Alon heads HFN's Hi-Tech department and is a leading member of HFN’s Corporate practice. Alon has represented Israeli and international clients for the past 20 years in a diverse and sophisticated transactional practice, including leading the way in some of the largest transactions completed in Israel. Alon’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity and general corporate law. Alon has extensive experience in structuring and leading cross border transactions, representing both domestic and multinational corporations.
Alon has invaluable experience advising emerging growth companies in all stages of their development. Alon has a deep understanding of how technology companies are formed, financed, grown and taken public or merged. He focuses on providing guidance at all stages, from initial funding through IPOs and mergers with his team by taking a “virtual general counsel” approach - providing company executives and managers with a single point of accountability for all their legal needs. When dealing with emerging growth companies, Alon provides guidance on business model issues and fundraising strategy. He is constantly advising senior management in crisis and strategic decision making situations as well as corporate governance, shareholder affairs and the like.
Alon has repeatedly been selected and ranked as a "Band 1" lawyer by Chambers Global Guide to Law Firms. Legal 500 listed him as a recognised Israeli expert and leading individual in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions and described him as a "'very strong lawyer’ for cross-border M&A". He has been quoted in Chambers Global guide as a "market leader" and praised for his "invaluable negotiation skills". For investment fund clients he is described by Chambers as a “really big asset, as he’s the lawyer that many entrepreneurs would go to as their first choice.”
Additional Professional Experience:
Prior to joining HFN, Alon was a partner at Berkman, Wechsler, Sahar, Bloom & Co. Law Offices
Admitted to Practice:
Israel, 1992
Education:
Tel Aviv University, LL.B, 1990