Bio

Stephen Barak Rozen is a partner at Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co.’s High Tech and Venture Capital practice and chairs its Food-Tech and Ag-Tech practice. Mr. Rozen also leads the firm’s relationships with law firms around the world as Head of International Relationships. Mr. Rozen’s practice focuses on both buy and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, equity financing transactions, private equity and venture capital funds, and general corporate matters. Mr. Rozen is named as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer and rated by IFLR 1000 as one of Israel’s leading lawyers in the field of mergers and acquisitions in the areas of investment management, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and technology and telecommunications. Mr. Rozen is also recommended by The Legal 500 in the fields of Hi-Tech and Start-Ups. In addition, Mr. Rozen leads APM & Co.’s Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) practice and specializes in advising on all matters relating to its benefit tracks, rules and regulations. As part of this, Mr. Rozen represents many entities that operate under the auspices of the IIA, or that vie for franchises to operate under the IIA’s auspices. Furthermore, Mr. Rozen also represents high tech and bio-tech companies in all of their transactions and day-to-day corporate and commercial affairs, including international commercial transactions, licensing arrangements, R&D agreements, joint ventures and employment affairs. Mr. Rozen also frequently handles the formation of private equity and venture capital funds, including technological incubators and open innovation labs. Mr. Rozen frequently lectures on matters relating to the Israel Innovation Authority, including for the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Open University. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Rozen formulated and drafted the military’s position on proposed legislation being considered by the Knesset and government. Mr. Rozen is a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves.