Shay Dayan

Partner

Profile

Shay is a partner in our firm’s Corporate, M&A and High-Tech Departments, and Co-Head of the Telecoms and Media Department.

Shay’s practice is focused on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, representing both foreign and domestic corporations (public and private) in acquisitions and doing business in Israel in a wide array of sectors. As a High-Tech practitioner, Shay advises startup companies (many of which operate in the automotive field) through all their life cycle stages.

In addition, Shay advises clients in the field of telecommunications and media on various commercial and regulatory aspects.

Shay is consistently recognized by international law guides as a leading partner. Recently, Shay has been honored as a “Next Generation Partner” in the Legal500 2024 Edition and a “Rising Star Partner” in the IFLR1000 2024 Edition.

Prior to joining EBN in 2016, Shay was a partner in the private equity practice of a leading Israeli law firm.

 


Representative Experience

  • Representation of Foretellix Ltd. in its Round C Financing.
  • Representation of Pelephone Communications Ltd. in its acquisition of Roamability LLC.
  • Representation of the independent committee of Kamada Ltd. (NASDAQ: KMDA; TASE: KMDA.TA)  in a private placement offering to FIMI Opportunity Funds.
  • Representation of Arbe Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: ARBE) in a private placement led by Special Situations Funds.
  • Representation of Isracard Ltd. (TASE) in its merger transaction with Harel Insurance group.
  • Representation of Gesher I Acquisitions (NASDAQ) in its de-SPAC transaction with Freightos Limited.
  • Representation of DataDog, Inc. (NASDAQ) in its acquisition of Seekret Software Technologies Ltd.
  • Representation of Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ) in its de-SPAC transaction with Industrial Tech Acquisitions, Inc.
  • Representation of Space Communication (TASE) in the sale of a control stake to 4iG, an Hungarian telecoms and IT group.
  • Representation of Electra Ltd. in the sale of its holdings in a hydroelectric pumped-storage power plant to Generation Capital.
  • Representation of the private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman, in the financing of its acquisition of Checkmarx Ltd.
  • Representation of Gazit-Globe (TASE) in the sale of its securities in Amos Luzon Energy Group.
  • Representation of Foretellix Ltd. in its acquisition of Metamoto, INC.
  • Representation of XIO Fund in the sale of Lumenis Ltd. to Baring Private Equity Asia.
  • Representation of Nisko Group in an investment transaction by Poalim Equity.
  • Representation of Yaron Levy Project Management in its sale to CBRE Group, Inc.
  • Representation of Mishkei Emek Beit-Shean, Mishkei Emek-Izrael and Pituach Hagalil in joining Mishkei Solar Energies, a partnership operating in the field of Renewable Energies.
  • Representation of Gebr. Heinemann in a joint venture with James Richardson, for the operation of the duty free shops at the Ben-Gurion Airport.
  • Representation of Extra Holdings in the acquisition of Alon Blue Square Group, and the debt settlement of Alon Blue Square Group with its financial creditors.
  • Representation of Nesher Cement in the sale of Har-Tuv plant.