Avi Licht Partner
Contact Information
16 Abba Hillel Silver Rd.Ramat Gan 5250608, Israel
Tel: 972 3 610 3810 Fax: 972 3 610 3111
Email: avil@meitar.com
Biography
Avi Licht is a partner in Meitar’s Regulatory and Governmental Policy Practice, specializing in complex administrative law, regulatory matters and Governmental or Public Policy high profile matters. He advises leading international and domestic corporations on major transactions, regulatory issues and represents them in high-profile administrative and regulatory cases before courts, tribunals and regulators. Avi also provides advice to foreign governments.
Prior to joining the firm, Avi was the Deputy Attorney General of the State of Israel and the Senior Deputy State Attorney in the High Court of Justice Department of the Israeli Ministry of Justice.
Avi’s experience, which is truly unique in the Israeli legal sector, enables him to advise on sophisticated and highly challenging regulatory, Governmental and Public Policy issues across the legal landscape, with particular focus on areas such as infrastructure, energy, finance, healthcare, technology and defense.
Avi frequently assists clients in promoting the adoption of innovative regulation, including legislation in Israel and other jurisdictions for autonomous vehicles.
Academic Involvement
Avi has served as an adjunct lecturer at Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Representative Experience
Representative examples of Avi’s recent practice include:
- Advising major financial institutions and fintech companies on the regulatory framework and proceedings vis-a-vis regulators in connection with this fast-changing sector and the multi-layered regulatory bodies that have jurisdiction in the financial and fintech sectors. Israel is at the forefront of these sectors and Avi works hand-in-hand with our clients in providing bespoke and pathfinder solutions, including by way of his membership on an industry committee to formulate models for cryptocurrency regulation in Israel.
- Representing major banking institutions in legislative proceedings concerning proposed special taxation on the banking sector.
- Structuring the regulatory model that enabled Israel’s largest telecommunications company to disperse its controlling core for the first time in its history through a public offering on the stock exchange.
- Handling high-stakes litigation on matters of national importance, Avi has advised leading market participants, including foreign companies.
Cross-Border and International Matters
- Representing international entities in complex regulatory and commercial matters, including advising international investment funds on unique corporate structures, representing chambers of commerce on legislative initiatives, and advising on landmark transactions with regional players under the Abraham Accords.
- Advising a major Israeli company in proceedings to prevent divestment by a leading international sovereign wealth fund.
- Representing Israel’s largest desalination company in complex regulatory proceedings.
- Representing a leading natural resources company in complex negotiations with the State of Israel regarding a mineral mining concession
- Representing a foreign government in anti-dumping proceedings before the Commissioner of Trade Levies and the Advisory Committee, resulting in a determination by the Attorney General that no anti-dumping duty would be imposed.
