Meitar represented Gazit-Globe (TASE: GLOB; NYSE: GZT), one of the largest owners and operators of supermarket-anchored shopping centers in the world, in its initial public offering in the New York Stock Exchange.
Meitar represented JP Morgan and Barclays Capital as underwriters of the $84 million public offering of ordinary shares by Orbotech on Nasdaq.
Meitar represented Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters of the $5 billion debt offering by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (November 2011).
Meitar represented Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters of the $750 million debt offering by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (March 2011).
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Corporate and Securities
The Israeli Antitrust Authority published draft guidelines for horizontal mergers and invited the public to comment. The draft guidelines describe the methodology of analysis undertaken by the Antitrust Authority when reviewing a horizontal merger, i.e., a merger between either actual of potential competitors. The methodology detailed in the draft guidelines was derived from the experience of the Antitrust Authority in reviewing mergers in the past; however, it leaves room for the Antitrust Authority’s judgment with regard to each case on the basis of its specific circumstances.
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Antitrust / Competition Law
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Technology and Intellectual Property 
