Jeremy Lustman

Partner

Managing Partner, Israel

'Relationship-driven, very approachable, diligent, smart and committed to successful outcomes,' and 'highly customer-focused,'

— sources quoted in Chambers Global

Emailjeremy.lustman@us.dlapiper.com

Call+1 202 799 4214

New York Washington, DC Tel Aviv

About

Jeremy Lustman created and leads DLA Piper's Israel Group, which includes nearly 750 lawyers throughout the firm. These lawyers possess the knowledge, business alliances, technical skills, language capabilities, and in-depth understanding of the Israeli business culture, ecosystem, and procedures to assist Israeli companies wherever they are doing business globally. The team aims to help clients achieve their strategic business objectives with efficiency, precision, and a deep understanding of global markets.

Jeremy is based in Israel, where he has worked tirelessly to develop a robust international network of Israeli companies, investors, entrepreneurs, bankers, local lawyers, and other service providers. Jeremy also is a frequent speaker within and outside of Israel on the Israeli tech and investment ecosystems.

Jeremy represents nearly 80 Israeli investors and companies every month, from startups to some of Israel's largest corporations and investors. These clients cover virtually all sectors of the Israeli economy, including leading venture capital and private equity funds, institutional real estate investors, and multiple companies in the high tech, cyber, telecommunications, industrial, food/beverage, health tech, biotech, agrotech, defense, homeland security, and gaming sectors. More broadly, Jeremy's practice has serviced nearly 400 clients in the past two years.

Jeremy's trusted advisor practice operates as an extension of its clients' teams, fostering enduring partnerships that span day-to-day legal matters, key projects, and complex cross-border transactions. Each month, the Israel Group advises its clients across more than 40 jurisdictions, delivering timely and practical solutions to their most pressing business challenges. These include: 1) day-to-day requests such as the formation of new subsidiaries or other corporate matters, employment issues, intellectual property protection, commercial and real estate activities, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, tax guidance, and multiple regulatory inquiries, as well as 2) more complex projects including M&A, multi-jurisdictional litigation, governmental and internal investigations, reorganizations, and other significant compliance issues. In addition, Jeremy also provides guidance to multiple non-Israeli clients evaluating business relationships and strategic partners within Israel and serves as a bridge for many of them with local Israeli counsel and other advisors.

Jeremy is passionately committed to social corporate responsibility, both through DLA Piper sponsorship of charitable endeavors and by creating opportunities for the Israel team, clients, and visiting colleagues to volunteer together on a regular basis. In 2022, Jeremy launched an annual DLA Piper Charity Basketball Tournament that has become a marquee event in the Israeli legal community, raising close to USD200K to date in support of local charities with participation by top Israeli law firms. In addition, the Israel Group regularly sponsors events and initiatives with organizations that support ill, handicapped, or at-risk children; address food insecurity issues; and lift the spirits of families impacted by terror. Jeremy also personally sits on a number of not-for-profit boards connected to mental health, aphasia, the Anglo immigrant community, university internships in Israel, umbrella social services, and charitable giving.

Learn more about the DLA Piper Israel Group here.

Areas of FocusCorporate Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Healthcare Private Equity Real Estate

Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaIsrael (Registered Foreign Lawyer)MarylandNew York

ISRAEL GROUP EXPERIENCE

M&A:

The broader Israel Group has advised:

Seraphic Security on the employment aspects of its purchase by Crowdstrike for USD420 million
DigitalOwl on its sale to Datavant for an undisclosed amount
Perion Network Ltd. on the French corporate, intellectual property, tax, and employment aspects of its USD65 million acquisition of Greenbids
Bet Shemesh Engines on its USD33 million acquisition of 80 percent of the membership units in Turbine Standard
Riverwood Capital in connection with its USD52 million acquisition of Quicklizard
Own (previously OwnBackup) on its sale to Salesforce for USD1.9 billion in cash – the largest deal in Israel in 2024
Israeli holdings company/family office on its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in a UK-based globally regulated online broker
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.
Enercon Technologies, Ltd. in its sale to Bel Fuse Inc. for USD400 million
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
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.
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

Finance/Investments:

The broader Israel Group has advised/represented:

Doral Renewables LLC on the negotiation of two syndicated secured credit facilities worth approximately USD525 million. Concurrently, the team counseled on the amendment and restatement of an additional US$50 million letter of credit facility.
A leading global financial institution in connection with a USD5 million revolving credit facility involving an Israeli medical device company
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
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
Similarweb Ltd. on the closing of a secondary offering by a selling shareholder
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.
HSBC's Innovation Bank in providing 23 Israeli companies with venture debt credit facilities totaling over USD268 million in the aggregate
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

Awards

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 2000
Primary Editor, The State and Local Tax Lawyer, a publication of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association
cum laude

B.A., Political Science, Yeshiva University 1996

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