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Meitar’s capital markets practice has two focuses – domestic transactions on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in which we have consistently been ranked by the local financial press as the market leader, led by Yoav Nahir, and international transactions involving offerings by Israeli companies abroad, led by Dr. Shachar Hadar.

In the case of foreign offerings by Israeli companies, our competitive advantage is based on the significant U.S. capital markets experience of many of our partners and senior attorneys before joining our firm. This allows our firm to take the role of lead counsel in U.S. and London offerings by Israeli issuers, rather than simply serving as local advisor to a U.S. or English firm who runs the deal. We are able to complete the deal, therefore, at a much lower cost to the client. Another unique characteristic of our capital markets practice is our unsurpassed experience in debt offerings. 

Since the beginning of 2014, Meitar represented either issuers or underwriters in the vast majority of all offerings by Israeli companies in the U.S. market, far more than any other Israeli law firm.

Our firm consistently ranks as elite/top tier for capital markets practice in all league tables, with strong showings as both issuer's and underwriter's counsel in all types of transactions, including debt and equity securities issued in international markets.

Chambers Review

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Capital Markets - Israel

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What the Team is Known For

Meitar is a market-leading law firm with extensive capital markets expertise and a deep bench of lawyers specialising in this area. The team can list a number of major banking institutions as clients, as well as corporations active in sectors such as real estate, technology and telecoms. It has an accomplished track record of handling mandates relating to the private and public placement of bonds and equity. The group is especially noted for its wealth of expertise assisting Israeli companies with NYSE and Nasdaq listings and underwriting cross-border public offerings.

Work Highlights

  • Meitar assisted Mizrahi Tefahot Bank with an ILS4.6 billion bond issue including contingent convertible securities and commercial notes.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Shachar Hadar
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Shachar Hadar
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Shachar Hadar is notable for his work on technology and life sciences deals and bond issues by leading banks, as well as for his notable focus on US-listed companies. He possesses vast experience advising Israeli clients on equity offerings and IPOs on Nasdaq, as well as M&A-related mandates.

Shachar is extremely talented, he is commercial and also understands how to work with people. He thinks outside the box and is very creative and authoritative.

Shachar Hadar is calm, helpful and reassuring when things get stressful.

Clifford Felig
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Clifford Felig
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Clifford Felig is one of the best-known capital markets lawyers in Israel. His work includes representing leading financial institutions in their capacity as underwriters, as well as M&A-related matters.

Dan Shamgar
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Dan Shamgar
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Dan Shamgar is a highly respected capital markets lawyer whose work includes acting on public offerings in the USA. He is highly regarded for his expertise in M&A-related mandates.

Dan Shamgar is very smart, commercial, calm and a lovely person to work with.

Dan Shamgar is very well known and talented.

David Glatt
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David Glatt
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David Glatt has a wealth of debt and equity capital markets experience advising Israeli issuers. An accomplished lawyer in this space, he acts on matters such as IPOs, secondary market offerings and M&A-related matters.

Yael Weiss
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Yael Weiss
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Major banks and financial institutions number among Yael Weiss's clients. Her capital markets experience includes advising on convertible capital and bond issues.

Yael is great at benchmarking and knows best practice. She is practical, knowledgeable and a very nice person to work with.

Yael Weiss is very quick, efficient and service-oriented. She is very thorough and doesn't waste time.

Yael Weiss is very good at presenting innovative ideas to the securities authorities.

Yael Weiss is wonderful, super knowledgeable about securities work, very responsible, very down to earth, always delivers and is very approachable.

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Shachar Hadar
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Shachar Hadar
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Clifford Felig
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Clifford Felig
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Band 3
Dan Shamgar
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Dan Shamgar
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David Glatt
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David Glatt
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Yael Weiss
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Yael Weiss
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Members

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Dan Geva

Jonathan Atha

Jonathan Nathan

Shaul Hayoun

Shira Azran

Tali Menashe

Tomer Sela

Yael Weiss

Yoav Nahir