Commercial

Gideon Fisher & Co.'s commercial team offers a broad range of services to both corporate and individual clients. The firm is careful to consider all aspects of a transaction, thus allowing us to tailor the optimal structure for the deal. The firm's attorneys are seasoned negotiators who aggressively pursue the interests of the client, while understanding that the most durable transactions are those that reflect, when relevant, a “win-win” situation for both parties. 

The firm offers professional commercial advice to a wide range of clients, including public companies, governmental entities, private corporations, Non-Governmental Organizations, not-for-profits, public institutions, as well as leading business executives and artists. The department provides ongoing legal representation to companies with respect to the day-to-day matters arising in today’s fluid business environment. The department offers practical solutions for companies at all phases of growth, from start-ups and R&D entities through to fully mature companies.

The firm has developed a specialty practice offering strategic guidance to foreign embassies located in Israel as well as international companies and airlines with business interests in Israel. Gideon Fisher & Co. utilizes its vast expertise in meeting local regulatory and legal requirements and draws upon a large network of contacts in order to offer customized legal and business solutions for the client. The firm works side-by-side a host of Israeli governmental offices, including the Prime Minister’s Office as well as Israel’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The firm's corporate team has significant experience in banking matters and liquidation proceedings. The department regularly provides strategic consultation to creditors and debtors alike, and offer assistance with both common and complex legal-banking matters, including initiating proceedings against banks and conducting negotiations with them. The firm's team has also worked closely with Israel’s Official Receiver, leveraging their vast experience as the main player in some of the country’s biggest liquidation cases.

The department has a unique practice advising in internal auditing matters. Adv. Gideon Fisher serves as outside legal advisor to the Institute of Internal Auditors. The firm has extensive experience in providing auditing support to leading companies throughout Israel. We have successfully represented numerous internal auditors in challenging unlawful dismissal attempts.

The department's clientele has the added advantage of benefitting from the firm’s membership in the Parlex international network of law firms. This allows the firm's attorneys to leverage the expertise of their colleagues located in diverse jurisdictions throughout the world, and has even led to a variety of corporate opportunities for their clients.

The department's services include:

• Contract drafting and negotiation
• Banking law
• Public Tenders
• Franchise law
• Services for NGOs and NPOs
• Internal audits
• Legal support for in-house counsel and corporate officers

Professional Experience

Representative clients:

• Jewish National Fund – JNF (Keren Kayemet LeYisrael – KKL)
• Israel Postal Authority
• Israel Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• The Institute of Internal Auditors