ABOUT

Orion was founded in 2017 by a leading group of key players and influencers in the Israeli capital market; Mr. Erez Goldschmidt, Mr. Rafael Lipa and Mr. Gal Amit.

In the past decade, Goldschmidt, Lipa and Amit jointly dominated the Israeli underwriting and issuances market, each bringing his unique expertise to create a leading and strong company.

Previously, Mr. Goldschmidt served as the CEO of one of the leading Israeli underwriting firms, playing an instrumental role in bringing the company to a leading position in the market.

Along with Orion’s VPs Mr. Nadav Ziv and Mr. Ilan Mosnaim, Orion has more than 50 years of combined professional experience in the underwriting market, with significant achievements in leading hundreds of public and private issuances, some of which were the largest in the Israeli capital market.

Orion offers both privately held and publicly traded companies a wide range of services, including:
Bond and equity public and private offerings.
Rating advisory.
Investment banking.
Research & analysis.

Over the years, Orion’s top managers have successfully led hundreds of bond and equity offerings, of some of the largest and most reputable companies in Israel, including:
Bazan Group, Israel Electric Corporation, Hapoalim Bank, Israel chemicals ltd, Shapir Engineering and Manufacturing, Rami Levi, Carasso Motors, Paz Group, Israel Aerospace industries, and more.

Due to its great successes, ORION is ranked #2 in 2019 and #4 in 2020 & 2021 Dun & Bradstreet rankings.

ORION has participated in over 250 successful issuances.
Total capital raisings of ILS 75 Billion.
Orion was the lead underwriter in over 300 issuances totaling ILS 100 billion.

Orion is the leading firm in working with foreign companies in the Israeli capital market.
ORION has the best track record as the underwriting firm of 14 out of the total 33 American real estate companies who have raised capital in the Israeli market since 2008.
Our team has conducted 75 successful issuances for American real estate companies and has raised ILS 20 billion.