Shmuel Zysman

SHMUEL ZYSMAN, a founding partner of Zysman, Aharoni, Gayer & Co., one
of Israel’s largest law firms, is resident in Sullivan and Worchester’s
Tel-Aviv office. He practices corporate and securities law, with over 12
years of experience counseling various high tech ventures through all
stages of the business life cycle. Mr. Zysman also counsels venture
capital funds and leads numerous cross border M&A deals. He is well
known in Israel in the area of high tech and venture capital and often
lectures on the subject. Mr. Zysman earned his Law degree while playing
professional basketball for Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Israel’s National Team.
A true ambassador of his country, he is the Chairman of the Board of the
Friends of Maccabi World Union, and active in the Israeli Institute of
Commercial Arbitration where he acts as an arbitrator in various
commercial matters and trains other potential arbitrators. Following in
his father’s political footsteps (the late Shalom Zysman was a member of
the Israeli Parliament), he acted as legal advisor of two government
committees: The Peled Committee (Va’adat Peled) for the Ministry of
Communication and the Ronen Committee (Va’adat Ronen) for the Ministry
of Infrastructure. Mr. Zysman is also well-known locally for his
pioneering efforts before the Israeli parliament in the area of sports
law, and for founding and managing the National Basketball Players
Association up until very recently. Mr. Zysman is admitted to practice
in Israel.