Gidi Frishtik, a partner and the head of the firm’s Sustainability and Environment Group, explains in his article in the Calcalist why the Climate Law has to address further significant issues beyond the reduction of carbon emissions, adjusting it to the State of Israel and its needs. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.
While we have all heard a lot about the wave of SPACs in the U.S. markets, and its ripple effect upon Israeli hi-tech companies going public, we do not necessarily contemplate its long-term impact upon the eco-system for all types of Israeli companies, whether big or small, that seek U.S.-based capital, or for investors that would like to invest in all types of Israeli companies. For the full article by Jonathan M. Nathan click here.
Nadav Weisman, a partner in our firm, shares in his article in Globes, his insights on how the Israeli public has been affected by the impaired law enforcement, explaining what we can do to resolve the issue. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.
Now that the elections are behind us, it is time for the next challenge facing the political parties in Israel – a coalition agreement. How is such an agreement formulated and what is expected to occur during the coalition negotiations, which will ultimately determine what the new government will look like?
Alon Gellert, a partner in our firm who has been involved in drafting many coalition agreements, discusses this matter in the Kan 11 podcast – Chayot Kis (Pocket Animals). For the full recording (Hebrew) click here .
Our firm represented different water corporations in the prevention of the reform to reduce the number of the corporations from 56 to 30. The argument was that a reduction will most definitely harm the functioning of the corporations, the service provided to consumers, and will inevitably lead to cross-subsidization of strong corporations consumers to weak corporations consumers. For the full article (Hebrew) click here .
David Fruchtman, a partner at our firm, addressed this topic in an interview to ‘The Times of Israel’ and said: “In Israel the trend is starting, there is definitely a significant increase both in interest in SPAC transactions as well as in actual companies pursuing it. It will be “SPACs all the way” for 2021 as well. The numbers are dazzling, and today it is all that everyone is talking about.” For the full article click here.
Gidi Frishtik, partner at our firm and the head of the firm’s environmental law practice, presents in his article to Globes, the steps that the National Marine Environment Protection Division and the Ministry of Environmental Protection must take, following the pollution crisis off the coast of Israel. Gidi also highlights in his article that if the National Marine Environment Protection Division will be smart to act as he noted, the pollution incident will be remembered as a positive turning point in the preservation of Israel’s marine and coastal environment. For the full article (Hebrew) click here.
