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Tadmor & Co. Yuval

Levy & Co.

Jonathan Finklestone, Senior Partner,

Head of Project Finance Practice Group

Tadmor & Co. Yuval Levy & Co. is a premier Israeli law firm with a global perspective dedicated to providing effective and

sophisticated legal services to clients operating in all sectors of the economy. The firm’s comprehensive international and

local experience allows it to serve as a two-way gateway for its clients: taking its Israeli clients worldwide, while closely

supporting its foreign clients in Israel.The firm is consistently ranked among Israel’s elite lawfirms in various legal publications

and directories, including Chambers Global, Legal500, Global Competition Review,Who’s Who Legal and IFLR1000.

Being one of the premier single designated projects and energy practice groups in Israel, the firm's Project Finance

practice group has an in-depth understanding of the broad spectrum of issues that relate to the regulatory framework

for, and financing of, energy and natural resources; and has assumed a key role in supporting banks, institutional investors

and sponsors in developing pathfinder and innovative financing structures.

Among the firm's notable transactions in the energy sector in the past twelve months are:

• Representation of a project company in procuring financing for the design, construction and operation of a 121MW

Solar Energy Thermal Power Station in Ashalim, Israel. The project utilizes unique and ground breaking “Tower

Technology”, similar to that used at the Ivanpah project in Southern California, USA and was recently awarded as the

European Solar Power Project of 2015 by IJGlobal;

• Representation of a project company in the development of 834MW natural gas fired power plant in the south of

Israel. This is the largest privately owned power station in Israel;

• Representation of the lenders financing a 300MW hydroelectricity pumped-storage power plant in Ma’ale Gilboa,

Israel. This is the first hydro-electric project in Israel.

Jonathan's practice covers a wide range of project and infrastructure financings in various project structures and delivery

systems. His transactional work has been recognized by numerous ranking guides, including Chambers Global, Legal500,

Who’s Who Legal, and IFLR1000 where he is listed as a Tier 1 practitioner in Israel Projects & Energy. Clients characterize

him as an “amazing lawyer” with “excellent deal-making abilities” and “vast local and international experience” and cite

his “commercial attitude” and the fact that he demonstrates “industry knowledge and has excellent connections”. In the

past, Jonathan was a project finance attorney at the New York law offices of Chadbourne and Parke LLP.

Guy’s focus is on project development, public-private partnerships and other project financing transactions, primarily

in the water and power sectors. He regularly represents sponsors, banks and financial institutions in the development,

financing, acquisition and disposition of infrastructure projects. Guy received his LL.M. degree focusing on energy and

climate change law from Columbia University School of Law, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a

recipient of the Parker School Recognition of Achievement in International and Comparative Law.

CONTACT

INFORMATION:

Guy Kles, Senior Associate,

Project Finance Practice Group

office: + 972-3-684-6000