Baratz Benjamin

Born in Israel, 1952. Admitted Israel 1979. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Notary. Academic Degrees: Tel Aviv University, Israel, Law, 1977 (LL.B). Positions: Founded the firm in 1982. Served as a Lt. Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces (Reserves). Practices civil and commercial law, as well as in litigation, both in the court and before arbitration tribunals, and represents public and private corporations in a range of diverse matters, including public offerings and sale of shares and assets. Practices also banking, mergers and acquisitions, tenders and commercial real estate. Languages: Hebrew, English, French, Romanian. Areas of Practice: Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Investments, Banking Law, Contract Law, Real Estate Law, Hoteliery, Litigation, Commercial Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments.

Baratz Yael

Born in USA, 1956. Admitted Israel 1979. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Notary. Academic Degrees: Tel Aviv University, Israel, Law, 1978 (LL.B). Positions: Served as General Counsel to the Eisenberg Group of Companies from 1981 to 1992, before joining Baratz & Co., where she has been a senior partner since 1992. Chairs the firm's Infrastructure Project Group and Biotech Practice Group. Practices all areas of civil and commercial law, focusing on large-scale international transactions involving technology licensing and infrastructure development projects. Further areas of practice include cross-border mergers and acquisitions, agencies, distributorships and large-scale engineering contracts. Languages: English, Hebrew. Areas of Practice: International Trade Law, Corporate Law, Biotechnology, Hi-Tech, Tenders, Infrastructure, Agency and Distribution.

Belkind Eli

Born in Israel, 1969. Admitted Israel 1997. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Academic Degrees: The University of Reading, UK, Law, 1994 (LL.B).‏ London School of Economics & Political Science - LSE, UK, Commercial Law, Banking & Finance, and International Trade Law, 1995 (LL.M). Positions: Was an associate at the firm for 4 years before becoming a partner in 2004. Practices domestic and international commercial transactions, investments, distribution agreements, licensing, commercial litigation and insolvency. Languages: Hebrew, English, Russian. Areas of Practice: Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Hi-Tech, Computers and Software, Communication and Media, Contract Law, Commercial Real Estate, Hoteliery, Tourism Law.

Druck Eytan Marcella

Born in South Africa. Admitted Israel 1991, South Africa 1987. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Academic Degrees: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Law, 1984 (LL.B).‏ University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1984 (B.A). Positions: Joined the firm in January 2007 and became a partner in March 2010. Practices in a broad range of commercial agreements for biotech, early drug development and pharmaceutical companies (including clinical trial agreements), intellectual property transactions (particularly in the field of biotech and medical devices), including intellectual property licensing and technology transfer transactions involving university research centers, research and development companies and commercial entities, turnkey and services projects and government procurement projects relating to infrastructure development and construction. Her clients include biotech, early drug development and pharmaceutical companies, universities and their commercial arms, laboratories, start-ups (high-tech and cleantech) and a major medical health care provider. Languages: English, Hebrew. Areas of Practice: Biotechnology, Medications, Clinical Studies, Technology Transactions, Corporate Law, Infrastructure, Government Contracts.

Gerzi Ilan

Born in Israel, 1969. Admitted Israel 1997. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Academic Degrees: Tel Aviv University, Israel, Law, 1996 (LL.B). Positions: Member of the Commercial Committee, Israel Bar Association since 2004. An associate at the firm since 2004 and a partner since 2007. Languages: Hebrew, English. Areas of Practice: Securities Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Raising, Public Offerings, Private Placements, Tender Offers, Suspension of Proceedings, Receiverships.

Vishinsky Karin

Born in Israel. Admitted Israel 1997. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Academic Degrees: Tel Aviv University, Israel, Law, 1996 (LL.B). Positions: Joined the firm in 2006 and became a Partner in 2009. Practices litigation with her main focus on corporate, commercial and civil law. She has appeared before a wide variety of Israel's courts and tribunals and has been involved in many arbitration proceedings. Provides legal counsel to both plaintiffs and defendants and her client base includes individuals and private and public companies, both local and international. Languages: Hebrew, English. Areas of Practice: Litigation, General Civil Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law.

Shahmoon Sagit

Born in Israel. Admitted Israel 1997. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Academic Degrees: Tel Aviv University, Israel, Law, 1996 (LL.B). Positions: Joined the firm in 2000 and became a Partner in 2009. Practices real estate, including commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use real estate projects. Her work includes the preparation of construction agreements, real estate secured lending, combination deals and land registration. Her clients include construction companies, real estate developers and individual entrepreneurs. Languages: Hebrew, English. Areas of Practice: Real Estate, Project Accompaniment, Real Estate Contracts, Construction Contracts, Finance, Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Registry.

Simon Oded

Born in Israel. Admitted Israel 2001. Member of the Israel Bar Association. Academic Degrees: Tel Aviv University, Israel, Law, 2000 (LL.B). Positions: Joined the firm in 2004 and became a Partner in 2009. Practices corporate and commercial law, particularly in the field of corporate finance and technology transactions, including equity and debt financing transactions, technology licensing and sale, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and all legal aspects of operations of high-tech and bio-tech companies. His clients include technology, biotechnology and medical devices companies and entrepreneurs. Languages: Hebrew, English. Areas of Practice: Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, Technology Transactions, International Mergers and Acquisitions, Hi-Tech, Biotechnology.