Michelle Liberman specializes in corporate and commercial law, with particular focus on banking and finance. Her clients include banks and financial institutions as well as international and domestic companies operating across various sectors including hotels, construction and infrastructure and transportation.
Michelle has been involved over the years in many of the most complex financing and banking related transactions, including acquisition finance of both Israeli oil refineries; financing for pension and provident fund managers; syndicated financings to large multinational conglomerates, such as Netafim and Lumenis; capital call financing for funds; numerous aircraft financings and various complex real estate project financing.
She has represented lenders, concessioners, contractors and governmental authorities on numerous high-profile infrastructure projects, including the Cross Israel Highway, Jerusalem Light Railway, Ashdod Assuta Hospital (Israel’s first hospital PFI project), and the financing of underwater telecommunication cables.
In addition, Michelle represents both domestic and foreign corporations in M&A and joint ventures and provides general corporate advice and support in Israel in a wide range of sectors.
Recognized consistently by Chambers Global, The Legal 500, and European Legal Experts as one of Israel’s leading banking and finance lawyers, her expertise spans complex cross-border transactions and financing, with clients particularly valuing her strategic approach to challenging financial structures and her ability to navigate multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Michelle was elected to serve in the years 2020-2021 as Chair of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms, offering preferred access to more than 22,000 lawyers worldwide in more than 125 countries (see: https://www.lexmundi.com) and served on the board and the executive committee of the organization.
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