Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends:
As a new Jewish year begins, we proudly announce our own new beginnings. Following years of fruitful cooperation, we have strengthened our affiliation with B. Levinbook & Co. In cooperation with the country's most reputable banking and bankruptcy litigation team, we draw on a sound understanding of corporate and banking law and regulation and a wealth of transactional experience. We are also proud to announce that Adv. Shiry Trifon Gal has joined us as a partner. In her almost 20 years of legal activity in leading commercial law firms and as legal counsel for Dexia Israel Bank, Shiry has gained extensive experience advising private and public corporations, banks and financial institutions on various commercial transactions and regulatory affairs, and led complex multi-jurisdiction M&A and financing transactions. Finally, we have expanded our international network and loan market capabilities. E. Schaffer & Co. is the only firm in Israel to join the LSTA and our Israel and U.S. trained Banking & Finance team has gained extensive expertise advising banks and financial institutionson cross-border financing transactions, syndicated loans, ISDA and derivatives, re-financing transactions, factoring, and complex financial instruments. Our international and domestic Corporate & Commercial Law practice is also growing, and we will continue to provide broad services across commercial law to domestic and international public corporations, start-up companies, investors and entrepreneurs. Our growing team of exceptional professionals, extensive international expertise and established affiliations reflect our uncompromising commitment to deliver a diligent, creative, effective and all-inclusive portfolio of legal solutions under one roof. For additional information on our innovative and diverse services please visit our new website www.schafferlaw.co.il. We wish you Shana Tova, health, prosperity and growth.