Sam Katz

Overview Services Experience Credentials News & Insights Full Bio Overview Sam Katz focuses his practice on corporate finance and governance, fund formation and mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes working with company management and investment banks on securities offerings, financings, SPACs, acquisitions and ongoing securities law compliance and general corporate matters. Sam has extensive knowledge of formation and ongoing representation of private funds and pooled investment vehicles. Sam also has experience in the legal aspects of digital assets and blockchain technology. Honigman Law Israel is a wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary of Honigman LLP. Honigman Law Israel attorneys are qualified under and practice exclusively under U. S. law. Read More Services Practice Areas Corporate Transactions and Counseling Experience Representative Matters NASDAQ-listed Kornit Digital Ltd. in a $87 million secondary offering by the controlling shareholder (May 2017) NASDAQ-listed Kornit Digital Ltd. in a primary and secondary offering of a total of $142 million (January 2017) NASDAQ-listed Kornit Digital Ltd. in a manufacturing agreement and warrant issuance to Amazon.com, Inc. (January 2017) $70 million Joint Israeli-Chinese Venture Capital Fund (September 2016) Genesis Capital Advisors LLC in various debt and equity investments in corporations and LLCs Israeli startups in over $70 million in venture financing for Israeli start-ups (2014-2016) Israeli institutions and other investors in commitments of over $100 million to leading venture capital and private equity funds in Israel (2013-2016) Renal Guard Solutions Inc. in various debt and equity financings (2015-2016) NASDAQ-listed Cyber Ark Software Ltd. in its acquisition of Cybertinel Ltd. (August 2015) NASDAQ-listed Cyber Ark Software Ltd. in a $320 million primary and secondary offering (June 2015) Needham & Company in an $11 million primary offering by Camtek Ltd. (May 2015) Kornit Digital Ltd. in its $73 million initial public offering on NASDAQ (April 2015) TASE-listed (Y. Z) Queenco Ltd. in a tender offer for the shares of Queenco Leisure International Ltd., which involved Israeli, US and UK securities laws (December 2014) Medi Wound Ltd. in its $72 million initial public offering on NASDAQ (March 2014) Israeli fund managers in formation of funds for investment in US real estate (2012-2013) $20 million Joint Israel-Korean Venture Capital Fund (March 2012) Gazit-Globe Ltd. in its $81 million initial public offering in the US on the NYSE (December 2011) Leading US asset manager in the formation of funds with over $3 billion in commitments for purchases of distressed securities (2007-2009) $260 million acquisition by AMEX-listed Shermen WSC Acquisition Corp. of ED&F Mans liquid storage and animal feed businesses, including merger documentation and proxy statement (May 2009) Nasdaq-listed Inhibitex, Inc. in its acquisition of OTCBB-listed Ferma Vir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (April 2007) Renaissance Acquisition Corp. in its $100 million initial public offering (February 2007) NASDAQ-listed Goodys Family Clothing, Inc. in its sale for approximately $310 million to a private equity firm, which involved multiple bids after Goodys had entered into a merger agreement; including review of merger agreement and preparation of Schedule 14D-9 (transactions took place in late 2005) Prior Experience Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, Of Counsel Meitar Law Offices, Ramat Gan, Israel, Of Counsel Dechert LLP, New York, Associate Additional Languages Hebrew Credentials Education New York University School of Law, J. D. Queens College, City University of New York, B. A. Admissions New York News & Insights News Honigman Advises Daniel Mangless in Successful Board Nomination for Zevra Therapeutics Media Apr 27, 2023 Press Releases Honigman Advises Neuro Bo Pharmaceuticals in a Concurrent Private Placement and Registered Direct Offering of up to $70 Million Press Release Jul 9, 2024 Honigman Advises on Deal Awarded 2023 Take Private Transaction of the Year by Marine Money Magazine Press Release Apr 30, 2024 Honigman LLP Advises Avertix on its Business Combination Agreement with SPAC Bios Acquisition Corp Press Release May 5, 2023 Honigman LLP Advises Acquirer Poseidon in Atlas US$10.9 Billion Going-Private Transaction Press Release Apr 4, 2023 Alerts Nasdaq Compliance Plans for Stockholders Equity Deficiencies Alert Nov 25, 2024 Anatomy of a Reverse Stock Split for Nasdaq-Listed Companies Alert Mar 27, 2024