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Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year
Caspi & Co.
Norman Menachem Feder
+972 3 796.1220
nmf@caspilaw.com
www.caspilaw.com
aspi & Co. is one of Israel’s oldest and best known law firms. Since its founding nearly 75 years ago, the firm has
maintained a vibrant domestic and international practice.
The firm serves as outside counsel to a variety of major corporations, financial institutions, investment groups,
project developers and governmental entities and commonly plays a role in many of Israel’s preeminent transactions
and most noted litigations. Regular involvement with major actors and innovative issues positions the firm as a top-rate
adviser that can provide a variety of critical and cutting edge legal services.
Caspi & Co. prides itself on its deep experience in banking and finance. The firm counsels many Israeli and international
financial institutions, as well as significant finance consumers, both in traditional lending arrangements and in alternative
financings.
The firm Caspi & Co. stakes its reputation on adding quality and value to its clients’ endeavors. As a result, the culture of
Caspi & Co. fosters expertise and practicality when formulating solutions.
Norman Menachem Feder is a partner in Caspi & Co., where he manages the firm’s international department. He focuses
his practice on finance and cross-border transactions.
Mr. Feder counsels a wide range of financial institutions, investment funds and multinational and domestic corporations.
In finance, he advises on bank lending, corporate finance, project finance, derivatives, financial products and
securitisations. In transactions, he advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and operational arrangements. He
is also active in fund formation. Mr. Feder is commonly acclaimed by professional review publications.
Before joining Caspi & Co., Mr. Feder practiced for more than six years at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New
York. Prior to embarking on private practice, Mr. Feder served as judicial law clerk to Deputy Chief Justice Menachem
Elon of the Supreme Court of Israel ( Jerusalem) and, preceding that, to Judge Roger Miner of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York). Before his judicial clerkships, Mr. Feder was a 1987-88 Luce Scholar, in
the capacity of which he acted as a white-collar criminal investigator in Singapore for Singapore’s Ministry of Finance.
Mr. Feder is a 1987 graduate of the New York University School of Law with many honors and obtained A.B. and M.A.
degrees in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in New York.
Mr. Feder is an Adjunct Lecturer on derivatives at the Tel Aviv University Law School. He has authored numerous
professional and academic articles on law and finance and was editor-in-chief of the New York University Journal of
International Law & Politics.
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Winner
Israel
Project Finance & Commercial
Law Firm of the Year
Yehuda Raveh & Co.
Yehuda Raveh, Yehuda Glatt and Ron Vered
+972 2 563 5232
+972 3 562 0303
ezra@ravehtlv.co.il
www.yraveh.co.il
Winner
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ehuda Raveh and Co. was established in the 1940s by the late Gideon Hausner, the Attorney General of the
State of Israel and a Cabinet Minister in Israel’s Government. Today, the firm is among the leading law firms in
Israel. It is led by Mr. Yehuda Raveh and has a staff of 85 lawyers, associates, and administrative personnel.
The firm is also involved in projects in Europe and has recently opened a branch in Bucharest, Romania.
The firm has been repeatedly ranked among the leading law firms in Israel by various international publications, namely
The European Legal 500, Dun & Bradstreet, Chambers Global, International Association of Business Leaders and
IFLR1000.
The firm provides legal services in a broad range of areas, including among others: major infrastructure projects, project
finance and BOT projects, corporate and M&A, multi-national cross-border transactions, real esate, construction and
development, bankruptcy and reorganization, hotel and tourims, public tenders, administrative law and litigation and
dispute resolution.
The firm represents several of the largest real estate and construction projects in the country in major residential, commercial,
high-tech and industrial projects. The firm has well-known expertise in hotel development and management
deals throughout Israel, and represents numerous hotel owners and developers and major national and international
hotel companies.
The firm is one of Israel’s leading firms in the area of infrastructure and project finance. The firm has unrivalled experience
working across a wide range of infrastructure projects, including infrastructure projects in the areas of Transportation,
Construction, Real Estate Development, Water Desalination, Power Plants and others.
The firm is heavily involved in the Cross Israel Highway Project, the largest Transportation Infrastructure Project in
Israel, which was built and financed on a B.O.T. Basis.
The firm represents the Concessionaire of the IDF Campus in the Negev, the largest infrastructure Project in Israel to
date. The project is financed and will be built and operated on a P.F.I. basis. Yehuda Raveh & Co. successfully represented
the Concessionaire throughout the unique and complex tender process and Financial Closing of this project.
Yehuda Raveh and Co. is one of the leading corporate and M&A law firms in Israel. The firm has been involved in many
significant and complex cross-border transactions, of all sizes and ownership structures.
The firm was recently involved in the acquisition of the control of Azorim, a public company valued at $500 million,
which is one of the largest development companies in Israel.
The Firm also represents the Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF), the first Israeli private equity fund specializing in infrastructure
related projects and companies. Recently the Firm represented IIF in the acquisition of 75% of the shares in
Netivey Hayovel Ltd., the Concessionaire of the PFI Road 431 Project; and in the acquisition of 27.5% of CityPass Ltd.,
the Concessionaire of the Jerusalem Light Rail Project.
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