Overview
Lowenstein’s Israel Practice represents corporations, venture funds, hedge fund and private equity fund managers, and family offices in cross-border matters involving Israel and the United States.
We represent Israeli companies doing business in the United States, including in connection with capital raising and M&A. We also represent U.S. investors investing in Israeli technology and life sciences, including through the acquisition of Israeli companies.
Lowenstein is the leading law firm representing Israeli hedge fund managers in the structuring, formation, and launch of hedge funds that are open to U.S. taxable and nontaxable investors. We also represent Israeli fund managers in the structuring, formation, and launch of hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds.
In all cases, we work seamlessly with Israeli law firms to serve these clients. We regularly act as co-counsel with Israeli law firms to provide our U.S. and Israeli clients with cost-effective service and guidance with respect to their cross-border transactions.
Our team includes lawyers who speak Hebrew fluently and those who are Israeli-trained.
We help our Israel Practice Group clients with:
- Establishing operations in the United States
- Corporate formation
- Fund structuring, formation, and compliance
- Tax planning
- Employment matters
- Compliance with U.S. law
- Corporate and securities laws compliance
- Tax compliance
- Privacy and cybersecurity compliance
- Broker-dealer issues
- Various regulatory matters
- Growing their U.S. businesses
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
- Protecting intellectual property
- Patent and trademark registration
- Planning for and executing major corporate events
- Fundraising
- M&A
- Public offerings
- Managing incidents
- Responding to litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Government and internal investigations
- Investing in Israel-based companies
- Negotiating and structuring investment documents
- Conducting due diligence