Shira Azran

Shira Azran is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group.  She represents corporations in a wide range of international and domestic corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity financings, securitizations and venture capital investments. In addition, Shira provides ongoing legal advice regarding corporate and commercial matters to both publicly and privately held companies.

Representative experience:

• Representation of Ashmore, in its $1.25 billion leveraged acquisition (together with Swarth Group) of ECI Telecom (NASDAQ:ECIL) and the financing arrangements for this transaction.
• Representation of Euler Hermes (of the Allianz Group), a leading credit insurer and provider of credit insurance management services, in its purchase of one third of the holdings of The Israeli Credit Insurance Company, partnering with Harel Insurance Investments & Finances and Bituach Haklai Central Cooperative Society.
• Representation of Medcon (TASE:MDCN), a global provider of web-based cardiac image and information management, in its $105 million acquisition by McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK).
• Representation of Tecnomatix Technologies (NASDAQ:TCNO), a provider of software for manufacturing process planning, in its $230 million acquisition by UGS, and the acquisition by Tecnomatix of all assets of USDATA (Texas, USA) in consideration for shares and cash.
• Representation of Riverhead Networks, acquired by Cisco Systems for $39 million, in its ongoing and financing affairs, and Sheer Networks Inc. in its $97 million acquisition by Cisco Systems.
• Representation of the Aurec Group in its sale to Markstone Capital Partners of Golden Pages, the publisher of Israel’s yellow page directories.
• Representation of Orca Interactive (listed on AIM London Stock Exchange), a provider of IPTV solutions, in its $21 million acquisition by France Telecom subsidiary, Viaccess.
• Representation of Euro Globe in the purchase of a shell company listed on the TASE, involving the purchase of a controlling interest, sale of the company’s prior activity, a scheme of arrangement under court approval, and a private placement.