Irit Roth

Irit has unparalleled experience on all domestic and cross-border financing, regulatory and compliance issues arising in the Israeli banking and finance sector.

Irit has worked in the banking and finance sector since 1995. After qualifying as a lawyer, Irit worked in the legal department of First International Bank of Israel, and then for over 11 years as General Counsel for Citigroup in Israel. In this role, Irit was involved in establishing the Citibank branch in Israel and in developing Citi’s operations in Israel. Irit subsequently joined our firm as a partner, where she worked for six years, before joining Bank Leumi (one of Israel’s two major banks) as General Counsel.

• Represented Fox-Wizel, one of the large retail groups in Israel, on an EUR 119,000,000 ECA backed loan from HSBC.
• Represented Israel Discount Bank in the US$195 million acquisition financing of a 24.99% stake in Shufersal Ltd.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Financial services regulatory
• Structured finance/securitisation
• Trade finance

• Banking

• Israel 1994

• Israeli Bar Association

• LL.B, Tel Aviv University, 1993