Management



Nir Epstein | Founder and Managing Director
Mr. Epstein is the founder and Managing Director of Epstein Capital. Mr. Epstein has more than 20 years of professional experience in business advisory both as a lawyer and as an investment banker. Mr. Epstein also has experience in managing the largest international investment banking office in Israel. Since the establishment of Epstein Capital in 2005, Mr. Epstein has been advising international companies on M&A and private equity investments. During this period Mr. Epstein represented a wide range of multinational corporations on significant investments, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and other strategic corporate transactions, including among others clients: Clal Insurance, Clal Industries and Investments, the Arison group, Fishman Holdings, Nilit, Eden Springs, Kamada , all leading Israeli institutional investors in the restructuring of Golden Pages and international leading companies such as, Och Ziff, the Riverside Company, Monarch Alternative Capital Management, Battery Ventures, Kaplan (Washington Post) Patron Capital, Gavea Investimentos, Goldman Sachs and Beijing Construction Engineering Group. Prior to Epstein Capital, Mr. Epstein headed the Lehman Brothers Israel office managing the largest international investment banking office in Israel and a member of the global mergers and acquisitions group. During his tenure, Mr. Epstein advised marketed and executed a wide range of M&A, equity and debt transactions for various clients including the Government of Israel, Bank Leumi, Bank Hapoalim, Saifun Semiconductors, Ness Technologies, ECI Telecom, MIND CTI, Emblaze Systems, Nice Systems, Barak, Partner Communications, Given Imaging, Groupe Danone, Honeywell International, Automatic Data Processing, L-3 communications, EMC and many other multinationals. Before joining Lehman Brothers Mr. Epstein was an attorney with the law firm of S. Horowitz & Co. (1993-1996), specializing in corporate law and antitrust law.

Mr. Epstein received an MBA from INSEAD Fontainebleau, France and an LL.B. magna cum laude from Tel-Aviv University Law School (member of the Israel Bar). Mr. Epstein is fluent in Hebrew, English, Spanish and Portuguese.