The move may prove controversial, as there are calls to divest from Israel in the wake of the recent Gaza offensive.
Sam Feigin and Mark Kass, partners in the New York-based law firm’s Washington, DC office, will lead the practice.
The office’s lawyers, who hail from 14 Nixon Peabody offices in the US and abroad, work in the high-tech, life sciences, interactive entertainment, digital media and other sectors.
The offerings will include legal and business services to companies and investors doing business in Israel, and to Israeli companies, investors and entrepreneurs with commercial interests abroad.
Nixon Peabody LLP