Itay Geffen
Gornitzky & Co.During 2023/24, Gornitzky & Co.’s infrastructure group was particularly active on behalf of key clients OPC Energy and Dan Public Transportation. Outside of the energy and public transport spheres, the team also acted for participants in road, water and healthcare projects — including advising on secondary market transactions. The department is co-led by Itay Geffen, who specialises in project finance, infrastructure and energy; Ronit Rozenstein-Barel, who contributes extensive experience in tenders and project finance; and Yiftah Farber, whose broad practice spans infrastructure, project finance, transport and leisure-related matters. Maya Dvir and Liron Koren are also noted.
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‘Yiftah Farber provides exceptional service: very professional with extensive knowledge on the law and on customary business practices. But what stands out is his ability to close the deal and bring both parties to agreements and understandings on difficult issues while providing creative ideas for solutions.’
Key clients
- Egged Transportation Company and an SPC wholly owned by it
- Dan Public Transportation
- Keystone Fund
- Zero Waste, a SPC is equally held by Shikun & Binui Energy and Bluegen
- Shikun & Binui Energy
- Minrav Group
- OPC Energy
- H2ID, a company held by IDE Technologies and Allied Infrastructure
- Nahor Transportation Routes
- Alstom Israel
- Electra Concession
- Voith Hydro
- Generation Capital
- IP Innovative Power
- Doral Group
- APR Energy
- Tomer Energy Royalties (2012) Ltd.
- ARP Energy
- Mitsubishi Power
- Siemens Energy
- Enlight Renewable Energy
- Lahav LR
- Chemothal
- Eco Energy Israel
- Noy Fund Negev
- Phoenix Insurance Company
- Amitim (Senior Pension Funds)
- Menora Mivtachim Insurance
- Clal Insurance and Finance Group
- Extra Public Transportation
- Reindeer Energy
- Dana Engineering
- Rapac Energy of the Rapac Group
Work highlights
- Represented the bidder (OPC Power Plants and OPC Energy) in a tender published by the State of Israel for a conventional power plant at Sorek.
- Advised Keystone Fund on its NIS4.8bn acquisition of Egged, Israel’s largest public transport provider.
- Advised Dan Public Transportation (as a member of the maintenance contractor and as a shareholder in the concessionaire) on its participation in a DFCM project for the Green Line of the Tel Aviv light rail.
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Maya Dvir
Gornitzky & Co.Practice head
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Itay Geffen, Ronit Rozenstein-Barel, Yiftah Farber