Meital Stavinsky

Meital Stavinsky is a Miami and Washington, D.C., attorney, member of Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group and co-chair of the firm's Israel Practice. Ms. Stavinsky is a partner and foreign legal consultant (not authorized to practice Florida law). She focuses her practice on business and government relations, with a particular emphasis on innovative Israeli national security and food security tech companies.

Government Relations. Ms. Stavinsky has worked on a wide range of U.S. congressional and federal legislative matters. She has helped her clients impact legislation related to defense, agriculture and transportation, including in connection with the Farm Bill and Department of Defense Appropriations Act, among others. She also has experience working with federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Energy.

Israel. Ms. Stavinsky assists Israeli emerging and advanced technology companies seeking to enter the U.S. market and expand their operations in the United States. There has been proven success, as these Israeli companies have been matched with strategic partners, potential joint ventures and other business-to-business connections. Among Ms. Stavinsky's notable clients is the State of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In this role, Ms. Stavinsky provides basic legal services throughout the U.S. to Israel's diplomatic and consular missions in the U.S.

Advanced Technologies. Ms. Stavinsky provides strategic and public policy advice to innovative technology companies that provide a beneficial social or environmental impact. She has a particular emphasis on DefenseTech, AgTech, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, FoodTech, WaterTech and ClimateTech.

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Stavinsky is certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP). She has a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles, as well as the LEED rating system. Ms. Stavinsky also often serves as a speaker at conferences and seminars in the U.S. and Israel on matters related to national security and defense, agriculture, climate and Israel. 

Admitted to practice law in New York, District of Columbia and Israel only. Foreign Legal Consultant, Not Admitted to Practice Law in Florida.

Featured and Quoted Publications

• "High Tech Ties: More Capital in Florida Now For Israeli Business," Global Miami Magazine, April 24, 2025
• "High Tech Ties: The Links Between Miami and Israel's High Tech," Global Miami Magazine, November 8, 2022
• Most Influential Business Woman, South Florida Business Journal, 2020
• "Women Engineers in a Male-Dominated Environment: How to Advance Your Career Path in the AgriFoodTech Industry," TheMarker High-Tech Blogs, January 5, 2020
• "Women entrepreneurs learn to believe in themselves, take risks and not be afraid of failure," People & Computers Magazine, November 12, 2019
• "The Dollar Challenge: Israeli Companies Relocating to the U.S.," Israel Defense Magazine, November 11, 2019
• "FDA scruples on CBD hit cannabis sector," Globes, June 2, 2019
• "Israel Taps Holland & Knight for US Diplomatic Representation", The American Lawyer, April 29, 2019
• "Circumcision, Pregnancy and Menopause: Women Discover the Properties of Cannabis," TheMarker, April 3, 2019
• "Watch: Women Entrepreneurs: how to saw a change and why join happy hour after work?", Sowing Seeds of Change MeetUp, (Hebrew), TheMarker MeetUps Blogs, February 17, 2019
• "Harvest the Billions: the Israeli High-tech is no longer Afraid of Cannabis", (Hebrew), TheMarker, February 17, 2019
• "Building Ties," Florida Trend, September 28, 2017
• "More on Meital," Politico, March 22, 2017
• "Holland & Knight Poaches Stavinsky," Politico, March 21, 2017
• "Israel Practice Leader Moves to Holland & Knight from Greenberg Traurig," Daily Business Review, March 21, 2017
• "Lobbying World," The Hill, March 21, 2017
• "School Brings Together Women Technology Leaders to Share Insights on Innovation," University of Miami School of Business Administration News, November 12, 2015
• "Meital Stavinsky – Alumni of the Month," TAU Law Alumni Association, October 2015
• "Discussing Israeli Water Technologies," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, September 21, 2015
• "Israel's Tech and Startup Success: What Can Miami Learn?" The Miami Herald, March 29, 2015
• "Israeli Lobbyist Aces Washington's House of Cards," Haaretz, December 7, 2014
• "7 Tips for Israeli Companies: How to Make Lots of Money in the US," (Hebrew), The Marker, December 4, 2014
• "Be Good to Green," Yahoo! Finance, September 15, 2014
• "Florida's Ties to Israel: Florida is Stepping up Efforts to Attract Israeli Firms," Florida Trend, September 18, 2013
• "About Laws and Businesses," Yedioth Aharonot: Yedioth America, August 8, 2013
• "About Laws and Businesses," (Hebrew,) Ynet, August 8, 2013 
• "Expert: Bring US 'Clean Cities' program to Israel," The Jerusalem Post, December 28, 2012
• "Opportunities in the US for Israeli Cleantech Companies," Globes, April 5, 2009