Our team of highly experienced attorneys has years of hand's on experience in dealing with complex commercial transactions involving Israeli and foreign parties. We provide counsel to our clients in all aspects and stages of the deal – from negotiation of the agreement to its drafting and execution. When and to the extent that a breach of a contract occurs we represent our clients – as plaintiffs or defendants (as the case may be) – in various courts and tribunals.

We advise our clients in all aspects and types of Intellectual Property (copyrights, trademarks, service marks, domain names, unfair competition, the protection of patents, trade secrets and other proprietary information). GKL team possesses wide experience and expertise in structuring the commercial optimization and protection of Intellectual Property rights and in litigating complex Intellectual Property disputes. Our practice includes: IP registration, negotiating and drafting complex licensing transactions and distribution agreements, joint ventures and co-development agreements, IP transfer and purchase agreements as well as other related IP matters. Our clients range from broadcasters, commercial television producers, international media companies, software and hardware companies to writers, artists and performers.

We serve as legal counsel to a leading Israeli broadcaster as well as other Israeli and international media companies. In the course of our work we advise our media clients both as to their on-going commercial activities as well as representing them in varied litigation matters. The business and commercial activities which are involved include: production agreements, licensing agreements and international media service agreements. We have appeared in court on behalf of our media clients in a number of well-known cases involving libel, violation of privacy and the protection of proprietary and copyright interests in television programs.

We possess extensive experience in all aspects of corporate law - from negotiating and drafting of founders' agreement and the formation of the company to its Initial Public Offering on the TASE or the NASDAQ markets. We advise our clients on diverse matters and transactions including private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, share purchase agreements, forward and reverse mergers, representing both the companies raising funds and the persons or entities making the investments.

Our firm possesses wide experience and expertise in representing clients before diverse regulatory authorities – such as The Second Authority for Television and Radio; The Council for Cable Television and Satellite Broadcasting; The Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Commissioner in the Ministry of Finance; The Ministry of Health; The Ministry of Agriculture; The Chief Scientist; The Antitrust Authority; The Israel Securities Authority; etc. We also advise our clients as to various legislation procedures in The Knesset (Israeli parliament) and in its Committees, as well as on varied aspects of Administrative and Constitutional Law. Our attorneys appeared on behalf of various clients and took a key part in some of the major and more controversial cases brought before Bagatz (The Israeli High Court of Justice) during the past several years.

The firm advises on technology-related transactions including those relating to intellectual property, licensing, distribution, joint development and outsourcing. Our involvement in these transactions covers all aspects of such deals, including rendering assistance to our clients with the negotiation of the commercial terms, drafting agreements, creating financing arrangements, stock option plans and inter-company agreements and protecting intellectual property rights. We advise our clients in creating their local and international distribution relationships (and in ending them when the need arises).

Our team of legal experts include lawyers who are highly experienced in the medical device and bio-tech fields, having acted as legal counsel to innovative stent producers and biopharmaceutical companies, among others, accompanying them from their phase of establishment, through their financing rounds, and into their clinical trials and introduction and licensing of their products and IP world-wide.

The firm assists its clients in negotiating and drafting "combination deals", sale agreements and commercial lease agreements as well as representing its clients before the Israel Land Administration, the real estate tax authorities, the Land Registry and housing companies. Our attorneys have many years of experience in the fields of property law, zoning, planning and preservation of historical sites and monuments.

Our firm serves as legal counsel for The Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites (SPIHS) and represents SPIHS in various litigation and regulatory matters.

We represent a key HR company in the field of public health and have wide experience in all aspects of Israeli labor law, including drafting of employment agreements, collective bargaining agreements and representation in the Labor Courts. We advise our clients in their day-to-day human resources issues and provide advice on the employment law aspects of their transactions. Our attorneys served as advisory counsel in labor legislation hearings.

The firm's practice in family and matrimonial law addresses the complete range of matters affecting the family in the civil and Rabbinical courts systems, encompassing negotiated agreements, litigation and mediation of disputes. We are well suited to meet the needs of parties in connection with the negotiation and preparation of pre-marital, marital, divorce, and cohabitation agreements. Our family law lawyers have the expertise and experience in reaching amicable resolutions, and if necessary, in litigating cases to conclusion, addressing all aspects of family law, such as probate, wills and inheritance rights; divorce; guardianship; custody; visitation and access; spousal support; child support; dissolution of property; international child abduction and the enforcement of foreign judgments. Our firm offers a full service platform for our clients, working together with therapists and specialists whenever necessary. Our aim is to resolve disputes with minimal disruption and pain to the parties involved.

The firm's practice in trust and estate planning places a special emphasis on clients with complex international connections or with assets located in a number of countries. We have protected the interests of our clients as heirs or beneficiaries to an estate in varied litigations, including ones relating to the conduct of simultaneous probate proceedings in several countries. Adv. Gideon Koren was the founder and first chairman of the Jerusalem branch of the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Our firm frequently advises its clients on antitrust and antitrust issues, filing applications for exemptions from approval of restrictive covenants and merger notices and providing representation before the Antitrust Authority and the Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal.

The complexities of the Control of Financial Services Laws & Regulations as well as the intricacy of the regulatory system applied to provident and pension funds by The Ministry of Finance require special expertise and knowledge. In view of the fact that over the years our firm served as legal counsel for various provident and pension funds (old & new) and advised on the day-to-day management and operations of such funds we possess such high level expertise and knowledge as well as the necessary familiarity with the special characteristics of the Israeli funds market.

Several of our attorneys are Notaries licensed by Israel’s Ministry of Justice and provide the gamut of notary services to individuals and companies, including amongst others, notarized translations in several languages, witnessing of signatures, powers of attorney, certified copies, confirmations that individuals are alive, wills, pre-nuptial agreements, certifications of declarations and affidavits, and utilization of the authority of a Notary Public in accordance with foreign laws. Our firm is available to obtain the stamp of the Apostille or other certification for documents to be used abroad.