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Oded Har-Even

Managing Director (ZAG/S&W)

Oded Har-Even is a corporate partner with the Israeli law firm Zysman Aharoni & Gayer LLP (ZAG); serves as Managing Director of ZAG/S&W; and is counsel to Sullivan & Worcester LLP. Mr. Har-Even’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, and securities matters in both domestic and trans-border transactions. He specializes in counseling Israeli companies traded in the U.S. on financings and ongoing corporate governance, disclosure and compliance matters. He has been involved in numerous public offerings of Israeli companies in Wall Street as either counsel to the issuer or the underwriter.  

Mr. Har-Even is counsel to large Israeli enterprises including Israeli governmental entities. He also guides and assists Israeli start up companies in their various legal needs while establishing presence in the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Har-Even was an associate in the New York office of a leading international firm, where he represented numerous foreign companies in their U.S. securities and corporate transactions.  

Mr. Har-Even has vast legal and business experience advising Chinese companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions and raising capital in U.S. markets, and has assisted Israeli companies and foreign investors in their China operations and investments. Additionally, he has been involved in various real estate transactions acting on both legal and financial matters. Prior to his arrival to the United States, Mr. Har-Even worked for a leading Israeli law firm. 

Mr. Har-Even has been involved in various public interest activities in Israel and New York. He served as a Captain in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Bar Admissions

  • Israel, 2000
  • New York, 2002

Publications

Client Advisories

Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, "Going Public in the U.S.–Regulation & Costs," CFO Workshop (December 2012)
  • Moderator, "Can We Still Finance Life Science Companies?" 2012 Life Sciences Summit (November 2012)
  • "Alternative IPOs & Reverse Mergers for Smaller Companies and Pre-revenue R&D Companies," DealFlow Media's Alternative Finance Conference (December 2011)

Professional & Civic Activities

  • New York Bar Association
  • Israeli Bar Association

Education

  • LL.B., magna cum laude, Tel-Aviv University Law School, 1999
  • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2002
  • APCLB (concentration in finance), Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU, 2002
Practice Areas
Industries
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
Seminars & Presentations