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Herzog Fox & Neeman Offices

Herzog Fox & Neeman
Herzog Tower
6 Yitzhak Sadeh St.
Tel Aviv 6777506
Israel
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Mr Ben Kanter

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+972 3 692 2076 kanterb@herzoglaw.co.il View profile

Work Department

Banking & Finance
Banking Regulation
Corporate Finance
Insolvency & Restructuring
Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Partner

Career

Ben Kanter is a member of the firm’s Banking and Finance Department. Ben joined Herzog Fox & Neeman from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London in September 2014, having spent six years predominantly in the firm’s Corporate Finance team.  Ben specialises in banking and finance, restructuring and M&A work across various practice sectors, and regularly represents leading global banks, financial institutions, private equity houses, large international and domestic corporations as well as high-net-worth individuals across a wide range of transactions. Ben also specialises in the field of aviation financing, transfers and registrations in Israel acting principally for foreign purchasers, lessors and lenders.

Ben’s recent clients include BNP Paribas, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, JPMorgan, Macquarie Bank, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Israel Electric Company, Sanpower and Mellanox.

Recent experience includes advising HSBC Bank plc on its USD 250,000,000 financing of Coca Cola Israel for the joint purchase of Clover Industries, a South African public listed company; advising Cerberus and JPMorgan on the USD 153,000,000 refinancing of ECI Telecom Ltd’s indebtedness; advising Citibank, Goldman Sachs and other leading global banks on various high value margin loans to large Israeli public listed and private companies; advising Credit Suisse on its USD 40,000,000 Demand Guarantee Facility in connection with the purchase by Venus Medtech of Keystone Heart Ltd.; advising Vista Equity Partners on its acquisition of Starhome Mach from Fortissimo and the related USD 105,000,000 acquisition financing provided by, among others, Tennenbaum Capital Partners; advising Sanpower (China) on the ILS 113,000,000 acquisition financing provided by HSBC Bank plc for the acquisition of Natali – Healthcare Solutions, and the subsequent refinancing by Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. including for the purpose of Sanpower’s acquisition of A.S. Nursing; advising Banca Comercială Română on its financing of Shapir Romania and ongoing complex standstill arrangements with Shapir Israel; advising Superbet on its working capital facilities with VTB Bank; advising BNP Paribas (USD 116,000,000), UK Export Finance and Citibank (USD 118,000,000) and DVB Bank (USD 114,000,000) on separate financings each for the purpose of the purchase by various SPVs of new Boeing 787 aircraft leased to El Al Israel Airlines Ltd by way of finance lease; advising Apollo, Banc of America, Blackrock, CMB Financial Leasing, Falko, Macquarie, Nordic Aviation Capital and others on various operating leases and aircraft title transfers and registrations.

Languages

Hebrew, English

Memberships

Israel, 2017
England and Wales, 2011

Education

BPP Law School, England, LPC, 2009; Kings College London, LL.B, 2007

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Banking and finance

(Next Generation Partners)

Ben Kanter – Herzog Fox & Neeman

Herzog Fox & Neeman advises banks, financial institutions, borrowers and lenders on complex financing transactions and regulatory matters, spanning acquisitions, loan sales, and securitisation transactions. The team is headed up by cross-border transaction and acquisition finance specialist Roy Nachimzon, and banking and financial markets law and regulation expert Irit Roth. Noted for his cross-border expertise, Alan Sacks has acted for most of the Israeli international financial institutions, while Natalie Jacobs has recently led on a first-to-market synthetic securitisation. Other key names are Esti Hadar, who is also notably experienced in the securitisation and sale of debts; Nir Miller, who focuses on international acquisitions; and aviation financing expert Ben Kanter.

Israel > Transport

Over the past year, Herzog Fox & Neeman handled a significant volume of financing transactions in the transport field, including representing lenders on aircraft financings. The group also acts for airlines, with its recent work spanning local incorporations and leasing arrangements. among other matters. Experienced of counsel Alan Sacks and finance partner Ben Kanter are the key contacts for aviation work, including financing, transfers and registrations. Project finance co-head Mark Phillips is noted for his experience in the road and rail sectors.

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