April 2009
The European Legal 500 Guide for 2009 places Barnea & Co. as a recommended firm in the following seven categories :- " Projects and energy", "Banking and finance", "Corporate and M&A", "Dispute resolution", "Hi-tech, start-ups and venture capital" "capital markets" and  "Real estate" .  

March 2009
"Practical Law Company Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009" places Micky Barnea and Simon Jaffa  as a recommended individuals in "Outsourcing and Information Technology", "Corporate/M&A" and "Private Equity/Venture Capital.

February 2009
The Chambers Global Guide for 2009 ranks Barnea & Co among the leading firms in banking and finance (projects) and Corporate/M&A, and states that "this tremendously commercial and innovative project finance team debuts in the rankings this year after abundant praise from commentators, who note its involvement in significant infrastructure projects for the transport sector ". Additionally, the Guide remarks that "this commercially focused team is calm under pressure and a pleasure to work with. It has a good track record dealing with international work and its reputation is burgeoning both at home and abroad…. The team knows how to drive a deal forward with innovative ideas and strategic advice" The guide also ranks Simon Jaffa as a highly recommended leading individual in banking & finance: Projects describing him as “an extremely quick, knowledgeable and commercial lawyer who works extremely well in tough negotiations with project engineers and other parties"

January 2009
"The European Legal Experts Guide for 2009" ranks Micky Barnea and Simon Jaffa as recommended individuals in the fields of "Capital Markets" and "Corporate/M&A";

March 2008
Galit Rozovsky, a 15 year veteran real-estate lawyer, joins as head of Barnea & Co's real-estate department.

February 2008
Barnea & Co. represented Gaon Retail and Trading Ltd, the trading arm of Gaon Holdings Ltd, in a NIS 40 million institutional debenture private placement.

February 2008
Barnea & Co advised on a structured real estate investment in connection with a prime property located on the Fontanka River in the centre of St Petersburg, Russia, with a marketable area of approx 18,000 sqm.

January 2008
Oren Speiser and Avrumi Monderer are made new corporate partners at Barnea & Co.

Barnea & Co represented Wanaka Capital Partners, a $50m venture fund, in a $1.4 Million investment in MaxTech Communication Networks Ltd.

Barnea & Co advised a consortium member bidding for the second stage submission of the international tender issued by the Israel Electric Corporation in connection with the electrification of the Israel railways network.

Barnea & Co advised on a structured investment in a real estate development project in Ilfov County, Romania, of approx 1,078,000 sqm.

December 2007
Barnea & Co. represented a shareholder in Solel Solar Systems Ltd. in a $105 million investment by Ecofin Limited in Solel, through a combination of subscription for new equity and secondary share purchases.

Barnea & Co represented NESS Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems Ltd., in a $75 million merger and acquisition by Bioness Inc. a California based company controlled by Mr. Al Mann. Both NESS and Bioness are active in the development and sale of medical devices used by patients with muscular or nuero-muscualr disorders.

Barnea & Co represented founders of a pre-fund venture engaged in trading of physical gold, gold futures and gold options.

Barnea & Co advised a bidder in the international tender issued by the Israel Electric Corporation in connection with the acquisition of two control systems for the Reading D Power Station in Tel Aviv.

November 2007
Barnea & Co represented Polycad Industries (1989) Ltd, a Kibbutz Shefayim company, in the purchase of a plastics molding business. Polycad is a developer and manufacturer of plastic packaging for the food, cosmetics, toiletry and detergent chemical industries, using HDPE, PET, polypropylene and other special resins.

An Israeli investment group represented by Barnea & Co completed the purchase from Kibbutz Reshafim of a controlling interest in the Terraflex cooperative society, engaged in manufacture of PVC compounds and reinforced hoses. The acquisition included a 14 month banking reorganization and reincorporation of Terraflex as a limited liability company.

The Israeli Supreme Court upholds its precedent opinion, in support of the position presented by the litigation team of Barnea & Co., whereby attachments will not be placed automatically on Israeli assets of foreign defendants, to ensure enforcement of judgments.

Barnea & Co advised on a joint venture in connection with a real estate development project of approx 500,000 sqm in Saftica Village, in the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania.

October 2007
Barnea & Co advised Arko Holdings, a TASE public company, on the sale and transfer of its venture investment portfolio to a secondary investment fund.

Barnea & Co advised on a joint venture investment in a residential real estate development project of approx 304,842 sqm in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia.

September 2007
Barnea & Co advised a consortium member in the tender to construct a sports facilities complex, including a UEFA standard multi purposed football stadium with capacity of holding 30,000 audiences, two indoor sports stadium and an indoor Olympic swimming pool.

August 2007
Barnea & Co advised a member of a consortium in the tender to build a multi-purposed opening-closing type stadium with the capacity of 52,000 spectators in Istanbul, Turkey.

July 2007
Barnea & Co represented a group of investors in a $23 million PIPE investment and acquisition of control in an Israeli Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange public company.

Barnea & Co represented an international gift and accessories retail chain, in a dispute and subsequent acquisition of its Israeli franchise partner.

Micky Barnea speaks at a Morrison & Foerster Global Capital Markets Seminar, as part of a lawyers' panel discussion on "Israeli Legal Issues in Today’s Public Offering Market".

June 2007
Barnea & Co advised on preliminary heads of terms in connection with a structured purchase of development licenses for seven oil and gas fields in Russia and the Komi Republic.

May 2007
Barnea & Co represented Comfy Ware Ltd in a $1.2 million investment Dov Moran, founder of M-Systems. Comfy Ware is engaged in the development and commercializing of dedicated keyboards and educational computer games for toddlers and children. In November 2007, Comfy Ware expanded its business and now also develops and sells education-oriented toddlers' play areas.

Barnea & Co. represented Apex Underwriters, acting as underwriters in a $10.5 million debenture offering by AMS Electronics Ltd, a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange company engaged in real estate development in Eastern Europe.

March 2007
Barnea & Co acted as Israeli counsel for a Glasshouse Technologies Inc, a US based IT infrastructure consulting company, in the acquisition of two Israeli based companies - MBI Advanced Computer Systems Ltd and Integrity Systems Ltd.

Barnea & Co advised on an investment in a long term leasehold in connection with a prime property in Grosvenor Street, London.

February 2007
Barnea & Co advised on a structured investment in a large real estate development project in Astana, Kazakhstan, including an indoor urban-scale internal park, shopping and entertainment venue, boating river, shopping centre, minigolf and indoor beach resort.

Barnea & Co. represented B Gaon Retail and Trading Ltd, a subsidiary of B. Gaon Holdings Ltd, in the corporate restructuring of its holding structure and its financing facilities. Gaon Retail is engaged in a variety of industries, including cosmetics, fashion, home improvement, automotive products and accessories, agricultural equipment and materials and fresh fruits and vegetables.

January 2007
The Israeli Supreme Court gives a precedent opinion, in support of the position presented by the litigation team of Barnea & Co. The court upheld a prior decision of the Haifa District Court, confirming the removal of a levy on Israeli assets of ICC Industries Inc., a US company engaged in local civil proceedings. The Supreme Court determined that attachments on assets of foreign defendants to ensure enforcement of judgments, can only be placed if the judgment is to be executed in a country that either does not enforce foreign judgments, or has not entered into a treaty with Israel regarding mutual enforcement of judgments.

Barnea & Co. represented Apex Underwriters, acting as underwriters in a $33 million debenture offering by Tagor Capital Ltd, a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange company engaged in real estate development in Eastern Europe.

December 2006
Barnea & Co represented the German based INTERTRADE A.F. group in the acquisition of an enterprise mobility products distribution business from Info Bar Ltd.

Barnea & Co represented a London based hedge fund in a $5 million convertible loan and warrant investment in an Israeli high tech company developing innovative solutions for the printing industry.

October 2006
Barnea & Co represented ASM International, a leading global supplier of semiconductor equipment, in the set-up of its Israeli operations including related HR recruitment and re-location matters.

August 2006
Barnea & Co represented an investor group in an $11 million acquisition of a controlling interest in a TASE publicly traded cash-shell company, including separate share purchase and shareholders arrangements.

July 2006
Barnea & Co represented Surf Communications, developer of triple-play (voice, video and data) convergence solutions, in an $8 million investment round, led by Poalim Capital Markets, and joined by existing investors, Giza Venture Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, BOS Better Online Solutions and Texas Instruments Ventures.

June 2006
Barnea & Co advised the Royal Bank of Scotland in connection with a guarantee and indemnity undertaking provided by an Israeli individual to secure obligations of a non-Israeli company.

Barnea & Co represented Dune Medical Devices, Ltd. In a $12.5 million Series B investment round led by Apax Partners. Dune Medical Devices develops and commercializes devices for real time tissue characterization, designed to facilitate complete, therapeutic excisions in surgical and interventional oncology procedures. This funding will be used to complete U.S. clinical studies, attain FDA market clearance, carry out further development and expand the company's infrastructure in the U.S.

May 2006
Barnea & Co represented Pilat Media Global plc, in a £3 million PIPE, and the grant of options for a further investment of £750 thousand. The investment was led by Eurocom Investments LP and Mr. Sami Totah. Pilat Media is a London-based AIM-listed supplier of business management software to broadcasters around the world.

April 2006
Barnea & Co represented a leading Israeli private equity fund in a $4 million equity investment and purchase of a controlling interest in a leading business intelligence consulting company.

Barnea & Co acted for Bain Capital in its acquisition of the Sensors and Controls business unit of Texas Instruments. Under the terms of the agreement, Texas Instruments sold its Sensors & Controls business unit (based in Attleboro, MA USA and with business units in a number of countries including Israel) to affiliates of the private equity firm.

March 2006
Barnea & Co. represented Carmit Candy Industries, in its objection to the Israeli Anti-Trust Commissioner's decision to reach to a “consent decree” with Elite-Strauss, the Israeli chocolate-bar monopoly. The proposed decree relates to the conduct of Elite and its executives, during the Israeli launch of Cadbury chocolate by Carmit.

February 2006
Submission of Tender for Tel Aviv Light Rail project - Barnea & Co represents shareholder in Metro Rail Group one of three short listed bidders for construction of the Tel Aviv Red Line. Chairman of NTA hopes to name a preferred bidder within three months. Subject to financial close, construction of the 22 km route between Petach Tikva and Bat Yam with 11 km of tunnel is expected to start in mid-2007 for opening in 2013.

January 2006
Barnea & Co. acted for the major shareholder of the Jerusalem light railway franchisee CityPass, the company that was awarded the 30-year concession for the Jerusalem Light Railway Train Project. Financial close of the project took place in January 2006.

Barnea & Co. acted for Continuity Software Ltd, in connection with an up to $1.5 million R&D participation grant from the Heznek fund of the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist.

December 2005
Barnea & Co. acted as Israeli counsel in the IPO of an Israeli company, Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd., on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. The IPO of Amiad, the first Kibbutz company to list in London, included a placing of new shares by Amiad together with a sale of shares by some of its shareholders.

September 2005
Barnea & Co. acted as Israeli counsel representing an international media company in a claim for format infringement against "Keshet", an Israeli national broadcaster regarding the program known as "The Ambassador".

September 2005
Barnea & Co. represented Surf Communication Solutions Ltd., a leading developer of high capacity multimedia processing software and boards for the telecommunication infrastructure field, in securing a round of funding of about US$3.5 million.

September 2005
Barnea & Co. acted for Cellcom, the largest cellular communications operator in Israel in the course of the sale of a 34.75 percent equity stake by Bell South and a 34.75 percent equity stake by Safra for a combined consideration of $1.345 billion.

August 2005
Barnea & Co.’s litigation team represented 3 international generic pharmaceutical companies in depositions of Israeli scientists and research institutions before an Israeli court. The depositions were requested pursuant to a letter rogatory issued by a New York court, as part of a patent infringement claim brought against the pharmaceutical companies, who introduced generic versions of an ethical drug developed based on an invention of Israeli scientists.

August 2005
Barnea & Co. represented Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd in the reorganization of its subsidiaries in Australia, including acquiring full control in one subsidiary, and selling off its indirect interests in a second subsidiary.

February 2005
Barnea & Co. represented a US corporation, in a $20 million sell down of its shares in an Israeli public company, as part of the dual listing of Frutarom, an Israeli public company on the official list of the London Stock Exchange.

January 2005
Barnea & Co. acted as Israeli counsel in the IPO and reverse merger (reverse takeover) of an Israeli company, Poly Information Ltd. into an English shell company, on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

January 2005
Barnea & Co. acted on behalf of the major shareholder of the Jerusalem light railway franchisee CityPass which signed a financing agreement with Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi for the project. NIS 3 billion will be invested in the project: NIS 2 billion by CityPass and NIS 1 billion by the state, for preliminary infrastructure work. The state will give CityPass a NIS 1.4 billion set-up grant. CityPass won the BOT (build, operate, transfer) tender for the first line of the Jerusalem light railway.

January 2005
Barnea & Co. represented Gaon Trading Ltd – a subsidiary of B. Gaon Holdings Ltd – in the sale of its 50% share in Kfar Ha’shashuim, a nationwide toy retail chain.

July 2004
Barnea & Co. acted for a major European company in a strategic investment in
A-M-T- Advanced Metal Technologies Ltd., as of a $6 million financing round. AMT develops technologies for amorphous and nano-crystalline advanced materials.

June 2004
Barnea & Co. held a seminar on the London Capital Markets for Israeli Companies.

May 2004
Barnea & Co. acted for Agish Advanced Logistics Ltd in the sale of its customs clearance and forwarding business to Orian Ltd., the Israeli representative of Schenker, the international provider of integrated logistics services.

April 2004
Barnea & Co. acted as Israeli counsel in the secondary placing of Pilat Media Global plc. Pilat Media is an English public company, dually listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The secondary listing included a placing of new shares by Pilat, together with a sale of shares by some of its founding shareholders.

March 2004
Barnea & Co. acted for Dune Medical Devices Ltd., a developer of surgical oncology technologies regarding a $5 million Series A funding led by Apax Partners Funds, with the participation of existing seed investors.

January 2004
Barnea & Co. acted for eShip-4u in connection with the sale of the eShip business to German company Siemens. Founded in 2000, Netanya-based eShip-4u develops automatic delivery machines (ADMs) for managing parcel delivery, cutting costs for the post office and express delivery companies.