Perkins Coie Is Proud to Sponsor the Israel Cleantech Showcase

San Francisco Bay Area (April 6, 2010) – Perkins Coie is proud to be sponsoring the Israel Cleantech Showcase brought to you by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC).

Showcase attendees will be joining leading cleantech players, investors, utility giants and policymakers for presentations by Israel's top cleantech companies in renewable energy, smart grid, energy efficiency and water power. The showcase is part of a weeklong Israel Cleantech Delegation to California, which will focus on accelerating collaboration, investments and partnerships between U.S. and Israeli cleantech companies.

Perkins Coie Partner Buddy Arnheim and Associate Ziv Yoash, members of the CICC's Cleantech Steering Committee, participated in the election of ten companies that are impending on the delegation. Arnheim will also be moderating the Q&A session with Vinod Khosla on April 27. Perkins will be hosting two additional private sessions for the selected companies in their Menlo Park office. These sessions will feature topics on cleantech financing and government grants.

Perkins Coie's Cleantech group represents a variety of clean technology companies ranging in size from formation-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies. The group's attorneys work with experienced venture capital and private equity funds, government institutions, the Department of Energy, research institutions, service providers and other key participants in the cleantech industry. 

The firm's Israel practice serves Israeli companies seeking to do business in the United States and across the world as well as U.S. companies seeking to do business in Israel. Attorneys in our Israel practice have years of experience doing business with Israel. The group includes attorneys who are Israeli nationals, speak fluent Hebrew, are admitted to practice in Israel and have a deep understanding of Israel's culture, politics and social environment. Our attorneys have worked with Israel's leaders in cutting-edge technologies and industries including the Internet, software, telecommunications, clean energy and power.

The California Israel Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening business, investment, technology and trade relations between California and Israel. Over the years CICC has accelerated the development of hundreds of tech companies from Israel through its successful programs and helped U.S. investors and technology giants identify unique ventures and collaborative partners in Israel.