Ella Tevet is Head of the Intellectual Property and Privacy Practice at the Gross & Co. law firm. Ella is an expert in various areas of intellectual property and privacy and data protection and has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial, intellectual property and tech transactions.
Ella counsels local and international clients across a range of industries, including software, internet, social media, cyber, e-commerce, as well as traditional industries, including banking and life science. Ella advises companies of all types and sizes, from early-stage start-ups, through hi-tech companies, and up to international global companies, banks, etc.
Ella works closely with lawyers of the firm’s Hi-Tech, Banking, Technology, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Practices in investment rounds, merger and acquisition transactions and IPOs both with respect to the conduct of IP, privacy and commercial due diligence and with respect to other strategy related matters which arise in the framework of such transactions. In addition, Ella cooperates with the firm’s Litigation Practice in the representation of her clients in various legal proceedings in the fields of intellectual property, privacy and spam law.
Ella serves as Co-Chairman of the Privacy Committee of the Israel Bar Association.
Ella has extensive experience in negotiating and structuring complex commercial and technological agreements involving intellectual property matters, such as licensing agreements, software agreements (such as EULA, SDK, SAAS, API) cooperation agreements, OEM agreements, source code escrow agreements, technology and intellectual property transfer agreements, development agreements and international consortium agreements. In addition, Ella has vast experience drafting and negotiating agreements involving personal information and privacy protection matters, including outsourcing agreements, DPAs and database transfer agreements. In her practice, Ella has counseled companies in prominent technology projects, which included, inter alia, development and implementation of various technology systems into core company systems, including ERP and CRM systems.
Furthermore, Ella has extensive experience providing ongoing legal services in a wide range of matters pertaining to intellectual property, privacy and information technology, including:
LL.B. (with honors), The College of Management Academic Studies, Israel, 2006
Israel Bar Association, 2007
Certified Information Privacy Professional – EU (CIPP/E) (by IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals)
In the Chambers & Partners 2022 Global Guide, Ella was ranked lawyer and noted as “She is an excellent lawyer who is very business-oriented, responsive, hard-working, practical and meticulous, and has great attentiveness to our requirements.”
Prestigious ranking firm, The Legal 500, mentions Ella once again, as a recommended lawyer in their 2022 Guide in the field of Intellectual Property: commercial/transactions “The IP and privacy team of GKH, headed by Adv. Ella Tevet, is a highly professional team which provides pleasant service with legal work at the highest standards. The team has deep understanding with Israeli and foreign IP and privacy laws, very dedicated and they have great ability to manage the legal risks involved. Their availability is very high and the quality of the deliverables is exceptional.”
“Ella Tevet and Roee Laor are experts in commercial IP and privacy law and the quality of their deliverables is provided in extraordinary level. We are using their service in complex legal matters and they provide very professional, sharp, innovative and business oriented outcomes. They are exceptionally responsive. In addition, they are very friendly and it is a great pleasure to work with them.”
The Israeli legal ranking guides, DUN’S 100 and CofaceBdi, ranks the firm’s Privacy and Cyber practice, which Ella heads, as top tier for the year 2021.
“Ella Tevet’s extensive experience in all areas of IP and privacy matters really shows her ability to produce a highly trusted outcome. Her turnaround time and responsiveness are unbelievable. I have worked with many attorneys in the past and she is absolutely the best. Ella will always find the way to make it work, in a legal manner.”
“Ella Tevet has a wide range of experience in commercial IP and privacy law and she has excellent attention to detail. She is exceptionally responsive, always available for us and attuned to our specific needs. She is remarkable lawyer; one of a kind.” (The Legal 500 Guide 2021)
