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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.

Barnea and Co. represented the image processing company, Sightic Vista Ltd., its founders and its major shareholder in an acquisition in which, the semiconductor giant, Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCM), acquired the entire issued and outstanding share capital of Sightic Vista Ltd.

Barnea represented GES – Global environmental solutions Ltd., in the merger and acquisition of Nitron Chimtech Ltd., a leading sewage treatment facilities operator. GES is a leading international company engaged in the design, engineering, development, marketing and sale of water and waste water treatment solutions and systems.

Barnea merged with the firm of Kleinman, Nadler The merger expands our firm's expertise in all fields of property law. Kleinman, Nadler & Co, headed by Joshua (Shuki) Kleinman and Ariel Nadler, is considered one of the leading boutique firms in real estate. Its clientele includes many property companies and contractors, as well as the Israel Land Authority (for which it acts on behalf of the Attorney General in connection with the evictions of the "Binuy-Pinuy" project in South Tel Aviv), the Mul Yam Group in Eilat and Dankner Investments Ltd (a member of the Delek Real Estate Group).

Barnea and Co. represented Dune Medical Devices Ltd., in a USD7.7 million financing round. Dune Medical Devices develops and commercializes devices for real time tissue characterization, designed to facilitate complete, therapeutic excisions in surgical and interventional oncology procedures.

Barnea represented Amiad Water Systems Ltd., a public company traded on AIM, in a USD 22 Million merger and acquisition of Arkal Filtration System. Both Amiad and Arkal are producers and global suppliers of water filters and filtration systems for the industrial, municipal and irrigation markets.

Barnea represented Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd., a public company traded on the AIM, in the acquisition of a majority stake in JSK Engineering Co., an India-based supplier and manufacturer of water filtration products, from its local owner. Amiad Water Systems Ltd is a world leading water filtrations company, traded on AIM, and was the first kibbutz owned company to ever list on a foreign (non-Israeli) stock exchange, a process that was introduced and led by Barnea & Co in late 2005.

Barnea advised a well known French concern on its acquisition of Areva T&D's transmission activities. Our client entered into a consortium agreement for a joint bid for the acquisition of Areva's T&D business. Barnea successfully notified and received approval for the complex acquisition from the Israeli Antitrust Authority.

Barnea represented Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd., a public company traded on the AIM, in the acquisition of a majority stake in JSK Engineering Co., an India-based supplier and manufacturer of water filtration products, from its local owner. Amiad Water Systems Ltd is a world leading water filtrations company, traded on AIM, and was the first kibbutz owned company to ever list on a foreign (non-Israeli) stock exchange, a process that was introduced and led by Barnea & Co in late 2005.

Barnea advised Piraeus Bank in connection with collaterals to be provided by Israeli individuals in relation to the financing of a real estate investment in residential real estate in Bucharest by a non-Israeli company.

Barnea represented SCR (Engineers) Ltd. and its founding shareholders, in the sale of 20% of their shares to Tene Growth Private Equity Fund, for an amount of NIS 40 Million. SCR is a world leading provider of precise dairy herd management solutions.

Barnea represented Kibbutz Shefayim, in a NIS 5.2 Million investment in STI Security Technology Integration Ltd. STI is active in the international homeland security market, focusing on detection and prevention of terror activities for strategic facilities world-wide.