Amit Steinman

Co-Managing Partner

Amit Steinman is a Corporate/M&A partner and Co-Managing Partner at S. Horowitz. He specializes in complex corporate and commercial transactions, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity investments, capital market transactions, and acquisition financing.

Amit’s diverse client portfolio spans multinational corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds, and early-stage companies across many sectors, including technology, telecoms, life science, energy and infrastructure, defense financial services, and media.

Drawing from his vast experience as a former M&A lawyer at a top law firm in New York , Amit provides strategic counsel to international clients on their business operations and investments in Israel. His expertise is consistently recognized by leading legal directories, with The Legal 500 noting his “excellent skills and overall understanding of the situation.” He is also ranked as a highly regarded lawyer for M&A in Israel by IFLR 1000 and Who’s Who Legal.

“Amit Steinman is not only a highly skilled attorney with extensive experience but also has a deep understanding of the economic principles underlying transactions”

The Legal 500

Throughout his career, Amit has contributed significantly to the legal community through his thought leadership, co-authoring articles on M&A features and on fiduciary transactions for Debate, Global Comparative Law Review. He regularly shares his expertise at conferences and legal symposiums and serves as the co-author of the Israel chapter in Getting the Deal Through’s Corporate Governance guide. Amit also serves as mentor to law students at the Tel Aviv University who are interested in the world of corporate transactions.

Core Capabilities

Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions: Representing international and domestic clients in complex M&A transactions, both strategic and financial, with extensive experience from top-tier New York law firm background
Corporate Finance and Capital Markets: Advising on capital market transactions, acquisition financing, equity investments, and banking transactions representing financial institutions and investment banking firms across multiple sectors
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances: Representing clients in joint venture structuring, partnership agreements, and strategic alliances across various sectors
Technology and Innovation Transactions: Advising on hi-tech and innovation transactions, commercial and technology agreements, and investments representing clients in cybersecurity, AI, life science and emerging technology sectors
Private Equity and Venture Capital: Representing global early growth and private equity funds, corporate venture arms, and Israeli PE funds in various investment transactions across many sectors, including energy and infrastructure, telecoms, life sciences and defense
Corporate Governance: Advising on complex corporate governance matters, regulatory compliance, shareholder disputes, and derivative actions for public and private companies across various industries
Commercial Transactions: Representing clients in complex commercial transactions including international distribution transactions, IP commercialization transactions, and military procurement deals, providing operational guidance for business development in Israel

Notable Representations

Representing global private equity funds as well as corporate venture arms in various acquisitions of Israeli corporations and investments into the Israeli market, including in the technology, life science, defense and telecom sectors
Representing Fidelity Investments and Advent International in various investments in Israeli technology companies
Representing White Mountains Group in the sale of its subsidiary Wobi Insurance Agency to Israeli financial services conglomerate, the Pheonix Group
Representing Israeli private equity fund IIF in various M&A transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector in Israel and abroad
Representing thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and its affiliates in various military procurement and investment transactions in Israel
Representing Minrav Group in the carve-out of its publicly traded subsidiary Minrav Projects in a complex auction transaction
Representing Adama Agricultural Solutions in the divestiture of one of its major divisions in an international auction transaction