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Bilfinger
For over a decade, our firm successfully represented three companies of the German Bilfinger Group in a pivotal project for the Israel Electric Corporation. This project involved the implementation of environmental measures in several units for electricity generation, resulting in a improvement of the air quality (reduction of emissions caused by combustion of fossil fuels). With a project volume well exceeding 100 million NIS, our services included legal and tax planning, litigation in Israel as well as securing work visas for foreign specialists. Our mandate concluded with the project’s successful completion.
About Bilfinger:
Bilfinger is an international industrial services provider. The aim of the Group's activities is to increase the efficiency and sustainability of customers in the process industry and to establish itself as the number one partner in the market for this purpose. Bilfinger’s comprehensive portfolio covers the entire value chain from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, maintenance and plant expansion to turnarounds and digital applications.
The company delivers its services in two service lines: Engineering & Maintenance and Technologies. Bilfinger is primarily active in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Process industry customers come from sectors that include energy, chemicals & petrochemicals, pharma & biopharma and oil & gas. With its ~30,000 employees, Bilfinger upholds the highest standards of safety and quality and generated revenue of €4.5 billion in financial year 2023. To achieve its goals, Bilfinger has identified two strategic thrusts: repositioning itself as a leader in increasing efficiency and sustainability, and driving operational excellence to improve the organizational performance.
Joint Venture Züblin Jäger
Project: 5" Water Line Project to Jerusalem
We are executing a part of the 5'" Waterline to Jerusalem from Kesalon to Ein Karim, which is about 13km length. The works consists of Tunnel boring and laying steel pipes with a width of 2,9 m. Our employer is Mekorot, Israels National Water Company. Since 2016 we work on this project. Due to the nature of the project we need a lot of experts from overseas to execute the special works of tunnel boring and steel lining.
This is to certify that Dr. Katy Elmaliah, Attorney & Notary has done ail visa formalities for us from beginning of the project in the year 2016.
We are very satisfied with the work performed for us in a challenging environment, especially in obtaing work permits for our expatriate staff from different countries all over the world.
Joint Venture Züblin Jäger
Project: 5" Water Line Project to Jerusalem
We are executing a part of the 5'" Waterline to Jerusalem from Kesalon to Ein Karim, which is about 13km length. The works consists of Tunnel boring and laying steel pipes with a width of 2,9 m. Our employer is Mekorot, Israels National Water Company. Since 2016 we work on this project. Due to the nature of the project we need a lot of experts from overseas to execute the special works of tunnel boring and steel lining.
This is to certify that Dr. Katy Elmaliah, Attorney & Notary has done ail visa formalities for us from beginning of the project in the year 2016.
We are very satisfied with the work performed for us in a challenging environment, especially in obtaing work permits for our expatriate staff from different countries all over the world.
Herrenknecht Group
Our law firm has represented the Herrenknecht Group in Israel since 2017 in the implementation of a major metro project. Our client provided services in connection with the supply, maintenance and operation of tunnel boring equipment for the implementation of a metro project, which will significantly increase the use and scope of public transport in central Tel Aviv. The project is of national importance and has attracted considerable public interest.
In addition to legal and tax advice, our services included in particular corporate and labor law aspects, the establishment and support of the Israeli subsidiary, its adaptation to the requirements of the group and the corresponding transfer pricing policy, the drafting of the usual intra-group agreements and the securing of work visas for foreign specialists. The mandate ended to the client's satisfaction with the successful completion of the project.
STRABAG Group
Our law firm has acted as the legal advisor and representative of various companies of the Austrian STRABAG Group in Israel since 2009:
In a first project, our law firm represented the company Ed. Züblin AG, which together with the Israeli company Shtang Construction & Engineering Ltd., carried out the tunnel boring works for a sewerage project for Ayalon Highways Ltd. and Dan Region Association of Towns.
Our law firm took care of obtaining and coordinating the necessary work permits for dozens of foreign specialists, even beyond the statutory maximum period of five years, represented the client vis-à-vis the Israeli partner, provided general legal advice and drafted the usual contracts. The project ended in 2016.
Since 2016, our law firm has also been representing Ed. Züblin AG together with the Austrian company Jäger Bau GmbH in the construction of Israel’s longest tunnel for the Israeli water company Mekorot Water Company Ltd. Today, this tunnel connects the water distribution system from the desalination plants on Israel’s Mediterranean coast with the water system of Jerusalem. This is a project of national importance, which aroused great public interest in Israel and abroad. Today, the tunnel significantly improves the supply of high-quality drinking water to Jerusalem.
Our law firm represented the Züblin Jäger joint venture in various legal disputes in Israel, drafted the necessary contracts, assisted Ed. Züblin AG in the drafting of the joint venture agreement, and obtained dozens of work permits for foreign professionals. Our law firm played a significant role in ensuring that the construction work did not have to be stopped even at the height of the corona pandemic, but that employees were able to enter and leave the country again and again despite a general entry ban. The project ended to the client's complete satisfaction in 2022.
Herrenknecht Group
Our law firm has represented the Herrenknecht Group in Israel since 2017 in the implementation of a major metro project. Our client provided services in connection with the supply, maintenance and operation of tunnel boring equipment for the implementation of a metro project, which will significantly increase the use and scope of public transport in central Tel Aviv. The project is of national importance and has attracted considerable public interest.
In addition to legal and tax advice, our services included in particular corporate and labor law aspects, the establishment and support of the Israeli subsidiary, its adaptation to the requirements of the group and the corresponding transfer pricing policy, the drafting of the usual intra-group agreements and the securing of work visas for foreign specialists. The mandate ended to the client's satisfaction with the successful completion of the project.