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Profile
Nitzan is a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A department.
Nitzan’s practice is focused on domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, corporate finance, and investment transactions, usually representing foreign buyers and investors in acquisitions and doing business in Israel in a wide array of sectors, including industrial and manufacturing companies, financial services, telecommunications and entertainment, healthcare and technology.
Nitzan further specializes in handling M&A transactions involving complex regulatory aspects, mainly relating to capital markets, the financial services sector, and telecommunications.
In recent years, Nitzan has represented multi-billion-dollar leading funds and commercial companies, as well as high-profile local and foreign investors, in the most high-profile, complex, and innovative transactions valued at billions of dollars.
In addition, Nitzan provides ongoing counseling to private and public companies in Israel and abroad on various commercial, corporate, and regulatory legal issues throughout their operations.
Nitzan also heads our firm’s equity benefits practice and has extensive expertise in providing legal advice on all aspects of designing and implementing management, employee, and service providers’ compensation plans, equity-based incentive plans, performance-based awards, and other awards schemes, including obtaining tax rulings from the Israel Tax Authority.
Representative Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Representation of Montague Private Equity Firm and its portfolio company, Wireless Logic, in the acquisition of Webbing, a global mobile virtual network operator.
- Representation of Isracard, Israel’s largest credit card company, in its acquisition by Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd. for NIS3.3 billion.
- Representation of Yahoo (owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management Inc.) in a 30-year strategic partnership with Taboola expected to generate approx. $1 billion in annual revenue.
- Representation of DoorDash in the contemplated acquisition of Wolt in a US$8.1 billion all-stock transaction
- Representation of Apax Partners in the sale of Psagot Investment House to Altshuler Shaham for NIS910 million
- Representation of Surgical Science Sweden AB, in the acquisition of Simbionix, a surgical simulation and training company, for US$305 million.
- Representation of Odoro, a provider of digital patient-access solutions, and its founders, in the sale to Clearwave, a healthcare industry leader in digital check-in and eligibility verification.
- Representation of Taavura and the Livnat family in connection with the sale of 50% by Clal Industries to Leumi Partners and entities from the Phoenix group.
- Representation of General Oriental Investments SA in the acquisition of 10% stake in the ADO Group for NIS240 million.
- Representation of Tosca Services, LLC. in the acquisition of Polymer Logistics.
- Representation of 1-800 Contacts, Inc. in its acquisition of 6over6 Vision Ltd., and in its subsequent multi billion sale to KKR.
- Representation of Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, in the acquisition of Zeekit (a dynamic virtual fitting room platform startup) and Aspectiva (AI-based technology startup which analyses UGC to recommend products to shoppers).
- Representation of the private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman, in the purchase of the Israeli cyber security company, Checkmarx Ltd., in consideration of USD 1.15 billion.
- Representation of private equity fund, Permira, in the sale of all of its holdings (approximately 61%) in iconic drip irrigation pioneer Netafim to Mexichem, a Mexican public company for US $1.9 billion, in one of the largest and most complex transactions in the Israeli economy in 2017.
- Representation of the insurance company Sirius, in regulatory process and applying for control permits in connection with the acquisition of shares of The Phoenix Holdings, from its controlling shareholder Delek Holdings, in a transaction valued at NIS 4.8 billion.
- Representation of Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Israel’s third largest bank by assets, in a NIS 1.4 billion merger with Union Bank of Israel, Israel’s sixth largest bank, in a complex and highly regulated transaction which is also rare and almost unprecedented event in the local Israeli market.
- Representation of XIO Group, a global private equity firm, in its potential acquisition of Meitav Dash, a leading Israeli investment house, for NIS 1.5 Billion.
- Representation of Israel Oil and Gas Fund, owned by Mr. David Wiessman, in the acquisition of the Israeli gas station chain, Sonol Israel Ltd., from Azrieli Group Ltd. for NIS 364 million.
- Representation of Saban Capital Group in the acquisition of a controlling stake of 33% in Partner Communications in consideration of US$400 million.
- Representation of Access Industries in a reverse triangular merger of a subsidiary of Access Industries with Clal Industries Ltd. in consideration of approximately US$350 million.
- Representation of EndoChoice, a US-based gastrointestinal endoscopy company, in a merger with Peer Medical Ltd., an Israeli endoscopic start-up, involving a substantial equity investment by Sequoia Capital, at a transaction valued at US$150 million.
- Representation of S1 Corporation, a NASDAQ corporation, in a potential stock-for-stock merger transaction with Fundtech Ltd., an Israeli company controlled by IDB Group (dual listed), valued at US$700 million.
- Representation of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG (then indirectly controlled by KKR and Permira), the largest TV operator in Germany and one of Europe’s leading media companies,Acquisition of July August Communications and Productions Ltd., a leading Israeli production company, by based on a company valuation of € tens of million.
- Representation of Aspect Group in a restructuring transaction valued at US$ hundreds of millions.
- Sale of control (64%) in Merhav – Ceramic and Building Materials (TASE: Merhav) by Keter Plastic and Fimi Group to Neor Holdings in consideration of US$60 million.
- Acquisition of 50% of the share capital of Japanauto Holdings Ltd., the exclusive Israeli importer of Subaru vehicles, by the Zeevi Group for NIS120 million.
- Representation of Permira in the acquisition of majority stake in BioCatch at $1.3 billion valuation.
- Representation of BeyondTrust, a portfolio company of portfolio company of Francisco Partners and Clearlake Capital, in the acquisition of Entitle I.O.
Banking & Finance
- Representation of XIO Group in a financing transaction with Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, in connection with A US$514 million merger transaction with Lumenis Ltd.
- Representation of a global multi-billion dollar investment fund in a US$70 million financing transaction, in connection with the establishment of a Middle-Market Israel Fund.
Regulation
- Representation of David Shield, travel and health insurance agency, in a complex process for the establishment of a new insurance company, and obtaining insurance and control permits.
- Representation of Golan Telecom, a cellular operator, in the Ministry of Communications (MOC) Tender 12/2010 for new mobile operator in Israel.
- Representation of T2T Communication Ltd., obtaining an MVNO license from the MOC.
Biography
Bar Admissions
Israel, 2009
Education
LL.B., Cum Laude, Tel Aviv University, 2008
LL.M. (Commercial Law), Tel-Aviv University, 2010
Prior Experience
• Prior to joining EBN, Nitzan was an M&A partner at the Zellermayer, Pelossof, Rosovsky, Tsafrir, Toledano & Co.
• As a student Nitzan was a legal assistant in the Environmental Justice Clinic.
• During his studies Nitzan was a member of the Law, Society and Culture publication.
Languages
Hebrew, English
