Commercial, corporate and M&A

Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co

Operating across a wide range of industry sectors, including hi-tech, private equity, and financial services, Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co‘s team of experts continues to navigate high-value M&A transactions on behalf of a litany of high-calibre international and domestic clients. Practice co-head Doni Toledano is noted for handling cross-border M&A transactions and debt and equity acquisition financing, while fellow co-head Roy Caner is a specialist of the hi-tech industry, where he notably assists global technology companies with their acquisition operations. With a focus on highly regulated industries, Lior Oren’s recent highlights include Wireless Logic Group’s acquisition of Webbing Solutions (USD600m). Shay Dayan and Nitzan Aberbach‘s broad practices span M&A, corporate finance, and PE transactions, while Eyal Wiesel is also recommended.

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Testimonials

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'The team is extremely professional and knowledgeable. I have worked with Roy Caner's team on several investment transactions. The team knows the industry very well, provides excellent advice, negotiates well, and maintains a good spirit and teamwork environment. I would recommend this team to anyone.'
'Overall, I was impressed with the entire EBN team. They tended to be more business-like than I expected, which was great. I was also impressed by their availability.'
'It has been a pleasure working with Doni Toledano. He helped me think through various concepts of Israeli law that we were not familiar with. He had the experience and legal knowledge that the client was looking for. Furthermore, he always offered practical solutions to complex problems and did a good job of making sure other members of his team did the same.'
'We have been working with EBN's M&A team for over 10 years. The team is very professional, helpful, experienced, sophisticated, has solid business understanding and instincts, and manages all of our PE and VC investments. By now they are really our partners; we can consult them early in the process and also for post-acquisition issues, which are sometimes sensitive.'
'Lior Oren is an excellent lawyer who works with all the partners in the fund, has exceptional interpersonal skills, a sharp legal mind, and is pragmatic but knows when to insist and hold the line firmly. He is highly respected by his colleagues in other firms and is very knowledgeable about all aspects of mergers and acquisitions and related matters, handling both local and foreign transactions for both private and public companies.'
'Eyal Wiesel has become a trusted advisor to the fund. He has turned into a leader of the firm, is an experienced M&A and commercial lawyer, knows the business and the market very well, and is pragmatic and wise. Working with Eyal is a pleasure, and we know we are in good hands.'
'Eyal Wiesel often works with Lior Oren on the same deals and their teamwork is great. In recent years, Eyal has grown professionally and is now able to conduct transactions on his own, and we hire him for this purpose.'
'Roy Caner has always been exceptional and to the point, with deep legal and business understanding, managing to resolve conflicts and last minute issues in any transaction. He is extremely dedicated, responsive and available.'

Key clients

Hellman & Friedman LLC
Tene Investment Funds
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.
Partner Communications Company Ltd.
Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
DoorDash
Apax Partners, L.P.
Carasso Motors Ltd.
D&A2, Ltd.
Nisko Group
1-800 Contacts, Inc.
AEA Investors LP
Walmart
Maxbet Entertainment
Utimaco TS GmbH
LeddarTech Inc.
The Livnat Group and Taavura Holdings Ltd. and Carmen Assets Management (1997) Ltd.
Poalim Equity Ltd.
Surgical Science Sweden AB
XIO Group
AMI Opportunities Fund
Egged Transportation
Arbe Robotics Ltd
Gesher I Acquisition Corp.
Questar Auto Technologies
Guesty Inc.
Space Communication Ltd.
Uniphore Technologies Inc.
Datadog Inc.
SafeRide Technologies Ltd.

Work highlights

Acted as Israeli counsel for Apollo Global Management and Yahoo in relation to the latter’s long-term commercial agreement with Nasdaq-listed Taboola Ltd., an agreement expected to yield approximately USD30bn.
Acted for Isracard in the privatisation and acquisition by Harel Bituach, a publicly traded company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, via a reverse triangular merger, and the transaction value is estimated at NIS3bn.
Represented 365Scores Ltd., an Israeli private company, in the acquisition of its share capital by Entain Plc., the UK-based world’s largest sports-betting and gaming groups.