Gornitzky & Co.‘s capital markets team acts for both Israeli and international issuers, banks, investors, and underwriters on public offerings and private placements. Global capital markets and securities practice head Chaim Friedland focuses on capital raising deals; Sharon Werker-Sagy specialises in IPOs, follow-on offerings and private placements of equity and debt financings; Yair Shiloni’s expertise encompasses both debt and equity deals; and Ari Fried is ‘simply the best’. The practice also includes Lior Porat, Uri Heller, Itamar Ben-Yehuda and Sharon Strauss, all of whom advise on major capital markets mandates.
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Testimonials
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- The team is highly experienced in capital markets matters, capital raising, etc. They provide the client with practical solutions and are very efficient. They have excellent communication skills with underwriters, institutional investors, etc.
- Exceptional quality and responsiveness. Ari Fried is the best.
- Itamar Ben Yehuda, a partner, is totally devoted to the client, providing clear solutions and a practical approach! A very "non-nonsense" approach, one that is so needed when dealing with capital markets issues. A client feels with him as being well taken care of and also in a calm and amicable attitude.
- ‘Exceptional quality and responsiveness. Ari Fried is simply the best.’
- ‘Itamar Ben Yehuda is totally devoted to clients, providing clear solutions and a practical approach!’
- ‘Itamar Ben Yehuda has a very no-nonsense approach, which is needed when dealing with capital markets issues. Clients feel well taken care of by him and he has a very calm and amicable attitude.’
- ‘The team is highly experienced in capital markets matters and capital raising.’
- ‘They provide the client with practical solutions and are very efficient.’
- ‘Excellent communication skills with underwriters and institutional investors.’
Key clients
- TD Cowen
- Guggenheim Securities
- Gauzy
- Barclays
- UBS Securities
- Goldman Sachs
- Barclays
- Tzemach Hamerman
- JonesTrading
- Oppenheimer & Co
- Israel Corporation
- Keystone Infra
- Quicklizard
- Israel Ports Development and Assets Company
- Value Base
- Strauss Group
- Shikun & Binui Energy
- Shikun & Binui
- Phoenix Group
- OPC Energy
Work highlights
Advised the independent committee of Tzemach Hamerman on a strategic merger agreement with Azrieli Group.
Advised TSG IT Advanced Systems on its NIS 65 million IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Advised the underwriters, led by Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, UBS, and Citigroup, on eToro Group’s US$713 million IPO on Nasdaq.
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Practice head
Lior Porat; Chaim Friedland; Sharon Werker-Sagy
Other key lawyers
Yair Shiloni; Ari Fried; Uri Heller; Itamar Ben-Yehuda; Sharon Strauss