Corporate, M&A and High-Tech
APM & Co. has extensive experience in high-tech and venture capital investments (all stages), securities offerings, spinoffs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and multilateral international agreements. The firm advises domestic and foreign venture capital funds, technology companies and entrepreneurs with respect to formation, finance, tax structure, intellectual property and other issues.
Commercial, Regulatory, Finance and Antitrust
APM & Co. provides ongoing legal advice on the drafting and negotiation of all types of commercial agreements. The firm's regulatory practice represents clients on matters of commercial legislation and participates in the sessions of the Parliament legislation committees.
APM & Co. has gained special expertise in advising clients on complex and large-scale financings, addressing matters related to the planning and implementing of construction and infrastructure projects, including BOT and PFI projects.
APM & Co. represents high-profile clients on all aspects of antitrust and competition law and routinely appears before the Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal.
Real Estate
APM & Co. represents local and international real estate developers, building contractors, investors and companies in various real-estate transactions in Israel and abroad. The firm counsels clients on the acquisition of properties, obtaining permits, securing financing, construction and through the completion of sales.
Litigation
APM & Co.’s litigation department represents clients in all types of litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings before a wide range of courts and tribunals. The firm also has special expertise in class action litigation.
Taxation
APM & Co.’s tax department takes a creative approach to handling Israeli and international tax issues as well as offshore alternatives. The firm provides advice on tax structures, regulatory requirements, local authority permits and incentive-based exemptions. In 2008, two of the firm’s tax partners published a treatise on International Taxation.
Environmental
APM & Co.’s environmental practice is the leader in Israel, with clients including the main industrial companies as well as the major infrastructure, gas and oil companies. The firm represents clients on a broad range of environmental matters, including regulation and legislation, clean-tech projects, toxic torts, class actions and environmental criminal matters.
Bankruptcy, Liquidation and Reorganization
APM & Co. represents both creditors (including financial institutions and banks) and debtors in work-outs, restructuring, reorganizations and intricate domestic and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.
Capital Markets, Public & Private Offerings and Securities
APM & Co. represents companies in public and private offerings in Israel and abroad, in their ongoing public-reporting and on corporate, securities and tax issues.
Labor Law
APM & Co. provides its clients with comprehensive legal advice on all matters pertaining to labor and employment law including in the context of merger and acquisition transactions. APM & Co. routinely represents clients before labor courts, arbitration panels and other tribunals.
Intellectual Property
APM & Co. advises clients on the development, licensing and protection of intellectual property rights and on trademark prosecution. The firm's litigation department represents clients in cases involving enforcement of various types of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs and trade secrets.
Infrastructure, Projects and Energy
APM & Co. represents corporations and conglomerates in the structuring, development and construction of conventional and renewable energy projects, involving complex multinational regulatory aspects and financing matters. The firm holds considerable experience in major international infrastructure projects, including BOT and PFI projects.
Regulatory and Compliance
APM & Co.'s Regulatory practice offers client counsel and strategic advice on a host of issues pertaining to legislation and public policy. The firm is involved in the preparation of drafts of proposed regulation and position papers, particularly in the fields of anti-trust, corporate and securities, tenders and consumer protection. APM & Co. routinely represents clients in legislative sessions of the parliament committees and of executive branch bodies.