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Exemption from Tenders During a State of Emergency in Israel

In routine times, Israeli law obligates public entities to publish tenders for the procurement of goods, services, and the performance of work. However, Israel’s various Mandatory Tender Regulations contain provisions...more

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Employment Law: Everything You Need to Know for the Beginning of 2025

Israel began 2025 with a series of labor law amendments and updates. Following are highlights of relevant amendments and innovations. ...more

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Rulings On One Sided Changes To Mutual Wills overturned

A new Supreme Court ruling overturns lower courts’ rulings and regulates the application of the “successive heirs” provision of the Succession Law, in instances when a surviving spouse who inherited property by virtue of a...more

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Doing Business in Israel: Effects of War in Israel on International Companies

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Operation Swords of Iron constitutes a state of emergency in Israel unlike any other in past decades, with at least 1,400 citizens killed and some 300,000 reservists called up for duty. This state of emergency is being felt...more

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Israeli Contracts Law Proposed Amendment – How Dramatic Is It?

The Israeli Ministry of Justice recently published a memorandum of law amending the Contracts Law, which seeks to add unique rules of interpretation to business contracts. In the economic press, we saw dramatic headlines...more

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Contract Workers’ Hourly Wages in Israel

The Law for Increased Enforcement of Labor Laws recently marked one decade since its enactment. Since then, we have waited for the enactment of regulations stipulating service contractors’ obligatory mode of calculation of...more

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Merging without Approval: Strauss Group Might Pay ILS 111 million

The Israel Competition Authority’s Director General recently announced that, subject to a hearing, she intends to rule that Strauss and Wyler Farm violated the Economic Competition Law and implemented a merger that could harm...more

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Material Adverse Change (MAC) Clauses in M&A Transactions

A material adverse change (MAC) is a common term in merger and acquisition agreements. The term describes a change or event that, if realized, could have a material negative impact on the parties to the transaction (mainly on...more

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Default Arrangements in Israeli Investment Funds – Unwritten Provisions in Partnership Agreements

Israeli investment funds are incorporated as limited partnerships under the Israeli Partnerships Ordinance. Investors are “limited partners” and the fund manager (or another corporation acting on its behalf) is the “general...more

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Simulated Contracts and Concealed Agreements

In a new ruling addressing the legal validity of simulated contracts and the agreements concealed behind them, the Israeli Supreme Court significantly weakens the standing and legal validity of these contracts, while making...more

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Delay in Delivery of Apartment – Waiver of Claims Clauses

Under the Sale Law (Apartments), the purchaser of an apartment has a legal right to receive compensation from the contractor or developer in the event of a delay in delivery of the property. This right is a cogent provision,...more

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Material Transfer Agreements: Why They Matter

In the world of scientific research and development, sharing materials between organizations is a common practice. However, when such sharing involves proprietary materials or intellectual property, it becomes important to...more

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Critical Considerations before Drawing up a Founders’ Agreement

When a group forms to establish a joint venture, the first legal document they should draft is a founders’ agreement. The purpose of this agreement is to define the conditions under which the entrepreneurs will establish a...more

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Stricter Review and Enforcement of Vertical Resale Price Maintenance Arrangements

The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) recently published a revised public statement on the regulation of resale price maintenance (RPM) arrangements. Under such arrangements, an entity in the goods supply chain (typically, a...more

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Buying an Apartment “On Paper” – Caveat Emptor?

In the Supreme Court’s 67-page ruling, the judges explain the liability and responsibility of “on paper” apartment sellers to actively disclose material information about the apartments they sell. The Supreme Court determined...more

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Doing Business in Israel: Jurisdiction and Arbitration Stipulations

Corporations the world over engage in agreements with Israeli corporations. Naturally, each party wants to litigate in its home country when disputes arise. Foreign corporations will include jurisdiction stipulations in their...more

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Doing Business in Israel through Agents and Distributors

Most international companies prefer operating in Israel through domestic business partners, rather than setting up their own local operation. Such local partners – distributors or agents – assume all or a portion of the local...more

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Arbitration Clauses in International Agreements – Do’s and Don’ts

Contractual engagements inevitably beget legal disputes. Even the best agreement is no guarantee the engagement will succeed. Accordingly, one of the most important provisions in any commercial agreement is the provision that...more

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Israeli Consumers Can Sue Global Corporations Pursuant to Israeli Law Even if Agreement Determines Otherwise

The Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling in the recent case against Facebook case changes the criteria for determining when the choice of law clause in international companies’ uniform contracts constitutes a discriminatory...more

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Infrastructure Projects in Israel

Tel Aviv may be all dug up, and the sidewalks gone, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel – at least at the end of the tunnel between Lincoln Street and Yitzhak Sadeh Street. It isn’t only Tel Aviv that’s dug up. Work...more

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A Share Deal or An Asset Deal in Israeli Mergers & Acquisitions?

You have identified an Israeli target company to purchase. Now the question is – how to structure the acquisition? There are two traditional routes in Israeli private M&A transactions. The first is to purchase the shares of...more

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Contracts in Israel: Doing Business in Israel

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Law has a major role in Israeli business. Israelis feel their freedom to act is determined by what is allowed under law, and this includes what has been agreed to in a binding agreement. Therefore, legal contracts form the...more

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COVID-19 does not justify breach or deviation of a contract When Its Arrival in Israel Was Foreseeable

An Israeli court recently rendered an interesting ruling on the impact of COVID-19. The case is question involved the lease agreement for the operation of a hotel. The lease agreement, executed in February 2020, provided...more

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Using Open Source in Your Business? Beware the Fine Print

The use of open source software is very common among developers. The concept behind open source is to allow access to many developers and promote collaboration between them.   A recent example is the website for the European...more

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Apartment Sale Delayed because of COVID-19? Home Upgraders Eligible for an Extension

Apartment owners experiencing difficulty selling their old apartments are entitled to a seven-month extension in which to sell, and the Israel Tax Authority will not count this period for tax purposes....more

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