ERCG has extensive experience in economic research in the pricing of merger and acquisition transactions, applying finance theory and economic empirical analyses to securities litigation, damage estimation and disputes regarding corporate governance.
We provide economic consultancy services in a variety of areas, including:
- Stock and tender offers
- Cost of capital and required return
- Option pricing
- Class actions
- Economic criteria for assessing executive performance
A partial list of expert opinions in the realm of Capital Markets, Securities and Finance:
Expert opinion by Asher Blass in the matter of a tender offer of Zur Shamir Holdings Ltd. to the shareholders of Direct Insurance-Financial Investments Ltd., Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court, Derivative Action 31363-04-20 (September 2020).
Export opinion by Asher Blass in the matter of a petition for the certification of an action as a class action with respect to damage that was caused to the investors of Migdal, Central District Court – Lod, in Class Action 19990-09-15 (January 2019). Newsletter
Expert opinion and testimony by Asher Blass in the framework of the economic feasibility of the debt arrangement at Zim for the minority shareholders in the Israel Corporation, Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court, Derivative Action 67844-12-14 (July 2017).
Expert opinion by Asher Blass in the matter of a petition for the certification of an action as a derivative action, in the matter of Amotz Horev v. Y.O.E.L. Oil Exploration Ltd. et al., Derivative Action 18839-04-15 (June 2016).
Expert opinion by Asher Blass in the matter of a petition for the certification of an action as a class action, Class Action 41731-10-13, Nir Tzarfati v. Fortissimo Capital Management Ltd. and Naftali Shani (December 2014). Newsletter
Expert opinion in the matter of a petition for the certification of an action as a derivative action, Derivative Action 0339-09-01, Rahav v. Delek – the Israeli Fuel Co. Ltd. et al. (October 2013).
Expert opinion by Asher Blass in the matter of a petition for the certification of an action as a derivative action, Hyatt v. Melisron Ltd. et al., Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court, Derivative Action 2046-12 (April 2013).
Expert opinion by Haim Ben-Shahar and Asher Blass in the matter of the IDB Development Co. Ltd. tender offer, Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court, Civil File 1543/09 (May 2010). Newsletter