Civil and Commercial Litigation – Our office handles complex legal claims of principle in all aspects of commercial law. Members of the department are highly knowledgeable in other contingent areas, an advantage that ensures the best legal counseling for the client's special needs in pre-litigation and litigation proceedings. The department's team represents business, public and private clients in legal proceedings in various court instances throughout Israel, mainly in the following fields of engagement:
- Business disputes in all areas, for example, contractual claims, actions for breach of professional responsibility, etc.
- Disputes pertaining to company laws and securities, including control holding disputes, claims against office holders and shareholders, derivative actions and discrimination claims
- Disputes in the field of technology, including patents, trademarks, licenses, trade secrets, breach of confidentiality agreements and other intellectual property rights
- Business anti-trust laws – conducting legal proceedings in various court instances and representing clients vis-à-vis the regulator
- Pursuing class actions – both as plaintiffs and defendants
Public and Administrative Law – Our office is a leading firm in the area of public law; it specializes in litigation and provides ongoing legal counseling to local authorities, public bodies and private clients on tenders, municipal taxes and rates, environmental protection, freedom of information, business licensing, budgeting, election appeals, support and subsidies, and any other issue pertaining to lawful exercise of authority. The office advises clients and public organizations in the preparation and drafting of tenders, and private clients in the process of submitting or opposing tender offers.
Labor law – our office provides regular legal counseling to employers and employees in collective disputes and individual issues; it specializes in labor law issues, inter alia, advising and representing employers in privatization and rehabilitation proceedings; drawing up collective agreements, employee hiring and laying off, labor tender laws, layoff due to reduced business scale, drawing up labor agreements for senior employees, employee options, limitation of practice and trade secrets, laws of sexual harassment and equality.
Real estete property and building planning laws - Our office specializes in representing institutional and private entities in real-estate transactions, legal counseling to local clients on real estate investments (private and commercial), legal counseling on planning to real estate development companies and local authorities, advising on evacuation and building and Tama 38 projects. The department team specializes in working vis-à-vis the tax authorities and in tax planning, representing clients vis-à-vis the regional and national planning authorities; legal and planning counseling to local committees and preparing outline planning schemes.
Commercial law, contracts, hi-tech and intellectual property – our office is regularly engaged in close legal counseling to HI-TECH-LOW-TECH and BIO-TECH clients; representation of entrepreneurs, investors, private and public companies, inter alia, on mergers, acquisitions and investments of various types. The office engages in planning and providing legal counseling to clients in complex transactions in Israel and abroad, and commercial agreements of various types, including merger and acquisition agreements, organizing corporations, founder agreements, local and international marketing and distribution agreements, franchise agreements, and service supply agreements. We also assist in formulating business and strategic plans as well as raising capital and obtaining capital from governmental bodies, such as the Chief Scientist and the Investment Center.
Criminal law – white collar – Our office provides legal counseling to suspects and defendants in white collar and other offenses, such as bribery, fraud and forgery, breach of trust, laundering, tax offenses, and offenses committed by policemen and civil servants. We advise suspects from the investigation stage, throughout the hearing proceedings before the relevant parties and their representation in the criminal proceedings in various court instances. Our office also specializes in areas touching on the criminal sphere, such as disciplinary proceedings, defamation and privacy protection.
Higher education – Our office has long specialized in all legal aspects of the higher education system in Israel, litigation, and a wide-range of legal counseling to educational institutions and leading higher education institutions, the committee of heads of universities, and private clients on issues of degree recognition, enrollment in educational institutions, and removal from studies. Our office also provides legal counseling in legislation proceedings involving higher education.
Additional specializations – Corporations and non-profit organizations (ongoing legal counseling on registration and managing non-profit corporations, including vis-à-vis the companies and tax authorities and on issues of supports and budgeting), estates and inheritances (preparing complex wills and agreements between heirs, estate administration and charitable trusts), arbitration and mediation (the office's senior attorneys serve as mediators and arbitrators in disputes involving all areas of the law).
Community activities – handling cases of a public and precedential nature in a pro-bono model:
The office regularly takes pro-bono cases and is a partner in the Legal Aid Center for the Protection of Human Rights, named after the late Judge Haim Cohen, founded, among others, by Advocates Rachel Ben Ari and Adam Fish. This center is the largest private organization in Israel for pro-bono representation.