Sullivan & Worcester

Sullivan & Worcester is a leading international law firm with offices in New York, Boston, Washington, Tel Aviv, and London. The firm advises global public companies listed on exchanges such as NASDAQ, NYSE, and TASE, as well as private entities navigating complex legal and regulatory frameworks. We emphasize a personalized, business-oriented approach and build multidisciplinary teams led by experienced partners to guide clients across both local and global markets. Our Israel Practice manages significant legal work for Israeli companies and foreign entities with Israeli interests. We serve as a gateway for Israeli companies, investors, and funds entering the U.S. and Asian markets. We advise on cross-border capital markets, representing issuers, underwriters, and funds in offerings on TASE and Nasdaq. Our deep familiarity with U.S., China, and Israeli markets enables us to bridge legal systems and cultural differences with precision. Our cross-border platform connects clients to legal, regulatory, and business environments across the U.S., Asia and Israel. We offer seamless support backed by an extensive network and global market insight, helping clients navigate international business complexities with confidence. Our personalized, business-oriented approach and our commitment to assembling multidisciplinary teams led by experienced partners. With our extensive network and deep understanding of both local and global markets, Sullivan & Worcester expertly guides our clients through the complexities of international business.

Core Practice Areas

Capital Markets - Our Capital Markets team advises on IPOs and securities offerings in both the U.S. and Israel, providing integrated services under both jurisdictions. As dual-listing experts with a record of hundreds of IPOs, we’ve raised tens of billions of dollars for clients in technology, life sciences, fintech, cyber, robotics, and renewable energy, including emerging sectors like AV and medical cannabis. Our global, multicultural, and multilingual team offers a deep understanding of market dynamics, bridging cultural differences and navigating varied transaction structures to ensure seamless and successful outcomes.
We ensure compliance with U.S. and Israeli regulators, bridging cultural and legal gaps. Our capital markets team advised on a substantial portion of the offerings by Israeli companies that are listed in the US and currently represents the most Israeli Nasdaq-listed companies of any other law firm in Israel.
High-Tech and M&A - We support public/private companies, start-ups, and investors with local and cross-border transactions: mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, and strategic investments. Our full-cycle support, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, closing, enables clients to realize growth, mitigate risk, and capture opportunity with innovative and practical solutions. We provide comprehensive support throughout the entire transaction lifecycle, from initial due diligence and negotiation to structuring and closing, ensuring our clients are well-positioned to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate potential risks. Our commitment is to deliver innovative, practical solutions that drive value and support our clients’ long-term success in the global marketplace.
Commercial Litigation - We resolve complex disputes in civil, securities, corporate, and administrative law. Our clients include Israeli and international corporations and shareholders in matters related to governance, insolvency, and capital markets. Our globally coordinated litigation teams, based in the US and Tel Aviv, deliver unified, strategic advocacy in multi-jurisdictional disputes. We have particular expertise in high-stakes control battles between shareholders, directors, and officers, where strategic legal manoeuvring is critical to securing favourable outcomes. Our focus is on providing strategic, results oriented advocacy to protect our clients’ interests and achieve favorable outcomes in even the most challenging legal environments.
China and East Asia Desk: Your Strategic Partners for Growth in Asia - In East Asia, success demands more than legal excellence, it requires a combination of proven experience, multidisciplinary expertise, personal relationships, and commercial insights. Our China and East Asia legal practice, with decades of experience advising international and Israeli companies doing business in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea Japan, and throughout the Asia-Pacific region, serves as the bridge to business opportunities across the region. This experience enables our clients to bridge gaps, prevent misunderstandings, and build trust, the key to doing business in China and East Asia. We have extensive experience leading cross-border M&A transactions in East Asia, establishing joint ventures (JVs) and wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs) in China, structuring efficient foreign direct investment (FDI) vehicles, and negotiating technology transfer agreements, licensing agreements, and intellectual property (IP) protection arrangements. We assist clients in confidently navigating complex issues of corporate governance in China, cybersecurity and data protection, Chinese regulatory compliance, international trade regulation, privacy laws, employment law in China, complex commercial contracts, and investment structures, particularly in sensitive or regulated sectors in China, as well as dispute resolution and arbitration, all while fully aligning with commercial objectives. The China and East Asia Desk also represents Chinese investors and East Asian investors in M&A transactions and acquisition deals in Israeli companies, facilitating inbound investment from China and supporting China-Israel business relations.
Sullivan’s China and East Asia Desk serves as a strategic resource for companies requiring legal counsel for market entry into China and East Asia, ongoing operations, or high-stakes disputes. Whether you’re an Israeli company expanding to China, a multinational corporation operating in East Asia, or an Asian investor entering the Israeli market, we deliver practical, tailored legal solutions that protect our clients’ interests while enabling growth in one of the world’s most complex legal markets.