Boutique Commercial Law Firm · Tel Aviv
Mordechai Law Firm
Advice from a lawyer who has sat on all three sides of the table - deal counsel, investor, and founder.
Cross-border M&A, financing rounds, and commercial agreements - negotiated in English, closed under Israeli law, from incorporation to exit.
- Law
- Corporate and M&A practice at one of Israel's largest law firms.
- Finance
- 3 years as an investment analyst at a leading institutional investor.
- Entrepreneurship
- Founded and led a technology startup.
Commercial and Corporate Counsel
Six practice areas covering the full commercial life cycle - incorporation, transactions, negotiation, and exit. Cross-border work is drafted and negotiated directly in English, opposite US and European counterparties and their counsel - never translated after the fact.
Three perspectives on the same deal.
Counsel that combines legal practice, financial analysis, and operating experience.
Precise drafting - in English or Hebrew - disciplined exposure management, and a working command of deal structure and the parties' real interests.
Every deal is also read as an investment: expected return, capital allocation, risk pricing, and long-term incentive alignment.
First-hand knowledge of what it takes to turn an idea into a company - and a company into one that scales.
What clients say
Founders, business owners and company builders on what changed when the firm was engaged.
We were told there was nothing to negotiate - the chain wouldn't move an inch. Bringing in Natan changed that. He showed me risks I was days away from signing without understanding, took the negotiation to the chain himself, and we came out with better economics - and the penalties that could have buried us were cut back.
How an engagement runs
Commercial and legal mapping
We review the business framework, identify legal exposure, and define what the transaction must achieve.
Structuring the engagement
We set the legal and commercial structure, sequence the work, and agree the fee before anything begins.
Execution
Drafting, negotiation and closing, with legal and commercial risk under review throughout the engagement rather than assessed at its conclusion.
Frequently asked
The questions that come up most often in first conversations with founders and business owners.
Franchise agreements are drafted for the franchisor - that much is true. That they cannot be negotiated is not. Even inside a rigid template, the terms that matter most are usually movable: the reach of your personal guarantee, penalty clauses that are disproportionate to the breach, and a defined exit route. Sign without addressing them and you have taken on unlimited downside for a capped upside. That is not a legal problem. It is a business one.
AI is a drafting tool. It is not a strategy, and it is not a party to your deal. A language model produces clauses that read like precedent, but it does not know the leverage between you and the counterparty, the exposures specific to your business model, or which three terms are worth spending your negotiating capital on. It also carries no liability - when a template costs you the company, there is no one to hold accountable.What you are paying for is judgment about which risks matter, and a lawyer who signs their name to that judgment.
Before the term sheet, and certainly before any deposit moves. Deal structure determines how much of the seller's history you inherit - historical liabilities, tax positions, employment claims. A share purchase and an asset purchase can carry the same price and radically different exposure.Coming in early also means due diligence is scoped properly and the negotiation starts from your strongest position rather than from a signed document you must now renegotiate.
Fees follow the scope of the matter.Fixed fee - for a defined deliverable: drafting a specific agreement, or a company formation. Priced against scope before work begins.Hourly - for revisions to a draft, review of incoming agreements, and negotiation.Retainer - for companies that need counsel available on an ongoing basis rather than matter by matter.Scope and pricing are agreed in writing after an initial call. No engagement starts with an open-ended number.
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