Israel is among the most important centers of technology and entrepreneurship in the world. The Israel Practice of Fenwick & West provides corporate, intellectual property and tax advice as part of comprehensive business solutions to Israeli companies and entrepreneurs, as well as international and U.S. companies investing or doing business in Israel, with a focus on the technology, life science and cleantech sectors.

Fenwick & West regularly advises clients in the following areas:

• Corporate counseling for Israeli technology companies
• Venture and debt financing
• Cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving Israeli companies, representing acquirers and targets
• Investment in Israeli companies by international venture capital and strategic investors
• Initial public offerings of Israeli companies in the U.S.
• Intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright counseling
• Technology transactions, including licensing, distribution, manufacturing and OEM agreements
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Reorganizations
• Employment and equity compensation
• Litigation
• Tax planning

Serving Israeli Growth Companies
Fenwick & West provides Israeli entrepreneurs and Israel-related companies with a broad range of services, through all stages of growth. We represent a wide range of Israeli technology clients from formation and initial funding through IPOs and acquisitions. We focus on cost-effective service, giving clients a single point of accountability for substantially all their legal needs. Our leading venture capital practice and long-standing relationships with the top members of the investment and technology industries in Silicon Valley enable us to provide strategic advice and introductions to our clients in connection with their fundraising and business alliances.

Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Practice with Expertise in Israel-related Transactions
Fenwick & West was recently ranked by MergerMarket as the #1 U.S. law firm for technology sector M&A. Over the last seven years, we have completed more than $200 billion worth of transactions, including many cross-border transactions involving Israeli companies. We have advised targets and acquirers in Israeli M&A transactions, including Cisco Systems in its numerous acquisitions and investments in Israeli companies, Shopping.com, Siliquent Technologies, Topio and Cyota.

Venture Capital Services
Fenwick & West represents many leading venture capital and strategic investors; some of them are among the largest acquirers and investors in Israeli companies. We have represented Sequoia, Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, USVP, BRM Capital and Azure Capital in their investments in Israeli companies. Our Venture Capital Services group serves as a point of contact with our entrepreneur and investors networks, facilitates introductions between companies and appropriate investors, and provides guidance to our emerging company clients on business models, fundraising strategy and development of investor materials.

Local Expertise
Through many years of advising Israeli clients and facilitating Israel-related transactions, the attorneys of Fenwick & West have gained extensive experience and understanding of the business and legal aspects of the Israeli technology market. We are aware of the similarities and differences between the U.S. and Israeli legal systems and business cultures. We have strong relationships with leading Israeli venture capital funds, law firms and other professionals that allow us to provide comprehensive legal and business solutions for U.S.-Israeli transactions. Our clients range from first-time Israeli entrepreneurs to Israeli public corporations, and include multinational corporations and investors that do business with Israeli companies.

Additional Resources
Fenwick & West produces Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings in Israel, a regular survey that analyzes the terms of venture financings for Israeli and Israeli-related technology companies.

For more information about our Israel Practice, please contact Cindy Hess at chess@fenwick.com or +1.650.335.7238, Bill Schreiber at bschreiber@fenwick.com or +1.650.335.7855, or Barry Kramer at bkramer@fenwick.com or +1.650.335.7278.

Related services include Corporate, Start-ups & VC, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Industries and Tax.