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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10112-4498
NEW YORK
United States
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Avner Bengera
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Avner Bengera is the co-head of the firm’s cross-border M&A practice. He is an experienced practitioner focusing on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, venture capital, securities, capital markets and distressed assets/Section 363 transactions, and corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Mr. Bengera serves a diverse set of U.S. and non-U.S. clients. His experience spans a variety of industries and sectors with a particular focus on technology, consumer goods, pharma, media, telecommunications, fintech, entertainment and transportation.
Avner has deep experience working on cross-border deals, frequently representing clients on transactions in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Mr. Bengera has lived on three continents and is fluent in English, Dutch, French, German and Hebrew. His cross-cultural experience enables him to effectively execute complicated deals and best serve his clients’ business objectives.
Memberships
New York State Bar
International Bar Association
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law 1999
Article & Note Editor, Journal of International Law and Policy
LL.M., Tax, University of Antwerp 1996
M.S., Economics, University of Antwerp 1995
B.S., Economics, University of Antwerp 1993
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)