Yaniv Ozana, Author at Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM)

ERM partners Roni Abelski, Gilad Maoz, Amnon Epstein, Nimrod Rosenblum and Gideon Weinbaum were delighted to attend the German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s (AHK Israel) 50^th Anniversary celebration which ERM was also proud to sponsor.

AHK Israel is the business to business organisation of numerous Israeli and German member firms and facilitates the cross-border business opportunities between the two countries.

ERM regularly supports the activities of AHK Israel with Roni Abelski, Head of ERM’s German Desk and a partner in our corporate M&A and high-tech and start-up practices being a Member of their Board of Directors.

German practice

Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM) has advised on many of the most high-profile corporate transactions carried out in Israel, or by Israeli companies abroad, in recent years. With several US, English and German qualified lawyers, and with a wealth of experience acting on in-bound and out-bound work connected to these countries, we are considered the go-to Israeli firm for international legal work.

For more information on our German or international capabilities, please contact Roni Abelski.

Please click here for a summary of the essential and practical information relating to employment relations and labour law in Israel. It is intended to provide you with valuable, albeit rudimentary, information, when considering opening a business in Israel.

For further information, please contact Maya Schneider who leads our employment practice.

The European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will come into force in May 2018 and Israeli companies need to ensure that they comply with the new laws on data protection and privacy.

Please click here or on the image below to read our bulletin which outlines the ten most critical steps that should be taken in preparation for the GDPR.

Corporate and M&A practice

Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM)’s corporate and M&A practice is widely renowned for its cross-border M&A expertise and it regularly advises leading Israeli and international clients on the most complex transactions carried out in Israel or by Israeli companies abroad.

For more information on this bulletin or our corporate and M&A practice, please contact Simon Marks, Natalie Noy or another member of our team.

ERM has acted for innogy Innovation Hub (innogy) on its investment in Israeli start-up Waycare, a developer of an AI-driven transportation management solution for smart cities. Our team had previously advised innogy on its investment in customer service platform TechSee as well as in Aseest.

The latest investment is in line with innogy’s focus to look for startups in the area of “Urban Exponentials” – innovation that improves the quality of life and work in European megacities, and specifically urban mobility.

Waycare raised $2.3 million in the seed round, which was led by innogy SE and Silicon Valley-based Spider Capital, with participation from Goldbell Investments, UpWest Labs, janom, Zymestic Solutions, and SeedInvest.

Roni Abelski, partner in our high-tech and start-ups practice led the team with associate Guy Kofman.

For coverage of the investment in Globes, please click here.

High-Tech and Start-ups practice

For more information on the investment or our technology practice, please contact Roni Abelski, or another member of our team.

ERM has advised Shupperz, a peer-to-peer platform that connects global and local shoppers, on its raising of $4 million.

The Shupperz platform enables a global community of shoppers to interact, upload content and shop for one another so that global shoppers pay local shoppers to shop for them. If you want to build your own successful online store on the platform, you can check out these eCom babes reviews.

Launched only this summer, the Shupperz app has already thousands of downloads from around the world.

Asaf Rimon, partner in our corporate and M&A and high-tech and start-ups practices led the team on the financing round and commercial structuring with associates Eitan Lahyani and Laura Jelinek.

The start-up has received media coverage following the launch of its app, featuring in Ynet [Article in Hebrew]. For coverage of its launch in English, please click here.

High-Tech and Start-ups practice

Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM)’s high-tech and start-ups practice regularly provides legal advice to leading Israeli and international clients from pre-incorporation through to exit, as well as on the most complex transactions carried out in Israel and abroad. There is plenty more information online about how is that the e-commerce and new technology like software that helps HR automation system has been changing business for a while, you can try the last link to learn more about this subject and ensure business grow.

For more information on the investment or our high-tech and start-ups practice, please contact Asaf Rimon or another member of our team.

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.

ERM acted for Unidress, an Israeli market leader in the field of work clothes and uniforms, in an administrative petition which was submitted at the Tel Aviv District Court by Fibrotex Technologies Ltd.

The petition targeted the Ministry of Defense‘s decision to trial Unidress’ services and to lease 4,100 sets of special uniforms from Unidress, which would be used by the Israel Defense Force‘s (IDF) special units.

As part of the lease, Unidress also provides a wide range of services, including laundry services, repairs, replacements and an around-the-clock call centre. Since the Ministry reached the conclusion that Unidress is the only service provider in Israel which has the capabilities to perform such services, it decided not to publish a public tender, a decision which Fibrotex contested.

Fibrotex argued, among other things, that the services should be ‘divided’ into a few different parts, and that the Ministry should have published a tender relating to the manufacturing of the uniforms. The court rejected the petition, and accepted Unidress’ argument that such a division would undermine the essence of the services sought by the Ministry.

As our head of dispute resolution Gideon Weinbaum commented to TheMarker:

“Since the Ministry of Defense found that only Unidress can provide the services within the framework of the project, its decision to enter into the agreement with Unidress as a sole supplier is correct and reasonable”.

Other members of the dispute resolution team handling the case included associate Maya Katz Hilburg.

For more information and for media coverage of the case, please click here [article in Hebrew].

Dispute Resolution practice

Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM)’s dispute resolution practice has extensive experience representing leading corporate and individual clients in every major industry in a wide variety of complex litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings which involve the full gamut of disputes.

For more information on this case and our dispute resolution practice, please contact Gideon Weinbaum.

ERM is representing The Brown Hotels Group, the luxurious hotel brand, in all legal aspects regarding several boutique hotels in prime locations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, including the newly opened Villa Brown in Nachlat Binyamin, where the boutique renovated an historic villa into a stylish hotel.

Our real estate team, led by Gilad Maoz, is advising them on their purchasing agreements, planning, construction contracts, zoning and leasing, among other areas.

Other members of the team include associate Roni Shema Rimon.

Real Estate and Urban Renewal practice

Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM)’s real estate and urban renewal team has gained extensive experience advising developers, sellers, buyers and investors on complex real estate transaction, from inception to completion, including: development projects; development of commercial real estate and hotels; acquisition of portfolios and of specific assets; urban renewal projects; purchase groups; zoning and planning matters and real estate financing.

For more information, please contact Gilad Maoz or another member of our team.

ERM has advised Daimler AG on its strategic investment in StoreDot, an Israeli start-up whose FlashBattery technology enables an electric vehicle to be charged in a matter of minutes, as quickly as filling a tank of gas. StoreDot, which was founded in 2012, is a nanotechnology materials pioneer and one of the leading companies for electric charging and energy-storage materials.

Daimler, who has also agreed to a strategic partnership with StoreDot that focuses on the field of fast battery charging, views electrification of trucks as a top priority.

Other participants in the series C round included Lucion Venture Capital Group, financial institutions from Israel and China, as well as existing investors such as Samsung Ventures and Norma Investments.

Simon Marks, partner in our high-tech and start-ups practice, led the team which included partner Roni Abelski and associate Itamar Lev.

For media coverage of the investment, please click here.

High-Tech and Start-ups practice

For more information on the investment or our high-tech practice, please contact Simon Marks, Roni Abelski or another member of our team.