• Avgol– We are advising Avgol on its Chinese joint venture with Hubei Goldkinglong Investment to produce spunmelt fabrics in Jingmen City’s High Tech Development Area, located in Hubei Province of the People's Republic of China.

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• ITRAN Communications / Matsushita Electric & Kansai Electric– Our Hong Kong office represented ITRAN Communications, an Israeli developer of high-frequency modems, in its joint venture with Matsushita Electric and Kansai Electric.

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• Magal Security Systems, Ltd.– We represented Lehman Brothers Inc., as exclusive placement agent, in an ordinary share registered direct offering for Magal Security Systems, Ltd., an Israeli corporation engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of computerized security systems.

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• McKesson Corporation / Medcon– We represented McKesson Corporation in its agreement to acquire Medcon, Ltd., an Israeli provider of cardiac image and information management solutions, for approximately $105 million.  

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• Nikko antfactory / Cima NanoTech– We represented Nikko antfactory, a Japanese VC affiliate of Nikko Securities, in a Series B investment in Cima NanoTech, and subsequently represented Cima on joint development projects.

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• Nikko Cordial Securities Investment Enterprise Partnership– We represented Nikko Cordial as lead investor in the Series C round of financing for InterCure Ltd., an Israeli developer of a patented technology platform for respiratory-based treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.   

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• OPIC / Israel Electric Corporation– We represent OPIC as political risk insurer under OPIC’s Non-Honoring of Sovereign Guaranty program of a $250 million loan to The Israel Electric Corporation Limited, arranged by Citibank and unconditionally guaranteed by the Ministry of Finance of the Government of the State of Israel.

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• Syneron– Following our representation of Syneron Medical Ltd. in its NASDAQ IPO in 2004, we represent this Israeli developer of innovative aesthetic medical products based on its proprietary Electro-Optical Synergy, in connection with its underwritten secondary offering in 2005.  

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• Zoran Corporation / Oren Semiconductor– We represented this Israel-based fabless integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer, as U.S. counsel, in its acquisition by Zoran Corporation.  Zoran, which already owned 17% of Oren, acquired the remainder of Oren’s outstanding stock for $44.6 million in cash and stock. Prior to the acquisition, we represented Oren in various rounds of financing and advised Oren on Delaware law and general corporate issues.

Litigation 

• Hebrew University– We represented Hebrew University of Jerusalem against Fisher Scientific International, Inc. concerning the unauthorized use of Dr. Albert Einstein’s name and likeness in a domain name and on a website.  We have also represented the University in a lawsuit by Electronic Arts, invoking the federal Declaratory Judgment Act and seeking a declaration that it had a First Amendment right to use Dr. Einstein’s persona in its computer games.

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• Negevtech– We are currently defending Negevtech Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer and supplier of optical wafer inspection systems, in a patent litigation suit brought by Applied Materials, Inc. in the Northern District of California.  Also on behalf of Negevtech, we have filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office two requests seeking reexamination of certain claims of the Applied Materials patent.

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• Pharmos– We are representing Pharmos Corporation and certain current officers as defendants in several shareholder class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws.  These lawsuits were filed beginning in January 2005 and are pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.  The complaints allege generally that the defendants knowingly or recklessly made false or misleading statements regarding the effectiveness of dexanabinol in treating TBI which had the effect of artificially inflating the price of Pharmos common stock.

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• PowerDsine– Following our representation of PowerDsine Ltd. in its IPO, we represented the company in patent litigation relating to the developing field of "power over Ethernet" in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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• Shopping.com– We represented the Litigation Committee of the Board of Shopping.com when the company and several of its directors and former directors were sued for alleged misrepresentations made during the merger negotiations between DealTime and Epinions.  Shopping.com was the surviving company.

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• Syneron– We represented Syneron Medical Ltd. and Syneron, Inc. in a medical device patent infringement suit brought by Thermage, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which was settled in June 2005 on favorable terms to Syneron.  We also successfully defended Syneron Medical Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Syneron Inc. and Syneron Canada Corp., in a patent infringement action relating to medical devices used for non-invasive treatment of vascular abnormalities and hair removal. 

Other Representations

• Patent Prosecution– We are handling the prosecution of U.S. patent applications on behalf of several Israeli-based companies, including Xtellus USA and Ventor Technologies Inc.

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• Japan Representation – We prepared an executive employment agreement for a leading Israeli agro-chemical company in connection with its engagement of a Japanese advisor charged with helping it find acquisition candidates and other business opportunities in Japan.