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Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM) Offices
Alon Towers, Tower 2, 36th Floor
94 Yigal Alon Street
Tel Aviv, 6789156
Israel
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Mr Asaf Rimon
Work Department
Corporate & M&A; Energy & Infrastructure
Position
Asaf’s corporate and M&A practice is focused on advising international and Israeli corporations, high-tech companies and start-ups on their M&A activity and other transactions such as financing, debt restructuring and strategic agreements.
Asaf regularly advises foreign corporations on their assets and operations in Israel in relation to a wide range of legal aspects.
Asaf’s energy and infrastructure practice is focused on project finance, Oil & Gas and public tenders. His expertise in oil and gas stems from his extensive experience working on transactions in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, giving him firsthand knowledge of the sector. He has advised on a wide range of commercial and corporate matters including joint ventures, asset disposals and acquisitions, corporate acquisitions, joint operating, farm in and concession agreements, production sharing contracts, drilling agreements, joint bidding agreements and financings.
Corporate and M&A
- Shandong Highspeed Group and Longxin Construction Group Ltd. on their operations and investments in Israel.
- Skytanking Holding Gmbh on its acquisition of a major controlling stake in Mercury Aviation Israel Ltd., an aviation fuel handling service provider holding concession rights at Ben Gurion International Airport.
- Innogy SE (the renewable energy subsidiary of German utility RWE) on its acquisition of Belectric, PV and storage specialist.
- Red Sea Group on the disposal of a group of foreign holding companies in the hotel industry.
- Kape Technologies on its international M&A activities.
- VC funds (Virgin Green, Gemini, Pitango, Carmel, Israel Cleantech, Tamir Fishman, Evergreen and Apax) on numerous venture capital financings in hi-tech and bio-technology companies.
Energy & Infrastructure
- A consortium of international banks on Israeli aspects of an up to US$1 billion project financing, in respect of the development of the Leviathan gas field.
- NTA – Metropolitan Mass Transit System on the Tel-Aviv light railway project.
- Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) on its Subsea Wells Response Project. OSRL is an industry-owned cooperative which exists to respond effectively to oil spills wherever in the world they may occur.
- Barclays Capital and HSBC on a $430 million facility made available to Delek and Dor Alon for the development of the Tamar natural gas field.
- An international oil company on the US$720m disposal of its interests in three producing oil and gas assets onshore North Africa. The transaction (structured as a corporate sale) was conducted via a private tender process.
- Modi’in Energy, an Israeli oil & gas exploration partnership, on a dispute in relation to an off-shore drilling contract and joint operations.
- RWE Dea AG on its sale of its interests in off shore exploration licenses in Europe.
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Hebrew, English
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Israel > Infrastructure
Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM)’s growing infrastructure practice added 13 new clients during 2022/23, including major domestic and multinational construction companies such as China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, EGIS and Electra. The group has a focus on energy work, but is also increasingly active in the road and rail sectors. Projects specialist Amnon Epstein co-heads the department alongside Asaf Rimon, who handles project finance, oil and gas and public tenders. Chen Weiss and associate Tal Ishay are also noted.
Israel > Energy
(Leading individuals)Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM) significantly grew its share of work in the oil and gas space during 2023, with the team appointed to act as the legal advisors to the partners of both the Tamar and the Shimshon offshore natural gas fields. Alongside its experience in upstream and downstream oil and gas, the group also advises on renewable energy and conventional power projects, including transactional and regulatory matters. Finance heavyweight Amnon Epstein co-heads the team alongside oil and gas specialist Asaf Rimon. Chen Weiss is an up-and-coming energy and infrastructure partner.