Meitar represented New York/London-based private equity firm Rhone Capital LLC in its acquisition of the European and Israeli operations of Eden Springs for approximately $90 million, based on an enterprise value of Euro 300 million.
Meitar represented Stratasys Ltd. (SSYS) in a public offering of ordinary shares for approximately $481M on NASDAQ with JP Morgan as sole-book-runner and Piper Jaffray, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Needham as co-managers.
Meitar represented a leading 3D printing company, Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) in its acquisition of MakerBot, the Brooklyn NY-based leader in desktop 3D printing, in a stock-for-stock swap, valued at approximately $403 million, with additional contingent performance-based payments valued at approximately $201M.
Our firm represented ROTH Capital partners in the $20 million follow on offering by Attunity Ltd. on NASDAQ.
Meitar, together with Gibson Dunn, represented US enterprise data giant EMC in its acquisition of Scale IO, an Israeli start up and a leader in enterprise data storage.
Our firm represented Cimatron (NASDAQ:CIMT), a leading global provider of integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for the tool making and manufacturing industries, in its $15.7 million secondary and $6.2 million follow-on public offerings of Ordinary Shares on NASDAQ.
Meitar defended Makhteshim, one of Israel’s largest agrochemicals producers, in three mass tort actions filed by plaintiffs alleging injuries caused by air pollution from the Makhteshim plant in the “Ramat-Hovav” Industrial Zone south of Beersheva (additional defendants in this action included the State of Israel, the local municipality and other plants in the area). On January 1, 2013 the Beersheva District Court dismissed the actions in their entirety and made significant awards to the defendants for legal costs and attorneys fees. The plaintiffs have filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, which is pending.
