Shaul Hayoun

Shaul Hayoun is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group.  He practices in the area of corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on securities, M&A, corporate finance, and financial institutions. He acts for public companies in public and private offerings, as well as other legal matters involving companies traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Shaul represents both private and public companies in mergers and acquisitions, as well as in banking and non-banking finance agreements. Additionally, he provides legal counseling for insurance companies and other financial institutions.

Representative experience:

• Representation of Gazit-Globe and Gazit in numerous public and private offerings since 2001, in a cumulative amount between 2006 and 2008 of over NIS 7.3 billion.
• Representation of Makhteshim Agan Industries in a debenture institutional offering of NIS 2.35 billion.
• Representation of Harel Insurance Group in debenture public offering of NIS 650 million.
• Representation of Mizrahi Tefahot Bank in the preparation of a prospectus for listing of subordinated debentures in amount of NIS 460 million.
• Representation of Gazit-Globe in a multinational credit facility agreement (involving five different jurisdictions) with a syndicate of Israeli banks, to finance its investment in the Vienna listed Atrium European Real Estate Limited (formerly Meinl European Land), in the amount of 400 million Euro.
• Representation of Harel Insurance Investments in the purchase of Leumi PIA Trust Management Company (mutual funds activity) from Bank Leumi Le-Israel, for NIS 565 million.
• Representation of Harel Insurance Investments in the purchase of Leumi Provident Fund activity from Bank Leumi Le-Israel, for NIS 575 million.
• Representation of the Sampoerna Group in the purchase of 20.2% of the share capital of Harel Insurance Investments for $194 million.
• Representation of private companies of the Fishman Group in the sale of shares of Cal – Israel Credit Cards to Israel Discount Bank and to the First International Bank of Israel for NIS370 Million.
• Representation of the controlling shareholders of Macpell Industries in the sale of their controlling interest in the company.
•  Representation of Macpell Industries and Tefron in a combination of PIPE and share purchase transactions with FIMI Opportunity Fund.