Financial Regulation and Enforcement


Overview

Financial Regulation

Goldfarb Gross Seligman offers extensive legal services and representation to a variety of entities in all aspects of financial regulation. Our legal team provides comprehensive counsel on all banking legal aspects, including discussions and negotiations with the relevant regulators.

Comprehensive Legal Counsel

The firm advises banks, financial institutions and public companies regarding the regulatory aspects of their activity, including the prohibition of money laundering, the purchase of bonds, the provision of collateral, syndication loans, equity requirements, obtaining permits and licenses from the Bank of Israel and other regulatory authorities, consortium arrangements, various financial services, etc.
Among others, we represent clients in hearings regarding the setting of regulations by the Israeli Bank Supervisor and the Commissioner of Capital Market, Insurance and Savings. In addition, our attorneys advise on the implementation of regulations in supervised companies through versatile methods, and form internal enforcement plans.
Furthermore, our legal teams provide legal services through all stages of the regulatory process, and represents clients before regulatory authorities in administrative enforcement proceedings, criminal proceedings, and in civil proceedings relating to financial regulation.

International Financial Corporations

Our legal teams provide ongoing counsel to leading international financial corporations and institutions as part of their activity in Israel, including representing clients before the relevant Israeli authorities, such as the Israel Securities Authority, the Commissioner of the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority, the Bank of Israel, Israel Competition Authority and more.