Rami Sofer

Partner
Head of the Corporate, Finance and Infrastructure Department

Rami Sofer

Biography

Adv. Rami Sofer specializes in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects, financial services, especially services to credit card companies as well as insurance law. He has been representing some of Israel leading companies in these fields for many years.

Rami accumulated extensive experience and a significant reputation regarding various commercial transactions, including merger and acquisition agreements, international transactions for the acquisition of technology and equipment, and the initiation of projects in various fields, both in Israel and abroad.

Rami possesses unique expertise in the insurance and financial services field, and regularly advises insurance companies, insurance agencies, and institutional entities on all aspects of their activity, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, corporate governance and regulation matters. In addition, he handled significant agreements related to forming consumer clubs and issuing credit cards.

In the infrastructure field, Rami represents government and private sector entities (including large foreign corporations) regarding all aspects of complex infrastructure projects, including projects partially financed by the private sector (BOT and PFI infrastructure projects). He advises on all stages of the projects, from establishing the legislative framework for applicable government sponsored projects, to handling planning proceedings, land expropriation, drafting tenders and managing engagements with the winning bidders.

In recent years, Rami advised on numerous projects and significant transactions, including the acquisition of major companies in the field of financial services and retail; mergers and acquisitions of institutional entities, insurance companies and insurance agencies; representing bidders in major infrastructure tenders valued at billions of ILS; providing ongoing counsel throughout the planning and construction of complex infrastructure projects including Highway 6, the fast lane at the entrance to Tel-Aviv, and the light rail ‘red line’ in Tel-Aviv; handling the establishment of automated logistic centers for leading Israeli corporations; significant transactions in the heavy industry and petro-chemical fields; agricultural projects in Israel and in developing countries; and more.

Rami is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

 

Education

LL.B., Tel Aviv University, 1988

Admission

Israel Bar Association, 1989