Oded is a Partner in the New York office and also serves as Managing Partner of our Tel Aviv office. His practice focuses on capital markets. He specializes in counseling public companies on financings and ongoing corporate governance, disclosure and compliance matters. Oded has been involved in numerous public offerings and exchange listings in Wall Street of both private and TASE-listed Israeli companies. He has extensive experience representing New York investment banks in public offerings and private placements. Oded is counsel to several Israeli governmental entities that operate in the U.S. He also guides and assists Israeli start-up companies in their various legal needs while establishing presence in the U.S. Oded has been involved in various public interest activities in Israel and New York. He served as a Captain in the Israeli Defense Forces.
Representative Client Work
- Represented an Israeli pharma company in its $69 million initial public offering and Nasdaq listing
- Represented an Israeli 3D printing company in a $36 million registered direct offering of American Depositary Shares
- Represented an Israeli 3D printing company in several public offerings of American Depositary Shares – $3.9 million and $13.3 million
- Represented an Israeli hi-tech company in several offerings of American Depositary Shares – $13 million, $12 million and a debt offering of $7 million
- Represented an Israeli company engaged in automotive safety systems in several public offerings of American Depositary Shares – $2.6 million, $5 million and $6.4 million
- Represented an Israeli cyber-security company in its $10 million initial public offering and dual listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, its acquisition of a private Israeli company, a corresponding debt offering of $5 million and its $8.4 million public offering of American Depositary Shares and Warrants
- Represented an Israeli orphan drug company in its reverse merger with an Israeli pharma company
- Represented an Israeli company engaged in automotive safety systems in an NIS 20 million private placement of ordinary shares, and a $6.2 million public offering of American Depositary Shares
- Represented Israeli pharma company in its $12 million U.S. initial public offering, including its dual listing on Nasdaq
- Represented an Israeli telecom company in two public offerings of ordinary shares – $28 million and $20 million
- Represented an Israeli orphan drug company in its $35 million initial public offering and Nasdaq listing
Bar & Court Admissions
- Israel
- New York
Education
- LL.B., magna cum laude, Tel-Aviv University Law School
- LL.M., New York University School of Law
- APCLB (concentration in finance), Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU
Community Engagement
- Member, Israeli-American Council of New York
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Beit Rabban Day School
- New York Bar Association
- Israeli Bar Association
Languages
- English
- Hebrew
Awards & Honors
- The Legal 500 Israel, 2020
- Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A - Israel (Foreign Expert), 2015, 2016
- The Legal 500 U.S., 2017
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December 28, 2020
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Client AlertSeptember 26, 2019
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The Jerusalem PostJune 17, 2019
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The Jerusalem Post, QuotedMay 15, 2019
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Press ReleaseMay 31, 2017
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Client AdvisoryJanuary 21, 2015
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Stock News NowSeptember 29, 2014
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Legal Business, QuotedApril 1, 2014
Seminars & Presentations
- The Legal Challenges of Raising Funds for Israeli Companies on Wall Street
ACC - Israel Webinar (December 27, 2020) - Lessons Learned: How the Downturn Has Prepared Us For The Bounceback
The Legal Leaders’ Virtual Roundtable (October 14, 2020) - Impact of Covid-19 on U.S. Capital Market: Insights from Israeli Companies’ Experiences
Israeli Business Forum of New York (July 16, 2020) - How Corporates & Startups Successfully Continue Business Despite COVID-19
Zoom Conference (April 23, 2020) - The Future of Healthcare
SOSA NYC (September 12, 2019) - IAC Edge East Coast Summit
Israeli American Council (IAC) (September 8, 2019) - Alternative Public Offerings
Oppenheimer & Co. (March 19, 2019) - Navigating the U.S. Regulatory Environment
Sullivan & Worcester Conference Center, New York, NY (October 31, 2017) - Uplisting to a National Exchange ─ What every company needs to know before, during and after an uplisting
2016 Marcum MicroCap Conference, Grand Hyatt New York, NY (June 1, 2016) - Breakfast with Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations
Sullivan & Worcester Conference Center, New York (May 3, 2016)