About - VCG - Victory Consulting Group

Foundation: Established in 2007 by Mr. Rafael Lipa and Mr. Gal Amit.

In 2015: Mr. Gabriel Dranov, with vast experience from Moody’s Israel (“Midroog”), joined and became a partner over the years.

In 2025 Mr. Elad Seroussi joined the team as a partner.

Leadership in Israeli Market: Premier advisory firm for foreign companies’ debt and equity raising.

Key Partnerships: Founders also control Orion Underwriting, a major Underwriting firm in the Israeli capital market.

Core Services:

Structuring deals and portfolios.
Credit rating advisory.
Issuance of public bonds.
Raising private debt from insurance and pension funds.
Forming strategic joint ventures with institutional investors.

Industry Leadership: Top advisor for Israeli debt issuances by foreign entities, leading in funds raised and issuance count.

Comprehensive Support:

Manages all aspects of deal execution and coordination (legal, auditing, rating, regulatory compliance, valuation, underwriting, investment, etc.).
Assists in preparing necessary documentation.

Innovative Finance Solutions: Offers creative, customized financial strategies leveraging extensive market knowledge and experience.

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Managing partners

Israel's leading Investment banking advisory firm

Gabriel Dranov

Partner

Over 15 years in capital markets and analytics
Senior Analyst at Midroog (Israeli subsidiary of Moody's)
Responsible for credit ratings for American foreign issuing bonds in Israel

Rafael Lipa

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Over 25 years of capital markets experience including serving as an investment director for: Migdal Generali Israel, Clal Insurance, Discount Bank Mutual Funds.
Mr. Lipa served as an investment banker for major companies in Israel, raising in the past 15 years, more than $10 billion for global Real Estate activities.

Gal Amit

Co-Founder & Partner

Mr. Amit is active in the Israeli capital markets for over 25 years in different roles including: Regulator with the Israel Securities Authority, Auditor - founder of a boutique audit firm specializing in listed audit clients in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Advisor in complex M&A deals. Mr. Amit was involved over the years in over 100 securities listings of companies from different fields, many of them connected to Real Estate.

Elad Seroussi

Partner

Over 20 years in the financial services Industry
VP and Head of Project & Infrastructure Finance at Midroog (Moody’s affiliate)
Corporate analyst at CitiBank and Midroog
Financial consultant for private and public companies