INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECT FINANCE
‘The firm provides outstanding service: dynamic, up to date, very thorough and business oriented. Deep understanding of commercial issues as well as of financial matters. Great negotiators with financial entities as well as with contractors, business-partners and clients.’
The Legal 500
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Firon is one of Israel’s leading law firms in the field of energy, infrastructure, and project financing. Over the years, the firm has successfully supported groundbreaking projects worth billions of shekels both in Israel and around the world. Inter alia, the firm has successfully accompanied the construction of the country’s largest and most challenging projects with national significance for the economy and finances of Israel.
The firm has made its mark on every public space in the State of Israel, in projects involving the construction of roads, tunnels, railways, ports, desalination plants, power plants, renewable energy, defense projects, courts, government buildings, rental and housing projects. It is with good reason that the firm’s activities have not escaped the notice of the Israeli and overseas rating agencies, who consistently rank Firon as one of the leading firms among the elite group operating in the fields of infrastructure, projects, energy and project finance.
The firm has a unique track record and years of accumulated experience in managing some of the largest infrastructure projects in history, including BOT, PFI, PPP and BOO projects. For many years, the firm has provided its support on complex, substantial projects that have included the Red and Purple Lines on the Tel Aviv light rail (PPP, the tender for the Blue Line on the Jerusalem light rail (PPP), the tenders for the Green and Purple lines on the Tel Aviv light rail, the tender for the Haifa-Nazareth light rail project (PPP), representation for the Ministry of Defense construction tenders, representation of the H2ID development company, representation of government companies – such as the rental apartment company, Nativ Ha’or (a subsidiary of IEC), representation of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, as well as the Natural Gas Authority, and many more.
In addition, the firm provides support on a wide spectrum of energy projects including water, gas and renewable energy, as well as for solar energy, wind energy, server farms and energy storage. The firm’s lawyers specialize in accompanying all aspects of a project, including public tenders, project financing, drafting infrastructure agreements between the parties to the project, and resolving disputes that may arise in the course of the project. In this context, the firm has particular expertise in preparing and managing negotiations in relation to procurement and construction agreements (EPC), operation and maintenance agreements (O&M) and energy purchase agreements.
The firm’s team has wide expertise in promoting complex, investment-intensive energy projects with Israeli and foreign commercial companies who are among the largest in their fields in the energy and infrastructure sectors, as well as with overseas investors, government entities and advanced technology bodies, and in accompanying and representing the leading entrepreneurs and contractors in the economy, a wide range of public bodies and institutions from the state authorities, non-profit organizations, colleges and finance entities. In addition, the firm represents the major banks, as well as government companies, in a cross-section of projects in the various infrastructure sectors, including transport, energy, water, public housing and more.
Comprehensive and Full Service includes:
- All aspects of support for energy projects including public tenders, agreements and settling disputes;
- Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) agreements;
- Operation & Maintenance (O&M) agreements;
- Power Purchasing Agreements (PPA);
- Routine advice and support for companies before the regulators including the Israel Electricity Authority, Israel Land Administration and relevant government ministries;
- Project finance;
- Representation in all stages of infrastructure tenders.
09.06.2024
IFLR 1000 ranked Firon law firm among the leading law firms in Israel this year
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31.03.2024
THE PRESTIGIOUS GUIDE DUN’S 100 RANKED OUR FIRM AS ONE OF THE LEADING LAW FIRMS IN ISRAEL
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18.09.2022
IFLR 1000 hails M. Firon & Co., again, as one of Israel’s leading firms in its 2022 edition
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22.04.2021
M. FIRON & CO. CONTINUES TO LEAD! WE’RE PROUD OF OUR FIRM’S LEGAL TEAM WHO HAVE ONCE AGAIN LED US TO INTERNATIONAL APPRECOATION AND RECOGNITION
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04.01.2022
Our infrastructure and project financing department was awarded, again, top tier ranking by Dun’s 100 for 2020
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03.08.2023
Our infrastructure and project financing department was awarded, again, top tier ranking by Dun’s 100 for 2023
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30.08.2020
The prestigious guide IFLR1000 has recommended our Project finanace department in its 2020 edition
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30.12.2021
Adv. Tamar Firon-Smorodinsky was ranked by The 2021 Legal 500 prestigious guide as a leading individual
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01.09.2021
Our infrastructure and project financing department was awarded, again, top tier ranking by BdiCode for 2021
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30.08.2021
The prestigious guide IFLR1000 has recommended our Infrastructure department in its 2021 edition
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20.04.2021
Our infrastructure and project financing department was awarded[, again,] top tier ranking by Dun’s 100 for 2021
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20.04.2021
The prestigious guide The Legal 500 has, again, in its 2021 edition, highly recommended our Infrastructure department
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15.03.2021
The prestigious guide Chambers and Partners has, again, in its 2021 edition, highly recommended our Infrastructure and Energy departments
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30.08.2020
The prestigious guide IFLR1000 has recommended our Infrastructure department in its 2020 edition
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30.08.2020
THE PRESTIGIOUS GUIDE IFLR1000 HAS RECOMMENDED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT IN ITS 2020 EDITION
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30.08.2020
ADV. TAMAR FIRON-SMORODINSKY WAS RECOMMENDED AGAIN BY THE PRESTIGIOUS GUIDE IFLR1000
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30.08.2020
The prestigious guide IFLR1000 has recommended our Infrastructure department in its 2020 edition
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20.04.2020
THE PRESTIGIOUS GUIDE THE LEGAL 500 HAS, AGAIN, IN ITS 2020 EDITION, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT
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20.04.2020
The prestigious guide The Legal 500 has, again, in its 2020 edition, highly recommended our Infrastructure department
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20.04.2020
Our infrastructure and project finanacing department was awarded, again, top tier ranking by BdiCode for 2020
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20.04.2020
The prestigious guide The Legal 500 has, again, in its 2020 edition, highly recommended our Infrastructure department
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20.04.2020
ADV. TAMAR FIRON-SMORODINSKY WAS RANKED BY THE LEGAL 500 PRESTIGIOUS GUIDE AS A LEADING INDIVIDUAL
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15.03.2021
Adv. Tamar Firon-Smorodinsky was recognized by the Chambers and Partners prestigious guide
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15.03.2020
The prestigious guide Chambers and Partners has recommended our Energy and Infrastructure departments in its 2020 edition
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21.03.2019
DUN’S 100 RANKED M. FIRON & CO. AMONG THE BEST LAW FIRMS IN ISRAEL IN ISRAEL IN 21 PRACTICE AREAS
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09.06.2024
IFLR 1000 ranked Firon law firm among the leading law firms in Israel this year
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11.07.2023
Representation of Harel Group in a NIS 1 billion refinance transaction for EDF Renewables Israel
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28.12.2021
Is the country investing enough in infrastructure Advocates Tamar Firon and Sivan Atias in The Annual infrastructure conference
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08.12.2021
A financing agreement for the construction of the dormitories in the College of Management was signed with Discount Bank
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04.02.2020
Congrats to Ashtrom which completed the construction of the new courthouse in Bat Yam
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14.01.2020