Israel

Israel Group

Led by our Tel Aviv-based team, DLA Piper's Israel Group consists of lawyers around the world who are engaged on behalf of Israeli clients. The group combines deep knowledge, business alliances, cultural understanding, and language capabilities to help Israeli companies navigate their international legal needs.

We collaborate with leading Israeli firms to advise local companies, investors, and entrepreneurs, as well as international companies expanding into Israel. Through our global network across the corporate, financial, and governmental sectors, the Israel Group helps identify strategic partners, potential joint ventures, and other business-to-business opportunities for our clients and actively create opportunities for them.

Chambers Global, 2025 ranked our group Band 1 in Corporate/M&A: International Firms, highlighting our strong business judgement and deep understanding of commercial interests, and noting that the group has the “geographic distribution, level of expertise, and size of team to give [clients] both depth and breadth to deal with any kind of matter.”

Legally Israel 100’s IsraelDesks League Tables, 2025 additionally ranked our group Tier 1 in Employment, Banking and Finance, and Private Client and Tax. We are tied for the highest number of #1 rankings and have appeared in 12 of the 13 tables – more than any other group.

Representative Experience

Working with local counsel where appropriate, the Israel Group has advised:

DigitalOwl on its sale to Datavant, a US-based healthcare data platform

Ecolab Inc. on its definitive agreement to acquire all equity interests of Ovivo Inc. for CAD2.4 billion

A leading global financial institution in connection with USD5 million revolving credit facility involving an Israeli medical device company

Israeli holdings company on its acquisition of 50 percent of a UK-based globally regulated online broker

Perion Network Ltd. on the French corporate, intellectual property, tax, and employment aspects of its USD65 million acquisition of Greenbids

Vista Credit Partners in connection with its USD300 million senior secured term loan and warrants to finance, in part, the approximately USD900 million acquisition of Dutch payment solutions provider PayU Global by Israeli fintech unicorn Rapyd Financial Networks

Bet Shemesh Engines, representing the company before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on its USD33 million acquisition of 80 percent of the membership units in Turbine Standard

Woven Capital, Toyota Motor Corporation’s growth fund, on its lead role in a USD191 million financing round in UVeye, plus its investment in Intuition Robotics and Foretellix

Trinity Capital on a USD150 million debt financing, as part of the USD191 million financing round in UVeye

Riverwood Capital in connection with its USD52 million acquisition of Quicklizard

Israel Corporation Ltd., Israel’s largest holding company, on the Brazilian aspects of its USD71.9 million acquisition of a 27.5 percent stake in Prodalim Investments Ltd.

Fortissimo Capital, a leading Israeli private equity fund investing in technology and industrials, on the US aspects of its equity investment of USD120 million into Stratasys Ltd.

Own (previously OwnBackup) on its sale to Salesforce for USD1.9 billion in cash – the largest deal in Israel in 2024

Enercon Technologies, Ltd. in its sale to Bel Fuse Inc. for USD400 million

Similarweb Ltd. on the closing of a secondary offering by a selling shareholder

SeaLights Technologies on the US aspects of its sale to Tricentis Corporation for USD150 million

Gett on the UK aspects of its sale to Pango for USD175 million

Admetricks on its sale to Similarweb for an undisclosed amount

Deel on the South African, Mauritian, and Brazilian aspects of its acquisition of the business and assets of Payspace for an undisclosed amount

Phoenix Insurance Company, a co-lead investor in Everphone, as part of a EUR270 million Series D investment round and in its participation in a mezzanine financing as part of a refinancing of Phoenix's existing commitment

Viola Credit’s loan facility to Duetti, Inc.

Lightico on its acquisition of Vizolution for an undisclosed amount

Compass Data Centers on its sale to a consortium led by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and existing investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Tigo Energy on a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Roth CH Acquisition IV at a company valuation of USD600 million

OpenWeb on the US aspects of the acquisition of Jeeng for USD100 million

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. on its USD18.7 million acquisition of Hark Systems. We also defended SolarEdge in its complex multi-patent International Trade Commission case and the underlying district court litigation brought by US competitor Ampt LLC

Claroty on the USD300 million acquisition of Medigate, the largest local acquisition in the Israeli cyber sector at the time

ironSource on corporate and employment due diligence in China, the UK, Korea, and Japan in connection with the acquisition of Tapjoy for USD400 million

Ten real estate acquisition or financing deals spanning the US, the UK, and Germany for a total in excess of USD1 billion, most of which involved representing Israeli institutional investors

Seven foreign fund investments on behalf of Israeli insurance companies and pension funds totaling approximately USD450 million