Technology and Intellectual Property
Meitar partner and head of Energy and Infrastructure Group, Renelle Joffe contributed a chapter to The ILO (International Law Office) online news magazine. The chapter is an overview of the Regulatory regime for acquiring petroleum rights in Israel.
Since the discovery of the Tamar natural gas field offshore Israel in 2009, there has been a significant increase in the number of transactions connected to the acquisition of interests in petroleum rights in Israel. The bulk of these acquisitions have been carried out not by acquiring new licences, but instead by farming into existing ones – whether directly by acquiring working interests in existing licences or indirectly by acquiring equity or other interests in the licence holders. Israel is a small country and therefore most of the relevant areas, especially offshore, have already been licensed out.
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Energy and Infrastructure
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Technology and Intellectual Property
Dan Shamgar and Shira Azran has published a Client update describing Amendment No. 16 to the Companies Law – 1999 enacted on March 8, 2011, which primarily addresses corporate governance rules and incorporates, among others, recommendations of a committee established a few years ago by the Israeli Securities Authority (the Committee for the Review of a Corporate Governance Code, also known as the Goshen Committee).
This Client update summarizes the main provisions of the Amendment and our initial recommendations with respect thereto. The Amendment became effective on May 14, 2011, with certain provisions becoming effective on September 15, 2011.
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Corporate and Securities
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Taxation
Meitar partner and head of Energy and Infrastructure Group, Renelle Joffe contributed a chapter to The ILO (International Law Office) online news magazine. The chapter is an overview of the legal framework applicable to Israel’s energy & natural resources. This is the first article contributed by Israel in the energy and natural resources section of the ILO.
Israel has an installed electricity capacity of 12,000 megawatts, which is based almost exclusively on fossil fuels. Until the discovery of natural gas offshore, all fuels were imported. The introduction of natural gas into Israel’s fuel basket is dramatically changing the energy landscape, allowing for the introduction of independent power producers (IPPs) and modernisation of the market. Renewable energy is also slowly penetrating the market, predominantly in the photovoltaic sector.
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Energy and Infrastructure
Meitar attorneys are authors of the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2011”
Alon Gellert and Giora Ungar contributed the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2011- A practical cross-border insight into public procurement”, published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. www.iclg.co.uk
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Regulation and Public Policy 
