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Yaniv Bar-Zik

Partner
Practice Areas
Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds
Hi-Tech/Start-Ups
Mergers and Acquisitions
Commercial
Third Sector: Associations and Non-Profit Organizations

Adv. Yaniv Bar-Zik, is a partner in the firm’s corporate practice, specializing in representing emerging growth companies, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and early stage investors and entrepreneurs.
Adv. Bar-Zik advises to international and emerging companies on all corporate and commercial aspects of their activities, including their representation and the representation of individual entrepreneurs in venture capital and private equity transactions. He represents venture capital funds and private equity funds from their establishment to their final liquidation, as well as their investments in potential portfolio companies.
Adv. Bar-Zik was involved in numerous transactions such as venture capital investments, merger/acquisition transactions, private equity investments and debt offering, as well as complex restructuring and spin-off transactions.
His clientele includes funds, startup and well-established emerging growth companies, primarily in the software, media, cleantech, information technology, Internet, big data technology and cyber sectors.
In his spare time, Adv. Bar-Zik serves as a lecturer at the Israeli Meetup organization, where he talks about the legal aspects of entrepreneurship and venture capital transactions.
In 2023, Adv. Bar-Zik was recognized by the Legal 500 website as a prominent lawyer in advising high-tech corporations, in raising funds and investments, and as an expert in venture capital funds and private equity.

Education
Master of Law (LL.M.) specializing in commercial law (com laude), UC Berkley and Tel Aviv University, 2013
Admission
Member of the Israel Bar Association (2008)
Languages
Hebrew, English
Academic Publications
  • ‌Adv. Yaniv Bar-Zik is the author of the article "Does the Popular SAFE Mechanism Maintain its Relevance in an Era of Economic Turmoil?" // Calcalist 24.3.2024 (Link)