ISRAEL - BANKING & FINANCE LAWYER OF THE YEAR
CASPI & CO. NORMAN MENACHEM FEDER - PARTNER T: +972 3 796.1220 nmf@caspilaw.com www.caspilaw.com
Norman Menachem Feder is a partner in Caspi & Co., where he manages the firm’s international department. He focuses his practice on finance and cross-border transactions. Mr Feder counsels a wide range of financial institutions, investment funds and multinational and domestic corporations. In finance, he advises on bank lending, corporate finance, project finance, derivatives, financial products and securitisations. In transactions, he advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and operational arrangements. He is also active in fund formation. Mr Feder is commonly acclaimed by professional review publications. Before embarking on private practice, Mr Feder was a 1987-88 Luce Scholar, in the capacity of which he acted as a white collar criminal investigator in Singapore for Singapore’s Ministry of Finance. After that, he served as a judicial law clerk, first to Judge Roger Miner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then to
Deputy Chief Justice Menachem Elon of the Supreme Court of Israel. Mr. Feder is a 1987 graduate of the New York University School of Law with many honors and obtained A.B. and M.A. degrees in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in New York. Mr. Feder is an Adjunct Lecturer on derivatives at the Tel Aviv University Law School. He has authored numerous professional and academic articles on law and finance and was editor-in-chief of the New York University Journal of International Law & Politics. Caspi & Co. is one of Israel’s oldest and best known law firms. Since its founding nearly 75 years ago, the firm has maintained a vibrant domestic and international practice. The firm serves as outside counsel to a variety of major corporations, financial institutions, investment groups, project developers and governmental entities and commonly plays a role in many of Israel’s preeminent transactions and most noted litigations. Regular involvement with major actors and innovative issues positions the firm as a top-rate adviser that can provide a variety of critical and cutting edge legal services. Caspi & Co. prides itself on its deep experience in banking and finance. The firm counsels many Israeli and international financial institutions, as well as significant finance consumers, both in traditional lending arrangements and in alternative financings. Caspi & Co. stakes its reputation on adding quality and value to its clients’ endeavors. As a result, the culture of the firm fosters expertise in law and practicality when formulating solutions. Caspi & Co. lawyers are trained to offer thorough and pragmatic advice to clients and often pursue their interests in more than just one of the firm’s practice areas. A number of the firm’s partners lead in their respective fields.
ISRAEL - PROJECT FINANCE & COMMERCIAL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
YEHUDA RAVEH & Co YEHUDA RAVEH - SENIOR PARTNER Jerusalem: T: +972-2-563-5232 Tel Aviv: T: +972-3-5620303 lawfirm@yraveh.co.il www.yraveh.co.il
Yehuda Raveh and Co. was established in the 1940s by the late Gideon Hausner, the Attorney General of the State of Israel and a Cabinet Minister in Israel’s Government. Today, the firm is among the leading law firms in Israel. It is led by Mr. Yehuda Raveh and has a staff of 85 lawyers, associates, and administrative personnel. The firm is also involved in projects in Europe and has recently opened a branch in Bucharest, Hungary. The firm has been repeatedly ranked among the leading law firms in Israel by various international publications, namely: The European Legal 500, Dun & Bradstreet, Chambers Global, International Association of Business Leaders and IFLR1000. The firm provides legal services in a broad range of areas, including among others: major infrastructure projects, project finance and BOT projects, corporate and M&A, multi-national cross-border transactions, real estate, construction and development, bankruptcy
and reorganisation, hotel and tourism, public tenders, administrative law and litigation and dispute resolution. The firm represents several of the largest real estate and construction projects in the country in major residential, commercial, high-tech and industrial projects. The firm has well-known expertise in hotel development and management deals throughout Israel, and represents numerous hotel owners and developers and major national and international hotel companies. The firm is one of Israel’s leading firms in the area of infrastructure and project finance. The firm has unrivalled experience working across a wide range of infrastructure projects, including infrastructure projects in the areas of transportation, construction, real estate development, water desalination, power plants and others. The firm is heavily involved in the Cross Israel Highway Project, the largest Transportation Infrastructure Project in Israel, which was built and financed on a B.O.T. basis. Yehuda Raveh and Co. is one of the leading corporate and M&A law firms in Israel. The firm has been involved in many significant and complex cross-border transactions, of all sizes and ownership structures. The firm was recently involved in the acquisition of the control of Azorim, a public company valued at $500 million, which is one of the largest development companies in Israel. The firm also represents the Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF), the first Israeli private equity fund specialising in infrastructure related projects and companies. Recently the Firm represented IIF in the acquisition of 75% of the shares in Netivey Hayovel Ltd., the Concessionaire of the PFI Road 431 Project, and in the acquisition of 27.5% of CityPass Ltd., and the Concessionaire of the Jerusalem Light Rail Project.
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