Profile
Gil is a partner with the firm and specializes in corporate and commercial law, particularly with respect to cross-border transactions. Gil represents private and publicly traded companies, Israeli companies and foreign companies in a wide range of corporate and commercial matters in hi-tech, industry, services, defense and homeland security and various other sectors. Gil’s work includes setting up companies, corporate investments and financing, corporate governance and director and shareholder relations, joint ventures, manufacturing, sale, supply, licensing, agency, distribution and many other forms of complex commercial transactions.

Gil has particularly unique niche expertise in the defense and homeland security sectors and advises businesses on regulatory matters such as export controls of military and dual use goods, sales to ministry and departments of defense of governments around the world. Gil also advises Israeli companies on the rules, limitations and possibilities for participating in sales to the Israeli Ministry of Defense that are funded by the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Finance (FMF) programs.

Gil advises on the export controls for military and dual use goods under the laws of Israel, the U.K. and the U.S. and has particularly extensive experience advising Israeli and British businesses on compliance with the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Gil is licensed to practice law in Israel and England & Wales and Gil advises clients located in both jurisdictions. Gil moved to Israel from England in 1999, before which he worked for a business commercial law firm in London.

Education
First Degree in Law [LLB] from the Metropolitan University of Manchester, 1995

Admitted
Israel Bar Association, 2001.
Solicitors Regulation Authority of England & Wales, 1998.

Languages
English, Hebrew

Tel: +972-3-7713880
Fax: +972-3-7715540
Email: gil@jstlaw.co.il