Mergers & Acquisitions
Our expertise encompasses handling both international and domestic transactions, such as sales of stocks and assets, reorganizations, and related activities. We provide comprehensive support, from negotiating and drafting M&A documents to conducting due diligence, preparing disclosure documents, and overseeing corporate bodies’ resolutions. Our team has successfully assisted clients in transactions totaling billions of US Dollars.
Commercial Transactions
Corporate and Legal In House
Our team offers a diversity of on-going corporate legal services including serving as an outsourced “in house legal department”. Our services include Incorporation of domestic, international and offshore companies, drafting and negotiating founders’ agreements, articles, shareholders’ agreements, MOUs, LOIs, preparation and amendment of incorporation documents, opening of bank accounts, engagement of consultants (drafting and reviewing consultancy and advisory agreements), managing the work of international legal counsels in matters requiring foreign lawyers involvement, drafting notices and/or shareholders resolutions, managing share registries, board notices and minutes, distribution of information to shareholders and directors, on-going services to shareholders including commercial updates, transfer of shares, changes in shareholders’ details etc. Provision of services to the companies’ financial departments included: drafting notes for financial reports, review of legal aspects of financial reports, supervising work of tax advisors and auditors, involvement and consulting in preparation of valuations.
Equity Financing
Debt Financing
Employment and Benefits
Notary
Public Fund Raising
Our team offers a unique service of advising controlling shareholders in foreign public fund raising for the purpose of maximizing their position and preserving their rights throughout the process and after the IPO. Our services also include assisting companies in preparation of due diligence reports, drafting legal aspects of prospectus, guiding companies in adjusting to compliance requirements of various foreign stock exchanges and achieving foreign standards of internal compliance. We also negotiate engagements of investment banks, underwriters, financial advisers to IPO’s, and supervise over foreign legal services and over the IPO process on behalf of the founders/controlling shareholders.
High-tech/Start-ups
ALB represents an ever-growing client base of active startups at all stages of development, from concept to IPO. We are known for our innovative solutions to client needs and problems and for our efficient and professional services.
ALB provides tailored and focused services as a specialty boutique practice firm. We draw on our resources (including corporate, securities, labor, and intellectual property) in offering our services to a wide range of clients in the high-tech industry, from entrepreneurs still working out of their houses to large scale companies with hundreds of employees.
We represent amongst others in the hi-tech industry:
- Startups
- Multinational technology corporations
- Established companies in all stages of development
- Investment funds
- Incubators, hubs, innovation spaces and accelerators that host early-stage high-tech companies
- Medical Cannabis
Our office provides such entities with a wide range of services, including, Commercial transactions, Mergers and acquisitions, Portfolio investments, Venture lending and secondary transactions, Technology and transactional IP and complex licensing transactions, Employee benefits and compensation plans (ESOP), R&D law, regulation and governmental grants (Israel Innovation Authority).
Ecommerce Transactions
As more and more businesses are conducting transactions online, ALB’s practice has evolved to provide the resources critical to counseling its clients through the dynamic world of electronic commerce (E-Commerce).
ALB has acquired the knowledge and expertise to successfully represent clients, both Sellers and Purchasers Whether in the context of buying, selling, and/or licensing businesses over the internet (including Amazon and E-Bay businesses). ALB attorneys have the background and resources to lead its clients through this e-commerce environment.
Over the last few years, our firm has represented successful ecommerce storeowners. This has given us significant experience and insight into the most common problems that arise when selling or buying an ecommerce business.
Voluntary Company Dissolution
Our expertise encompasses handling both international and domestic transactions, such as sales of stocks and assets, reorganizations, and related activities. We provide comprehensive support, from negotiating and drafting M&A documents to conducting due diligence, preparing disclosure documents, and overseeing corporate bodies’ resolutions. Our team has successfully assisted clients in transactions totaling billions of US Dollars.
Funds
The ALB team has proven experience advising and representing funds and investors on a full spectrum of investmets:
Fund formation and operation, Capital raising, Investments (both on a primary and secondary basis) in private funds, Internal compensation and carry, arrangements, Establishment of management companies and seeding transactions, Spin-offs, Reorganizations, Fund restructurings, Purchases and sales of interests in investment managers, side letters for investors, and partnership agreements.
We work closely with lawyers across the globe who have advised on numerous fundraises for institutional, boutique and emerging funds.
Based on our experience advising funds, investment advisers, private funds, investment professionals, investors, institutional investors, family offices, private wealth clients, placement agents, lenders and other sophisticated parties, we are positioned to provide full-service advice regarding our clients’ legal and business challenges.
International Real Estate
ALB handles corporate real estate transactions worldwide. We work with domestic and international clients and attorneys on various commercial real estate opportunities outside of Israel. We also negotiate and draft asset management contracts and joint venture documents. Thanks to our global network of contacts, which includes local real estate lawyers, we quickly assemble the experienced, multidisciplinary teams our clients require.
Infrastructure & Communication
The ALB team has over 25 years of experience in advising and representing companies active in the telecommunication arena and the telecom infrastructure fields. We have vast experience in international negotiations with leading telecom operators, vendors and/or manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Nortel, Huawei, Comverse, Portugal Telecom, Bakcell, Partner, Telephone, MTS, Idea, Bharti Vodafone, Reliance, Aircel, BSNL, Orange, Ethiopian Telecom, 9mobile, and others. Our services include drafting international ESCO Master services Agreement, distribution agreements, subcontractors’ agreements, consortium agreements, Turn-Key projects, and tenders, Joint venture agreements, service agreements (MSAs), Service Level Agreements, Development Agreements, Maintenance & Support Agreements, VAD Reseller Agreements, OEM Agreements, Teaming Agreements, etc.. We have successfully executed agreements and transactions in these fields in the US, Western and Eastern Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, India and Israel.
Energy
ALB regularly provides tailored, top-of-the-line advice across the spectrum of energy project-related matters. At ALB we advise our clients, companies and individuals alike, and represent clients in their dealings with major regulators in the energy markets.
When it comes to advancing our clients’ projects, The ALB team brings its expertise and services in the following coverage areas:
Preparing and negotiating project agreements, including Operation & Maintenance agreements, Negotiating financing agreements and security arrangements.
Drafting and assisting with the submission and management of tenders at all stages where we maximize our client’s chances of winning the tenders.
Contract administration and project management during both construction and maintenance periods, where we advise on claim formation, extension requests, change orders and regulatory compliance.
Management & Administrative Legal Services
Our team is very experienced in providing the highest quality corporate law advice informed by a detailed knowledge and understanding of the government and government processes. We therefore assist those who interact with the various government authorities, including the Israeli Corporation Authority and the Israeli Innovation Authority, in order to improve effective and lawful collaboration between the two.
