EBN is a recognized leader in major, complex merger and acquisition transactions, offering its clients the benefit of its wealth of international experience, encompassing the full breadth of complex M&A transactions, whether public or private, friendly or hostile. EBN has represented principals and investors in structuring, negotiating and implementing all types of mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies in Israel, including joint ventures, spin-offs, proxy contests, tender offers, and public to private transactions. EBN provides fully integrated representation in cross-border transactions, and focuses on resolving issues, wherever and whenever they arise.
EBN's M&A team represented, among many others:
- Eden Springs in the acquisition of Danone's HOD business in Europe;
- Starwood in the sale of the Sheraton-Moriah hotel chain to Azorim;
- One of the controlling shareholders of IDB Group in the acquisition of its controlling stake;
- The pension funds formerly held by the Histadruth (the Israeli major labor union) in its hundreds of million dollars asset sales, including sale of the newly established Mivtachim, Makefet and Meitavit pension funds, provident funds and real estate company Amot Investments;
- Clal Industries, Aurec, Fishman and the Livnat Family in the sale of their holdings in Med Nautilus to Telecom Italy;
- Mey Eden's European water operations in its merger with the water operations of the international food concern, Danone, and representation of the merged company in a series of acquisitions throughout Europe;
- Taavura Group (Israel’s largest haulage and logistics group) in the acquisition of Polar's East European automotive businesses;
- Delek Real Estate in the acquisition of the real estate company Vitania;
- Taavura Group in the acquisition of controlling stake in Maman Cargo Terminals & Handling (the leading Israeli ground handling services supplier);
- Motorola in the acquisition of Ampal's holding in Mirs;
- Clal Industries in the sale of Polgat;
- iPoint in its merger into an AIM-listed public shell company;
- Data JCE in its merger with publicly traded Ribua Hazman, and in the sale of the company's Asic division to US-based Transwitch.