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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ronen Vinograd Vinograd & Co.
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Vinograd & Co. is a boutique law firm of seven law - yers specialising in investment funds, capital mar - kets, finance and regulation. Its fund structuring practice has established pioneering open-end invest - ment funds for leading Israeli institutions – including IBI Investment House, Midgal Capital Markets, Mei - tav Investment House, and Phoenix – investing in innovative non-traded assets. It also advises local institutional investors (provident, pension and educa - tional funds; insurers; endowments; sectorial provi - dent funds) as well as family offices on their buy-side investment activities with an emphasis on non-traded investments such as investing in investment funds.
Alongside advising on investments, the firm has par - ticular expertise in financial market regulation and a strong focus on innovation, thus attracting entrepre - neurs seeking to develop first of their kind investment tools, vehicles and funds. Recent work has included setting up, for Migdal Insurance, a unique fund of funds investing in evergreen debt funds in collabo - ration with one of Israel’s leading banks; setting up Golden Bridge fund, Israel’s flagship evergreen fund investing in hard money lending in the United States; and setting up HUD Fund, an innovative bridge-to- HUD debt fund.
Author
Ronen Vinograd is the founding partner of Vinograd & Co. He previously established the capital markets and investments department at a leading boutique law firm and served as investments’ legal counsel
to the Israel Association of Provident and Pension Funds. He advises on regulatory and investment matters, lectures widely to institutional boards and committees, and teaches alternative investment regulation at the Israeli Financial Institute.
Vinograd & Co. 30 Kalisher St Tel Aviv Israel Tel: +972 3 794 30 40 Fax: +972 3 3065 794 Web: vinograd.co.il
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