Yifat Tsafrir

Yifat Tsafrir is the Head of the Commercial Law Department at our Tel Aviv office.

Yifat specializes in commercial and corporate law, with particular expertise in the fields of high-tech and venture capital.

Yifat has extensive experience in handling complex local and international transactions across a wide range of legal sectors, primarily in transactions related to R&D, manufacturing and commercialization, technology transfer, licensing agreements, government grants, joint ventures, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions.

Yifat’s deep understanding of the business and technological aspects of her clients, coupled with her ability to identify opportunities and challenges in both local and international markets, enables her to provide her clients with comprehensive and tailored legal and business advice.

Yifat’s clients include local and international companies and entrepreneurs from various sectors (such as Biotech, FoodTec, Cleantech, Agritech, Defense tech, renewable energy, etc.), including technology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, tech incubators, accelerators, startups, well-established companies, private investors, and venture capital funds.

Yifat lived in the US between the years 2013-2016, and during that period supported the activities of her Israeli and foreign clients in North America, including, inter alia, in connection with conducting clinical trials in dozens of medical centers

• Representated Doral Renewable Energy Group in investment transactions and the establishment of the group’s cluster of companies in the US for its extensive activity in the US within the framework of renewable energy megaprojects.
• Representated Shaare Zedek Scientific (Madait), the commercial arm of Shaare Zedek Hospital, in dozens of contractual engagements and transactions pertaining to the commercialization of technologies created at the Hospital and various collaborations with leading companies in the industry and research institutions in Israel and abroad, including,Teva, Bynet, Trendlines Group, Yissum, Azrieli College, King’s College, Incentive and more.
• Establishment of the biotech incubator “T-Site“, and ongoing representation on the incubator’s activities, including its investments in the portfolio companies.
• Representated Gadot Agro in its extensive commercial activity in Israel and abroad, including transactions for the acquisition of operations carried out in recent years.