Naschitz Brandes has a corporate focus and although competitors query if the firm has a presence on capital markets deals, the firm has been active on a number of crossborder transactions for Israeli companies on the Nasdaq. Peers have no reservations about Aaron Lampert, head of firm's capital markets group, and several lawyers consider him to be one of the country's leading figures....
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Naschitz Brandes has a corporate focus and although competitors query if the firm has a presence on capital markets deals, the firm has been active on a number of crossborder transactions for Israeli companies on the Nasdaq. Peers have no reservations about Aaron Lampert, head of firm's capital markets group, and several lawyers consider him to be one of the country's leading figures.
In standout equity work, Sharon Amir, who one client calls "number one in the country for M&A," advised controlling stockholder in MediaMind Technologies, a digital advertising provider, which completed a $65 million IPO in August 2010. Elsewhere Lampert represented Nasdaq-listed AudioCodes in its $175 million primary universal shelf and secondary equity shelf.
The technology sector has proven an active one for Naschitz Brandes in M&A work and the firm were involved in three deals involving long time client Broadcom, a wireless internet provider. In November 2010, Amir, who heads the firm's M&A practice, advised the company in its $98 million acquisition of Parcello, a microchip developer, and Sightic Vista, a video solutions company. More recently the firm was on the opposite side of the deal and acted for Provigent, a leading provider of innovative chip solutions for broadband wireless, on its $340 million sale to Broadcom in March 2011.
In notable finance work, the firm has been active for several funds and advised a mezzanine fund in a $36 million financing transaction with Texas-based Alon Energy and also acted for KCPS Manof Funds in a series of convertible loans and investments in Israeli private and public companies in amounts ranging from $14 million to $33 million.
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