Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co.

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Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co.
Law Offices
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Type Partnership (Israel)
Founded Tel Aviv, Israel (1979)
Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel
Key people Prof. Joseph Gross, Chairman
David Hodak, Head of Firm
Gene Kleinhendler, Partner
Amir Halevy, Managing Partner
Eytan Greenberg, Partner
Industry Law
Products Legal advice
Revenue Unknown
Employees 108
Website www.gkhlaw.com

Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. (a.k.a. "GKH"), founded in 1979, is one of the largest law firms in Israel.[1] Its offices are in Tel Aviv.

On January 1, 2001 the law firms of Prof. Joseph Gross, Hodak, Greenberg & Co. and Kleinhendler & Halevy merged to form Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co., Israel's leading corporate and securities law firm.

The firm of Prof. Joseph Gross, Hodak, Greenberg & Co. was founded in 1979 by Prof. Joseph Gross, one of Israel’s most experienced corporate, securities and tax attorneys, and a professor of law at Tel Aviv University. [opinion needs balancing] The firm advised the Israeli branches of several global corporations, as well as major Israeli conglomerates. The firm represented the Government of Israel on the flotation of securities of Israel’s largest banking institutions. Professor Gross was joined by David Hodak in 1983 and Eytan Greenberg in 1986.

Founded in 1984 by Gene Kleinhendler, formerly of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the firm of Kleinhendler and Halevy focused on the area of high technology venture finance law. Amir Halevy, joined the firm in 1986. The firm specialized in capital markets in Israel and the United States, foreign investments in Israel, representation of high-technology companies in their commercial ventures, the investments of venture capital funds in Israeli companies, private offerings in Israel and the United States, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and licensing. The firm was also active in privatization.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wrorbel, Sharon. "Israel is oversaturated with lawyers", Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2006.