Press Releases

FBC partner and head of Banking & Finance practice, Miri Kimhi was recognized among the IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2020. According to the IFLR, Women Leaders are the leading female transactional lawyers in the world; these lawyers have impressive track records and are consistently recommended by clients and peers for the quality of their advice and service. Please see here and here ...

FBC was recognized as Israel Law Firm of the Year by IFLR and received the highest rankings from Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. "It is very significant that the rankings are mainly based on client recommendations," says Adv. Reuven Behar ...

Representation of the Israel Football Association – Preference for Arbitration over the Labor Court Our firm represented the Israel Football Association (the “IFA“) at the Regional Labor Court in Jerusalem on the issue of the status of the IFA’s internal judicial bodies. In a nutshell, a dispute arose between the football players and between their clubs relating to the players’ employment rights ...

FBC represented J.P. Morgan and Bank of America as Joint Book-Running Managers in the private offering by Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq: WIX) of $442.8 million of 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (including the exercise in full of an over-allotment option granted to the initial purchasers). The notes were offered in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ...

On July 28, 2018, Bank Leumi Le-Israel and the Azrieli Group signed an agreement with the Warburg Pincus private equity funds for the sale of Leumi Card, one of Israel’s principal credit card companies, for NIS 2.5 billion. The transaction is being effected against the backdrop of Israeli legislation intended to reduce the concentration in the Israeli banking sector by requiring Israel’s two largest banks to sell their credit card subsidiaries ...

How are start-ups in Israel supported? How can I do business in Israel? What do investors need to prepare for? These were just some of the questions we discussed with our peers at the Israeli law firm of Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. (FBC) and interested attendees. Ronald Lehmann, Ute Klose-Goldstein, and Dr ...

Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion (Tel-Aviv, Israel) (www.fbclawyers.com) is proud to share with the WSG community its TOP RANKED recognition in the recently published Chambers & Partners global guide, in the following practice areas: banking & finance, capital markets, competition & antitrust, corporate M&A, dispute resolution, dispute resolution: class action, projects & energy, real estate, restructuring & insolvency, tax, TMT: corporate, TMT: regulation, and transportation: aviation ...

As is done at the conclusion of every Jewish calendar year, the Israeli Supreme Court justices select the monumental cases of the recent year. We are pleased to share with you that among such cases are several handled by our firm: Our firm (a team led by Oded Revivo) represented the Mayor of the City of Bat-Yam in proceedings on precedential matters relating to the cancellation of the mayoral elections for the city ...

Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co, with the Harvard Law School Association of New York City and the Harvard Law School Association of Europe, hosted the first ever HLSA event in Israel on April 20, 2017 in Tel-Aviv. According to the HLSA, there are approximately 160 Harvard Law School graduates in Israel, many in private practice, academia, the judiciary, and in business ...

FBC&Co represented an international investment manager 3i in its first direct investment in Israel – the acquisition of the entire share capital of DSL. DSL, a former centerpiece of the Kibbutz Degania Bet industry, is a leading manufacturer of medical catheters serving a global base of medical device OEM customers ...

Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co would like to update you on the exciting news that Adv. and Partner Amit Pines and his team have joined our firm. Mr. Pines was a partner and head of the insolvency department at Weksler, Bregman & Co. Upon his arrival we’ve opened two new practice areas: Sports Law and Liquidation & Receivership ...