After a break of several months without a merger between major law firms, the first merger took place in 2025: the intellectual property firm of Dr. Eyal Pressler & Associates, merging with Amit Pollak Matalon & Associates (APM). Twelve attorneys and patent attorneys will join APM from Dr. Eyal Pressler & Associates, which will now have 120 attorneys and patent attorneys.
circumstance. Dr. Eyal Pressler will lead APM’s patent practice. Following the merger, the company’s intellectual property services will expand to include patent registration in Israel and around the world.
Dr. Eyal Pressler & Associates was founded more than two decades ago. She specializes in patent, trademark and intellectual property issues. It advises technology companies in agriculture, genetic engineering, medical devices and other fields. Its most famous clients include Zoom, WhatsApp, Meta and TikTok, luxury car companies Bugatti and Porsche, fashion brands Michael Kors and Christian Dior, and global pharmaceutical companies Takeda and Gilead Sciences.
The firm also advises prominent Israeli pharmaceutical companies, including CTS, Rafa, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Ariel University, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Arts, Vulcani Institute, and Louis Pasteur. University in Strasbourg.
Dr. Eyal Pressler, a patent expert, holds a PhD in biotechnology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He chairs the Standing Committee on Development and Intellectual Property of the International Patent Lawyers Organization (AIPPI), and is a member of the Board of Directors of the organization’s branch in Israel.
APM is managed by Adv. Yonatan Altman, lawyer. Yoav Etzion and the lawyer. Rachel Goose LaVey. The company ranks nineteenth in terms of size in Israel.
Published by Globes, Israel Business News – en.globes.co.il – on January 6, 2025.
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