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Joey Shabot ^

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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Internet gaming is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and with offices in key gaming jurisdictions, state capitals and financial centers throughout the United States, as well as a strong presence in Israel and other international locations, Greenberg Traurig’s Global Gaming Group brings its knowledge of this highly regulated industry and its global resources to our gaming clients all over the world.

Notably, in 2014 Greenberg Traurig represented publicly-traded Amaya Gaming Group Inc., as lead M&A counsel in its $4.9 billion acquisition of the world’s largest online poker business and owner of the PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker brands. Numerous Greenberg Traurig attorneys in Miami, London, Atlanta and other cities, including Joey Shabot, a Corporate shareholder in the Tel Aviv office, and Gary Epstein, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Israel Practice and chair of the firm’s Global Corporate & Securities practice, represented Amaya in the transaction. See the firm’s press release regarding the transaction.Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig’s Global Gaming Group Continues to Play an Active Role in 2015

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Last week, the New York Stock Exchange’s regulation group sent its traditional annual letter to foreign private issuers (FPIs) that are listed on the Big Board. The letter reminds FPIs of the corporate governance and notification and filing obligations that the NYSE imposes on its listed companies. These requirements are separate from, and in some cases incremental to, the requirements imposed by the SEC or a listed company’s home country regulator.The letter focused on several NYSE requirements.
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It is commonplace to note the vigorous market for inbound investment and M&A transactions involving high-tech companies in Israel. Hardly a week goes by without a deal. Between 2002-2011, Israeli high-tech companies raised $15 billion from investors, and in the same period owners received more than $37 billion in proceeds from M&A and IPO exits. There were approximately 85 acquisitions in 2011 alone. These trends have continued into 2012.
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