Yair Geva heads Herzog’s Startups and Emerging Companies Group. He is a New York & Israeli corporate transactional lawyer, whose practice includes extensive representation of tech companies, investors and acquirers in cross border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, and general corporate counselling. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced at the M&A groups of Gibson Dunn and Davis Polk in New York.

Yair is ranked among the top M&A and Startup Lawyers in Israel by Chambers (Band 1), Legal500 and IFLR, and has led some of the most notable cross border transactions in Israel. He advises many of the most prominent startups and emerging growth companies in Israel in a range of industries including e-commerce, cyber, fintech, blockchain & web3, crypto, clean energy, and biotech. He works closely with entrepreneurs, CEOs and Boards of Directors on transactions, investments and other strategic matters.

Yair earned his LL.M from NYU School of Law and his LL.B from Tel Aviv University, both magna cum laude. He is a member of both the New York and Israel Bars and was a member of the Tel Aviv Law School Law Journal.