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Legal Update: China Desk – February 2018

A series of new regulations on overseas investment have been issued in China during the last several months, following Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investment by Enterprises released on December 26, 2017 and taking effect on March 1, 2018. Please click here to read the full update

Legal Environment Report of The “Belt and Road” Countries

FBC co-authored the Israel chapter of the Legal Environment Report of the “Belt and Road” Countries, published by the All China Lawyers Association. Please click here to read the full report (Chinese translation follows the English).

Legal Update – China Desk – November 2017

China Released Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investments by Enterprises (Draft for Comments) The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of People’s Republic of China released Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investments by Enterprises (Draft for Comments) in early November, 2017. Comments are to be submitted before December 3rd, 2017. Click here to […]

Legal Update: China Releases New Outbound Investment Regulations – October 2017

China Releases New Outbound Investment Regulations I. Background The State Council of China published Guiding Opinions on Further Guiding and Regulating the Direction of Overseas Investment (the “Guideline”) in August, 2017, which was jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the central bank People’s Bank of China […]

Article about Yue Gao – part of our China Desk team

Very proud of Yue Gao, legal advisor in FBC’s China Desk. Click here to read the article published in Tel Aviv University’s Law Faculty’s magazine – “De Yura”. (Hebrew)

Legal Update: 法律动态：跨国经营的考量—合营企业（中文）International Considerations-Joint Ventures

Please click below to read the full update (Chinese) 请点击这里阅读全文（中文  

Legal Update: China Adopts Cybersecurity Law- November 2016

On November 7, 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China passed the Cybersecurity Law (the “Law”), which will become effective as of June 1, 2017. As the basic law on cybersecurity regulation, the Law touches on the national policy of cyber industry, obligations of network operators, protection of data and […]

FBC advised Fujian Yango Group. Co., Ltd. with respect to its NIS 1.948B acquisition of the controlling stake in The Phoenix Holdings Ltd.

FBC advised Fujian Yango Group. Co., Ltd., a People’s Republic of China company involved, inter alia, in real estate development (“Yango”), with respect to the execution of a share purchase agreement for Yango’s NIS 1.948B acquisition through a wholly owned subsidiary of the controlling stake in The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (“Phoenix Holdings”) from Delek Group […]

2015 In Numbers – Thank You For Another Great Year!

2015 In Numbers – Thank you for Another Great Year!

FBC advises Fosun in its NIS 1.8B acquisition of the controlling stake in the Phoenix

FBC advises Fosun, the largest Chinese privately owned conglomerate, in its NIS 1.8B acquisition of the controlling stake in the Phoenix Insurance Company from the Delek Group.

FBC holds an event for FBClub members on Recent Trends & Developments in Corporate Law

The following presentations were presented at the FBClub gathering, held at a unique event space in Tel Aviv: Major Developments in the Rulings of the Economic Court in Tel Aviv (2015), by Avraham Well (Hebrew) The Influence of Administrative Enforcement on Corporate Governence, by Shoney Albeck (Hebrew)  

FBC Awarded “Israel Law Firm of the Year” & “European High Yield Deal of the Year” at the IFLR European Awards 2015

FBC was named the “Israel Law Firm of the Year” and was recognized for its role in the “European High Yield Deal of the Year” at the IFLR’s 2015 European Awards ceremony. IFLR is the market-leading financial law publication for lawyers specializing in international finance in financial institutions, corporate in-house legal departments and private practice. […]

FBC represented Bright Food in a Refinancing Transaction of approx. NIS 2B

FBC represented Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd. and its affiliated entities in a financing transaction with Bank Hapoalim of approx. NIS 2 billion bank loan of Ap.Ms.Tn Holdings, Ltd. through which BFG holds its control interest in the Tnuva Group. The refinancing transaction was consummated simultaneously with the closing of the purchase transaction in which […]

Sale of Control Stake in Tnuva to Bright Food Completed

FBC represented Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd. and its affiliated entities in closing the purchase transaction of the control stake in the Tnuva Group from the Apax funds and Mivtach Shamir. The Sale and Purchase Agreement was signed in May 2014 and the closing of the transaction was in March 2015. BFG, the second largest […]

FBC advises China’s Bright Food Group in its acquisition of the controlling interest in Tnuva at a company value of NIS 8.6B

FBC advises China’s Bright Food Group in its acquisition of the controlling interest in Tnuva at a company value of NIS 8.6B – the largest Chinese investment in Israel

FBC joins the Israel – Asia Chamber of Commerce