The Eastern Mediterranean countries featured in the Euro Elite – namely Greece, Turkey and Israel – occupy a region where, for one reason or another, international law firms largely refrain from active participation in the local legal markets; leaving a void for high-end, international expertise, willingly filled by domestic, independent firms.
In Israel, international law firms were not permitted to operate in the nation until an amendment made to the Israel Bar Association Law in August 2012. Understandably, eight years is not sufficient time for the foundations of the legal market to drastically shift meaning that very few international firms have any form of presence in the nation. Those that do only have a handful of on-the-ground lawyers between them.
