Bio

Ram Spektor co-leads the firm’s Investment Funds Department. He advises global and domestic fund sponsors and management teams on the structuring and formation of private investment funds across a broad range of strategies and asset classes, including venture and growth capital, private equity, real estate, credit, hedge, etc. He also counsels general partners (GPs) on legal and regulatory matters concerning the raising of capital and private placements, co-investments, fee structures and incentive arrangements.

In addition to his GP work, Ram represents institutional investors, large corporates, and high-net-worth individuals in their funds-related investment activity as limited partners (LPs). This includes carrying out full legal reviews of fund structures and investment terms, preparing investment memorandums, and conducting negotiations of side letters and other bespoke arrangements.

Ram also has unique experience in acting for both sponsors and investors on cross-border private equity real estate (PERE) transactions, such as indirect real estate investments, joint ventures and secondary deals. He advises on complex international and domestic PERE structures in various commercial property segments, including multi-family, office, retail, industrial, hospitality and leisure, healthcare, and student accommodation.

Prior to joining Arnon, Tadmor-Levy, Ram co-headed the fund formation practice of another large, top-tier Israeli law firm and spent several years with the leading international firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in Manhattan, New York and later in the City of London, UK.

Ram received his LL.M. (with honors, as a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar) from Columbia Law School in 2016, and his LL.B., summa cum laude, from the University of Haifa in 2011.

Ram is admitted to both the New York Bar and the Israel Bar.

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Represented sponsors in the structuring and formation of the first ever Israeli hospitality fund with anticipated AUM of NIS 1.2 billion.
  • Represented sponsors in the structuring and formation of a EUR 320 million European renewable energy focused investment fund.
  • Represented sponsors in the structuring and formation of a USD 50 million agritech and foodtech focused VC fund.
  • Represented sponsors in the structuring and formation of a NIS 150 million digital assets focused hedge fund.
  • Represented sponsors in the structuring and formation of a USD 30 million maritime technology  focused VC fund.
  • Represented institutional and private sponsors in the structuring and formation of numerous investment vehicles focused on overseas real estate investments, along with negotiating JVs with local partners and property managers.
  • Represented an institutional investor in investing USD 30 million with a USD 4.3 billion international infrastructure fund.
  • Represented a family office in an aggregate investment of USD 60 million with 15 Israeli VC funds.
  • Represented a private investor in an aggregate investment of NIS 100 million with 10 Israeli alternative funds.
  • Represented an international asset manager in investing with several Israeli VC funds.
  • Represented a US VC fund in its private placement fundraising activity in Israel.

Recognition

Investment and Venture Capital Funds
Legal500 Recommended Lawyer
Recommended Lawyer - Investment Funds

Legal500

Ram Spektor is very knowledgeable and helpful. He communicates any potential issues clearly and is very easy to work with.”

Education
2016 Columbia University | LL.M. (with honors, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
2011 University of Haifa | LL.B. (summa cum laude)
Admission
2017 New York
2012 Israel
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Ram Spektor

Partner
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