Etti Koren, Partner

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Etti is head of the firm’s Commercial and M&A Department.

Etti’s clients receive comprehensive counsel on their business transactions in varied fields, such as software licensing agreements, various service agreements, business and technological collaborations, joint ventures, and VC projects, while addressing all relevant fiscal and commercial aspects of such transactions.

In addition to her legal experience and due to her military service as an officer in MAMRAM – the IDF’s Center of Computing and Information Systems, and her vast technological knowledge, Etti has gained a unique understanding and expertise in handling all legal, business, fiscal and commercial aspects related to the high-tech industry.

Furthermore, and as part of Etti’s daily work and acting as a permanent legal counsel to leading private and public companies, she has been providing legal services to Israeli and international companies in various commercial aspects, including the following services:

M&A transactions, investment agreements, assets and activity purchase agreements (representing companies and founders as well as the investors and funds) from the stage of execution of a term sheet, legal due diligence investigations, drafting and negotiating the transaction agreements and other ancillary transaction documents, including filing for the relevant approvals from the Anti-Trust Authorities until the final successful closing. While providing such services, Mrs. Koren pay special attention to business and tax aspects of the transaction, aiming at closing successful deals for her customers.

Wide range of commercial agreements, including in the IT and high-tech field, such as: development, license, EULA, manufacturing, OEM, distribution/reseller, finder-fee/referral(s), NDA(s), intellectual property, option agreements/plans, employment and services agreements, repurchase and etc..

Establishment of business and technological ventures, companies, partnerships and associations in Israel as well as abroad while accompanying such entities as of their inception (incorporation agreements, founders agreements, articles of associations), through the company’s ongoing commercial administration and through various rounds of investments.

Consultancy on various aspects of fiscal planning for both private and international corporations during various stages of the corporations conducts, Corporate resolutions, legal opinions and on-going consultations regarding various commercial issues as well as regulations.


Education
LL.B, Tel- Aviv University (1991)

Admission
Israeli Bar Association (1993)

Languages
Hebrew (fluent), English (fluent).

Contact Details
Email: etti@kg-law.co.il

Branch Establishment for International Companies

Our Firm specializes in the alternative courses of establishment of subsidiaries and branches in Israel for international corporate groups, while providing legal counsel throughout the preliminary stages of inception, whether said inception is of an Israeli subsidiary or a branch of the international corporate. Our legal counsel includes representation before Israeli authorities and institutions in procedural processes (such as the Israeli Companies Registrar, local banks, assisting in opening Tax files, etc.), assisting in appointing local representatives, and acting as legal counsel for the corporation in Israel on the various corporate matters and affairs, through the entity’s ongoing commercial administration (corporate resolutions, legal opinions and on-going consultations regarding various commercial issues as well as regulations).

Cyber

 

The cyber technology field is one of the growing and developing fields in the Israeli economy, in which each passing year the business activity only grows and creates new record achievements. The field of cyber technology requires ingenuity and adaptability of the services provided to the customers in an arena which changes on a daily basis. Israel is a global center in the field of cyber protection, intelligence, physical security and the development of market braking defense tools, inviting investors from around the globe to seek and find solutions in the field of cyber technology in Israel.

The firm possesses vast experience in the field of cyber technology and has a unique expertise with regard to the legal, regulatory and commercial aspects in this field, in addition to a technological understanding of this field as well. The firm is involved in many investments and transactions made in the field of cyber technology by venture capital funds and by private investors, such as drafting of contracts, conducting negotiations, leading transactions, participation in tenders, etc.

The firm counsels and guides many cyber technology companies throughout the various regulatory challenges they face and provides those companies with an array of solutions allowing them to pass the regulatory hurdles.

The firm’s vast experience enables it to stand by its clients also through times of crises when the client itself suffers from a cyber-attack, providing it counsel which will help the client persevere through such attacks. The National Cyber Security Authority set itself a prioritized value to implement the “cyber protection essentials” within Israeli organizations and corporations, while charting cyber risks and defining defense measures in order to reduce those risks while using the Israeli experience in both civil and military cyber technology.      

Intellectual Property Agreements

The firm has substantial experience in the field of intellectual property, providing constant guidance and counsel to both Israeli and international corporations throughout the various stage of development along with providing assistance in defending the client’s technology.

The firm provides its clients with strategic legal services in various aspects regarding intellectual property, including but not limited to, drafting license agreements for software and applications, copyrights, trademarks, commercialization of intellectual property rights, leading M & A transactions, protecting intellectual property rights created during employer- employee/contractor relations, development agreements and agreements with contractors and/or subcontractors, enforcement of intellectual property rights and associated rights in court and arbitration tribunals, trademark registration and samples registration in light of the new Samples Law and its innovative defense and registration provisions accordingly.

Mergers & Acquisitions

The firm’s legal team has acquired vast experience throughout the years in representing purchasers and/or sellers in Israeli and international M & A transactions, including transactions involving technology, high tech and startup companies.

The firm’s legal team manages settlements between shareholders while putting an emphasis on creative and effective solutions which contribute to the company’s business activity and to the implementation of M & A transactions.

The firm’s legal team provides legal counsel to its clients with regard to the various requirements in accordance with the law both in Israel and abroad, and provides assistance in acquiring the relevant permits in order to execute the transactions. The team’s considerable experience in M & A transactions enables the provision of counsel to the client during the stages of planning, negotiations and document preparation, all while looking forward and taking in to consideration various possible future scenarios and situations, and by doing so preventing possible difficulties that may occur.

The firm’s legal team provides close guidance on every transaction and on every aspect relevant to the transaction. This method of work enables the firm to provide both professional and individual consultation for the client throughout the various stages of the transaction and with regard to all the various aspects of the transaction, providing the client with one professional and accessible point which provides him with all his legal and commercial needs, including for instance the aspect of shareholders holding share options, antitrust law, reports to the Director General of the Antitrust Authority and various permits and registries (Company Registrar, Antitrust Authority, Registrar of Pledges, Registrar of Trademarks, etc.).

Julie Maydan-Waldron, Associate

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As a high tech & corporate law practitioner, Julie’s focus is on corporate law, commercial law and non- profit corporation law. In addition and prior to her joining our firm, Julie worked several years in London as a marketing & sales manager for an international high- tech company. As part of her vast experience working with companies both in the commercial aspect and the legal aspect, Julie provides the firm’s clients with a wide spread of legal services in various commercial aspects, including the following services:

Establishment of business and technological ventures, companies, partnerships and associations in Israel as well as abroad while accompanying such entities as of their inception (incorporation agreements, founders agreements, articles of associations), through the company’s ongoing commercial administration and through various rounds of investments.

Corporate resolutions, legal opinions and on-going consultations regarding various commercial issues as well as regulations.

M&A transactions, investment agreements, assets and activity purchase agreements (representing companies and founders as well as the investors and funds) from the stage of execution of a term sheet, legal due diligence investigations, drafting and negotiating the transaction agreements and other ancillary transaction documents, including filing for the relevant approvals from the Anti-Trust Authorities until the final successful closing.

Wide range of commercial agreements, including in the IT and high-tech field, such as: development, license, EULA, manufacturing, OEM, distribution/reseller, finder-fee/referral(s), NDA(s), intellectual property, option agreements/plans, employment and services agreements, repurchase and etc..

Julie joined our firm in 2007 as an attorney.

Education
LL.B, the University of Haifa (1998)
Israeli Bar Association (2003)

Languages
Hebrew, English (Mother tongue), Dutch.

Contact Details
Email: julie@kg-law.co.il

Voluntary Association

The firm provides counsel to all types of voluntary associations and non- profit organizations, including public- benefit corporations, and foreign non- profit organizations working in Israel.

The firm provides ongoing counsel and guidance to its clients, such as in establishing and registering the various non- profit organizations with the proper authorities, and providing legal counsel and support they require for their activities.

Voluntary Liquidation

Our firm has prominent experience in the voluntary liquidation of inactive corporations, including the short procedure of liquidating a one-man corporation and the liquidation of partnerships.

Our firm actively escorts the company and/or partnership throughout the different stages of liquidation, from the initial stage and until receiving confirmation regarding the conclusion of the liquidation.

The Firm’s vast experience in the field of voluntary liquidation provides the client with fast, efficient and professional response to the various issues that may during the various stages of liquidation.

Wills & Inheritance

Over the years our firm has provided will preparation services to our various clients. Among our other fields of practice, our firm has handled a number of objection to will procedures, in the various different sensitive and unique angles these procedures tend to unfold to.