Overview
Yael Ben-Zion focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters. She has broad-based experience advising international and domestic corporations on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, business structuring, corporate governance, and general corporate matters. As part of her practice, Yael has negotiated and drafted complex commercial agreements for a variety of clients, including investment funds, professional services firms, technology companies, and natural resources companies.
In addition to her corporate and transactional work, Yael advises financial institutions on corporate finance matters and provides corporate advice to high net-worth private clients as well as non-profit corporations.
Earlier in her career, Yael researched and prepared white papers for a number of academic institutions and a consortium of leading endowment investment offices.
- New York
- Chief Justice, Hon. Aharon Barak, Supreme Court of Israel
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J.S.D., Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Scholar, 2004
Publication: The Political Dynamics of Corporate Legislation: Lessons from Israel, Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, Vol. 11, p. 185, 2006 - LL.M., Yale Law School, 2001, Lillian Goldman Scholar
- LL.B./MBA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998, magna cum laude
Representative Matters
- Provided an advisory firm with corporate advice regarding numerous acquisitions, mergers, and internal restructuring.
- Represented a Turkish manufacturer in a $500 million joint venture for a mine to be developed in the western United States.
- Represented an online travel search engine in an acquisition of a technology company in the online travel space, overseeing extensive diligence, negotiating with legacy shareholders and employees, and finalizing terms of investment.
- Assisted a high net with client with various investments relating to asset purchases, stock purchases, and other ancillary corporate documents, as well as advising on the equity funding of their newly formed company.
- Represented the sole arranger, administrative and collateral agent and an issuing bank in connection with the establishment and financial closing of a syndicated, uncommitted, secured letter of credit facility worth up to US$350 million in favor of a global integrated gas-to-power infrastructure company to support its LNG liquefaction, supply and shipping businesses, and its downstream facilities and logistics assets, in the US, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Ireland and other jurisdictions.
- Represented the lender, issuing bank and agent in connection with the establishment and closing of a $175 million secured letter of credit facility established to support the sponsor's development of early-stage green hydrogen, wind, solar, energy storage and electricity transmission projects in the US and Canada.
Professional Affiliations
- Business Law Section, New York State Bar Association