Hogan Lovells is looking to boost its efforts to assist clients with business interests in Israel, the firm announced Monday.
The firm has launched its Israel Regional Practice Development Team to seek opportunities to augment the legal services it gives to companies that do business in the country, or are looking to pursue opportunities there. About 50 Hogan lawyers around the world work on business matters related to Israel, said former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., chairman of the steering committee for the team.
The firm established the team to improve its coordination on issues concerning business in the country, he said. "We see Israel as a growth opportunity, and we are looking to maximize that opportunity," said Coleman, a Washington-based senior governmental adviser with the firm.
Coleman spent a stint as the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Near Eastern and South and Central Asian affairs subcommittee when he was a senator from 2003 to 2009. The panel deals with matters concerning U.S. relations with Middle East nations.
Hogan does not have an office in Israel -- but it has a Middle East presence. The firm has offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and operates in Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, through a partnership with Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers.
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