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October 15, 2013
China's Suncore represented by Barnea & Co acquired the assets of Israel's Zenith Solar
Barnea represented Suncore in a transaction, that was effected by both the litigation and the MA departments, in which all of Zenith Solar assets were acquired by Suncore.
Suncore is a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems manufacturer. ZenithSolar's system provides electrical output from a PV array and also generates hot water at a temperature suitable for domestic and industrial applications. Suncore is owned by San’an Optoelectronics, the largest LED manufacturer in China. LED technology is in many ways similar to the multi-junction PV cells used in CPV.
May 28, 2013
Raising Finance & Investing in the UK workshop: Exploring Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions
Barnea Co and Mazars LLP in association with Bank Leumi (UK) Plc and UK Trade Investment take pleasure in inviting you to an Exclusive Workshop on: Raising Finance Investing in the UK: Exploring Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions.
Date: Monday, 17 June 2013 When: 08:30 to 12:30 – includes Brunch and networking Where: Residence of the British Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, in Ramat Gan RSVP by 3rd June 2013 to Ms Dana Segev at [email protected]
March 11, 2013
"Having a say on pay"
While the UK press has widely reported on ‘fat cat’ salaries and exorbitant bonuses of some of the most senior employees of public companies in the UK, in Israel new legislation on salary levels has been introduced to curb such excesses and limit and control the monies that have been pouring into the pockets of senior executives.
December 10, 2012
Barnea & Co. represented Ethemba Capital
Barnea represented Ethemba Capital (an offshore private equity investment fund) in the purchase of 46% (constituting control) of the issued share capital of Avgol Industries 1953 Ltd (a public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Israel) for a purchase price of approximately USD 107 million.
October 2, 2012
When tycoons keep the choicest business deals for themselves
Leading lawyers, among them Adv. Michael Barnea, are discussing the subject of executives’ salaries and the different ways controlling shareholders could collect profits. Further reading here.
September 30, 2012
Barnea & Co. represented Dune Medical Devices Ltd.
Following the successful launch of MarginProbe System, which received Pre-Market Approval (PMA) from the FDA early last year, Dune Medical Devices Ltd. has successfully completed the first of a two stage USD21 million equity financing.
August 30, 2012
Barnea & Co. represented SCR (engineering) Ltd.
Barnea represented SCR (engineering) Ltd. in the purchase of 70% of Milkline Srl’s, an Italian company, distributor in Europe.
June 30, 2012
Barnea & Co. represented Tenova Group of its purchase of Bateman Engineering
Barnea represented the Italy based Tenova Group in the context of its purchase of Bateman Engineering for approximately USD150 million. Specifically our firm represented Tenova S.p.A in the purchase of 99% of Bateman Advanced Technologies Ltd., an Israeli company in the business of providing process engineering, technology and equipment in connection with solvent extraction and chemical treatment - for a purchase price of approximately USD 22 million.
June 30, 2012
Barnea and Co. represented MobeeArt Ltd
The firm represented MobeeArt Ltd, a software start-up developing breakthrough technology for creating mobile websites, in an investment round totaling about $ 1 million.
June 9, 2012
Dutch companies will invest NIS 2.4 billion in food production projects in India and Africa, by using israeli technologies
Representatives of Dutch food production companies and of Dutch universities visited Israel last week and met with Israeli companies in order to discuss the different options to establish cooperation and improve food production projects in the Third World.
May 31, 2012
Barnea represented Zaki Rakib in the context of the purchase of Brazilian company
We represented Zaki Rakib in the context of the purchase of Brazilian company that holds a licence to render Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services in the interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, with a total bandwidth of 70 MHz. The firm further represented Zaki Rakib when a company controlled by George Soros joined the venture and provided a convertible loan of US$ 20 million.
April 27, 2011
Barnea & Co. represented Ivory Computers Ltd.
Barnea represented Ivory Computers Ltd., a private Israeli retailer leading company engaged in marketing and selling of computers, peripheral device to computers and entertaining electronics, and its founders in a transaction with Premium (PIH) Holdings Ltd., a public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in which Premium purchased 51% of Ivory's shares, from the founders and from the company, for a total consideration of NIS 15.5 million.
April 26, 2011
Barnea & Co. represented Glasshouse Technologies Inc.
Barnea represented Glasshouse Technologies Inc. in its sale of all of the outstanding shares of its subsidiary Glasshouse Technologies Ltd. (an Israeli company) to Taldor Communications Ltd. for a purchase price of approximately US $6,750,000.
April 25, 2011
Barnea & Co. represented Mr. Zaki Rakib
Barnea represented Mr. Zaki Rakib in the sale of a controlling stake in Ma'ariv, one of Israel's top daily newspapers, to Discount Investments Ltd, a corporation belonging to the IDB group, for a total investment by Discount Investments of NIS 140 Million.
March 25, 2011
2011 Annual M&A Convention
Micky Barnea speaks at the 2011 Annual MA Convention, presenting "from handshake to closing - 50 ways not to lose a transaction".
February 26, 2011
Barnea & Co. represented GES
Barnea represented GES – Global environmental solutions Ltd., in the acquisition of the remaining 49% of the issued share capital of its South American subsidiary from its local partner. GES is an international company engaged in the design, engineering, development, marketing and sale of water and wastewater treatment solutions and systems.
January 27, 2011
Barnea & Co. represented Funky Fish Ltd.
Barnea represented Funky Fish Ltd., an international franchise-based retail chain and a top Fashion Accessories brand that offers gifts and accessories for girls and young women, in a USD 2 Million investment by a foreign investment group.
December 27, 2010
Barnea and Co. represented Viola Private Equity
Barnea represented Viola Private Equity, a private equity fund, in a USD 7 Million investment in Zend Technologies Ltd.
December 26, 2010
Barnea & Co. represented Polycad Industries (1989) Ltd.
Barnea represented Polycad Industries (1989) Ltd., a Kibbutz Shefayim company, in the purchase of the activity of a competing manufacturer in consideration for approximately USD 1.5 Million. Polycad Industries (1989) Ltd. is a developer and manufacturer of plastic packaging for the food, cosmetics, toiletry and detergent chemical industries, using HDPE, PET, polypropylene and other special resins.
November 30, 2010
Barnea & Co. represented Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd.
Barnea represented Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd., a public company traded on AIM, in the acquisition of the remaining 50 %. of the issued share capital of its Chinese subsidiary from its local partners in consideration for USD 3 million. Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd. is a producer and global supplier of water filters and filtration systems for the industrial, municipal and irrigation markets.