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The firm represented Ruby Capital in partnership with Meitav Dash Investment House and Ayalon Insurance Company in one of Israel’s largest ever non-bank real estate project financing transactions, with approximately NIS 1.2 billion of financing for the historic “Florentine Square” project in south Tel Aviv.

Ruby Capital and Meitav will provide the financing for the purchasing group and the necessary accompaniment and guarantees for the developer, and Ayalon will provide the Israeli Sales Law-required policies. The project will include some 200 housing units and approximately 7,000 square meters of commercial space, with construction costs estimated at approximately NIS 900 million. The project also includes the preservation of historic building “Central Beit Mashbir”, which was developed in 1935 and was previously used as the headquarters of the “Haganah” organization. The project is promoted by the Cityal Salma residential company, alongside a purchasing group of about 100 members.

Eran Mizrahi and Erez Gurion, partners in our Real estate and hotel department led the transection along with lawyers Itamar Lev, Nofar Driks and Raphael Sabag and intern Sharon Breier.

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ERM advised The White City Group, in expanding into the hospitality sector in Italy, with a project to establish several luxurious hotels in the country, with an aggregate value of over NIS 1.7 billion. The hotels will be run by Isrotel Hotel Chain , Fattal Hotels, and other well-known international hotel management companies.

Gilad Maoz, head of ERM’s Real Estate & Urban Renewal practice, and Ron Abelski, partner in ERM’s Corporate & M&A practice, acted for The White City Group, together with associate Michal Gazit and intern Ori Nehmad.

For media coverage of the deal (Hebrew), please click here.

Atty. Gideon Weinbaum, Head of Litigation practice, was interviewed by Globes on the importance of  conventions as a means of encouraging foreign investments

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We are proud to announce that Dr. Orit Dayagi Epstein, ERM’s head of Antitrust and Consumer Law group, has been appointed as a director at the Israeli Consumer Counsel. Best of luck Orit!

For media coverage, please click here.

For further information about our competition and consumer protection department, please contact Dr. Orit Dayagi-Epstein.

For the second consecutive year, ERM is proud that Jeremy Seeff , Partner in our corporate M&A and finance and banking practices, features in the 2018 OUTstanding LGBT+ Future Leaders list, presented by the Financial Times.

We are equally proud of our client Reps AI’s very own Shachar Grembek who features in the 2018 OUTstanding 100 LGBT+ Executives list. Jeremy’s inclusion has followed his excellent work in founding the Israel Diversity Standard, a volunteer-run benchmark for LGBT+ inclusivity in the Israeli workplace which has signed up leading global and local companies, including ERM.

He is also a director volunteer of LGBTech, a professional network for LGBT+ people in or associated with the tech industry. ERM is proud to support our LGBT+ colleagues and clients, as well as to support the broader diversity agenda. For more information on the Israel Diversity Standard or LGBTech, please contact Jeremy Seeff.

ERM is delighted to announce that our firm has been recognized as one of Israel’s leading law firms in its practice areas, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance & Banking,  Corporate and M&A and TMT by the major international legal directory Chambers and Partners in the 2018 edition. ERM partners Amnon Epstein( Energy & Infrastructure, Finance & Banking,), Nimrod Rosenblum (Corporate/M&A), Gilad Maoz (Real Estate & Urban Renewal), Simon Marks (TMT: Corporate) and Lior Aharon ( Energy & Infrastructure)  have all been recommended by the directory, as leading lawyers in their practice areas.

For more information on our team, please visit our website at: www.erm-law.com for the recent matters we have advised on. 

ERM has the pleasure in announcing that Jeremy Seeff has been elected to the partnership with effect from 1 January 2018. Previously an associate at the firm, Jeremy’s practice is focused on corporate and M&A and finance and banking.

Jeremy regularly advises prominent international and Israeli investors and companies on a diverse range of corporate and commercial matters as well as advising lenders and borrowers on complex domestic and international financings.

For more information on Jeremy, please click here. For more information on our corporate and M&A and finance and banking practices, please click on the links.

Head of ERM’s German Desk Roni Abelski has just been re-elected as a Member of German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s Board of Directors.

Roni, who is also a partner in our corporate and M&A and high-tech and start-ups teams, was elected as a Member of the Board three years ago and was re-elected for another term of three years. He serves alongside many of the major German corporations which have a presence in Israel.

For more information on our German Desk or our work with the German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce, please contact Roni Abelski.

ERM is proud that Jeremy Seeff, an associate in our corporate M&A and finance and banking practices, has featured in the 2017 OUTstanding LGBT+ Future Leaders list, presented by the Financial Times.

Jeremy’s inclusion has followed his excellent work in founding the Israel Diversity Standard, a volunteer-run benchmark for LGBT+ inclusivity in the Israeli workplace which has signed up a number of leading global and local companies, including ERM. He is also a director volunteer of LGBTech, a professional network for LGBT+ people in or associated with the tech industry.

For more information on the Israel Diversity Standard or LGBTech, please contact Jeremy Seeff.

ERM is delighted that our partners have been recognised as leaders in their fields by the major international legal directory Chambers and Partners.

Amnon Epstein (projects & energy and banking and finance), Nimrod Rosenblum (Corporate/M&A), Simon Marks (TMT: Corporate) and Lior Aharon (projects & energy) have all been recommended by the directory, demonstrating the breadth and quality of our service to our international and Israeli clients.

For more information on our team, please click here or visit our media page for the recent assignments we have advised on.