In the wake of the mergers of the Goldfarb, Levy, Eran Meiri & Co. with M. Seligman & Co. law firms and Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein with Landa, Sade, Kahn & Co., Eitan Mehulal Law Group today announced its merger with Sadot & Co. The Eitan Mehulal-Sadot merger will take place in stages and will be completed by the end of the year. The combined law firm, to be called Eitan Mehulal & Sadot, will have 55 lawyers and patent lawyers, including 18 partners. The merged firm will become one of Israel's top 20 law firms.
Eitan Mehulal partner Yaron Mehulal said, "The firm's decision to merge with Sadot & Co. realizes the vision we started out with, to provide our clients with thorough and comprehensive service in all the fields they need, without losing our family atmosphere and personal service. We also expect Israeli firms to expand their international operations and a recovery by Israel's high-tech industry this year. The merger with Sadot creates a unique combination geared to deal with these challenges."
Sadot senior partner Avigdor Dorot said that the merger was examined meticulously. "With the signing of the merger agreement with Eitan Mehulal, we see a unique opportunity to combine our expertise in indirect taxation with Eitan Mehulal's expertise in direct taxation, which will provide our clients with a comprehensive tax umbrella at one firm."
Eitan Mehulal, headed by partners Tally Eitan and Yaron Mehulal, is one of Israel's top law firms in commercial, intellectual property, high tech, and direct taxation law. The firm has a strong presence in Israel's business world and in Israeli international operations, particularly in Europe and the US.
Sadot, headed by partners Dorot, Refael Liba, and Eitan Shmueli specializes in indirect taxation, foreign trade, the capital market, and commercial litigation, including representing defendants in class-action suits.
Another firm infected by the merger bug is Agmon & Co., headed by partner Zvi Agmon, which is merging with Rosenberg, Hacohen, Goddard & Ephrat. In the pending merger, 20 lawyers from the latter firm will join Agmon's Tel Aviv office, which will move to new premises following the expansion. The merged firm will have 60 lawyers at its Tel Aviv office, turning it into one of Israel's top 20 law firms. Agmon's Jerusalem office will remain unchanged.
The partners agree that the merged firm will provisionally be called Agmon, Rosenberg, Hacohen, Goddard & Ephrat before reverting to the original name of Agmon & Co.
Agmon says that the merger is intended to meet rising market demand. "The merger is part of a process to expand the range of the firm's practice areas and provide our clients with the best people in their fields, at both the human and professional level. This is an important strategic move for us, which will position the merged firm at the forefront of firms specializing in capital market law."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 27, 2011
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