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Joey T. Shabot is the Managing Shareholder of the Tel-Aviv office and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, including corporate law, securities law and financing. His experience includes advising on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, securities offerings and private placements, in transactions involving companies across a variety of industries throughout the world including the U.S., Israel, China, Japan, Europe, and Latin America.

Joey also dedicates himself to pro bono work in which he represents United Hatzalah, an international first response organization, the global WIZO organization, and other global charities.

^ Attorneys in the Tel Aviv office do not practice Israeli law.

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