Ron Gutman is a founding partner and head of Corporate, M&A and Private Equity at Gutman Hertman & Co. He represents public and private companies, international groups, investors and controlling shareholders in complex transactions in Israel and abroad.
Ron personally leads deal strategy, structuring and negotiations, from initial planning through closing. His experience includes acquisitions and sales of companies, changes of control, private equity investments and joint ventures.
His investment and financing practice includes representing investors in companies, funds and partnerships, as well as convertible loans. He advises on economic terms, corporate governance rights, exit mechanisms and contractual protections for investors.
Ron combines nearly two decades of transactional experience with competition law expertise, enabling him to identify regulatory constraints and competition issues early in deal planning. He was admitted to practice law in Israel in 2008 and in New York in 2010.
Before co-founding the firm, Ron was a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman and at Sharkon, Ben Ami, Asher & Co. He was also a partner and led the M&A and Competition practices at Balter Guth Aloni, and previously worked at Yigal Arnon & Co.
Ron holds an LL.B. with honors from the College of Management Academic Studies, where he graduated fifth in his class. He earned his LL.M. from Fordham University in New York on a full scholarship, focusing on banking, corporate and finance law.