-driven technologies. They also have conquered precedent-setting legal work on Internet-related issues. Some of the matters the group handle include guiding and counseling companies to comply with the requirements of the Israeli Privacy Protection Law, the data security regulations, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Led by Adv. Haim Ravia.

Commercial Services

Hi-Tech, Venture Capital, and Mergers & acquisitions - Pearl Cohen’s hi-tech attorneys are proud to be part of the vast majority of transactions in this field, including investment agreements, offerings, M&As, and other key processes experienced by the global hi-tech industry over the past few years. Our specialization in Hi-Tech allows us to counsel a wide range of clients: from start-ups, through established hi-tech companies to angels and venture capital funds. Our firm’s hi-tech attorneys provide legal advice to all the above, based on extensive experience, proficiency in law and frequently changing regulations, and innovative and ground-breaking business insight. As a large firm specializing in representing clients in all areas of law, Pearl Cohen’s hi-tech clients enjoy our multidisciplinary approach from day one and receive advice in a wide range of areas: commercial law, intellectual property and patent law, labor law, taxation, securities and capital market, litigation and more.
Led by Adv. Doron Latzer, Adv. Atir Jaffe, Adv. Guy Lachmann, Adv. Oded Kadosh, Adv. Anna Moshe, and Adv. Inbal Perlstein-Mandelbaum.

Capital Markets & Securities - Pearl Cohen’s U.S. and Israel Capital Markets & Securities practice group assemble global teams to help clients weigh the advantages and disadvantages of raising capital or debt or listing in the United States. Our integrated, real-time, global service team ensures that we are the premiere choice for companies, investment banks, strategic investors, and large shareholders to assist in a range of securities transactions and international public securities matters. Such transactions involve securities listed on TASE, NASDAQ, NYSE, OTC, CSE, TSX, London Stock Exchange, AIM, and the over-the-counter markets.
Led by Adv. Ilan Gerzi and Adv. Oded Kadosh.

Corporate Law - Our team structure, negotiate, draft and review all transaction documentation for clients, providing advice on the full spectrum of corporate finance activities. Pearl Cohen’s Corporate practice group is as diverse as our domestic and international client roster, which includes start-up ventures, mid-market companies, multinationals, and Fortune 500 giants, each operating in cutting-edge industries, including technology, cyber, fintech, gaming, life sciences and Healthcare, FoodTec, retail, software, manufacturing, and many more.
Led by Adv. Yael Baratz and Adv. Oded Kadosh.

Labor & Employment - Pearl Cohen‘s Labor and Employment Practice Group accompanies local and global companies, from start-ups to multinational companies, which rely on our comprehensive, practical, and effective day-to-day consulting. With an extensive and diverse clientele, our attorneys represent well-known companies from various industries, including high-tech, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, medical devices, banking, automotive, and hospitality.
Led by Adv. Kalia Klein and Adv. Francine Alfandary.

Real Estate and Construction - Committed to the client from the beginning of a project to its very completion, Pearl Cohen’s Real Estate group wins the respect and trust of public and private investors and owners, construction companies, industrial companies, investment companies, and many other parties in a wide range of commercial, industrial, residential or mixed-use estate projects, as well as investments of all sizes in Israel, Europe, the US and elsewhere. We routinely handle all the negotiations with regards to the full gamut of real estate issues facing clients, including joint ventures, sale and purchase agreements, contractor or agreements, construction agreements, real state litigation, etc.
Led by Adv. Benjamin Baratz, Adv. Sagit Shahmoon and Adv. Barak Bing.

Infrastructure and Energy - Our firm has acquired significant expertise in representing and advising on complex infrastructure and energy projects. Our Infrastructure and Energy practice group has deep roots in Israeli infrastructure and is recognized as a Leader in this field. We have advised and assisted in the largest and most complex infrastructure projects for clients who demand the highest level of legal service and industry knowledge. We bring deep experience acting for concessionaires, EPC contractors, O&M contractors, subcontractors, developers, and State agencies in fields as diverse as transportation (road and rail), power (conventional and renewable), security (defense and homeland), and civil and marine engineering projects. We also bring expertise to tender and competitive bidding stages; acting on petitions to dismiss the successful bidder; preparing and negotiating project agreements, including BOT and PFI concession agreements, EPC Contracts, and Operation & Maintenance agreements; negotiating financing agreements and security arrangements; and more.
Led by Adv. Micha Tollman.

Commercial Litigation - Pearl Cohen’s Commercial Litigation group regularly wins the confidence of business leaders facing their most serious business challenges. Our successful track record in resolving corporate, business, and real estate litigation and our appearance in every type of tribunal – from local tax and planning appeal committees to the High Court of Justice – ensure our litigators are nimble enough to dispatch small matters swiftly and efficiently and seasoned enough to handle larger and more complex litigations, in either country. Our Commercial Litigation group also has extensive experience representing financial institutions, holding companies, and private clients in real estate-related matters. Our litigators work closely with Pearl Cohen’s Corporate groups on behalf of our clients, ranging from technology start-ups to large multinationals, on securities litigation, including proxy disputes; litigations over disclosures in public offerings; contract and other commercial disputes; and more.
Led by Adv. Benjamin Baratz.

Banking & Insolvency

The Insolvency and Restructuring practice group at Pearl Cohen provides comprehensive legal advice in insolvency proceedings and helps many companies reach recovery, both outside and within the walls of the Court. Whether it is about the suspension of proceedings, liquidation of companies, foreclosures, creditors’ arrangements, and recovery or bankruptcy – the attorneys of our insolvency and restructuring practice group are skilled and experienced in providing legal and practical assistance to debtors and banks as well as other leading creditors, and specializes, inter alia, in providing services to banks in the areas of blockchain and crypto (virtual currencies). The group’s attorneys serve as officials under the appointment of the Court and have extensive and rich experience in corporate recovery and insolvency proceedings for companies from various and diverse disciplines, some of which are of the largest in the economy. The group includes attorneys experienced in handling foreclosure cases, suspension of proceedings, liquidations, bankruptcies, as well as commercial and banking litigation.
Led by Adv. Israel Bachar and Adv. Omer Kelner.

Latin America and Spain

The Pearl Cohen LATAM and Spain Practice Group represents companies and individuals from Spain and Latin America in various commercial and corporate matters in Israel and the US. Likewise, the Practice Group represents Israeli and international companies and individuals in their Spanish language and Spain and Latin American markets related matters. The Group provides services through its attorneys both in Pearl Cohen US and IL offices. Additionally, the group has a wide network of correspondent law firms in the relevant countries with which it cooperates closely. As a global, multicultural team, its members are well versed in the various cultural nuances and legal systems, to bridge the gap between Israeli, US, and Spanish speaking markets and deliver valuable expertise in all legal disciplines, including: Commercial and Corporate Law, Hi-Tech, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Venture, Fund Formation, International Trade Law, Licensing, Tax, and more.
Led by Adv. Meny Broid and Adv. Ilana Soloducho.

Foreign Desks

Alongside the firm’s offices operating outside of Israel, including the US and London, Pearl Cohen engages in extensive activity in additional foreign countries through several desks: China, Japan, India, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Pearl Cohen’s teams act as a professional bridge-way into these countries, assisting Israeli and foreign clients in successfully conducting their businesses abroad. Led by Adv. Hadar Solomon (China), Adv. Guy Lachmann (Japan and Germany), Adv. Francine Alfandary (France), Adv. Micha Tollman (Australia).