Dispute Resolution

Our firm is recognized as one of Israel’s leading firms in the field of dispute resolution.

Our Dispute Resolution Department has extensive experience and expertise in managing complex proceedings, including complex litigation, cross-border disputes, and international arbitration. The department is consistently ranked as top tier by both international and domestic legal directories (Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, DUNS 100, BDI, etc.).

Our clients include some of the most prominent and significant corporations in Israel, such as Taavura Group, Bezeq, Israel Aerospace Industries, Bank Hapoalim, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Israel Electric Corporation, Blue Square Group, YES (DBS Satellite Services), Rami Levy Hashikma Marketing, IDI Insurance (Direct Insurance), PwC Israel, Yelin Lapidot, Nofar Energy, Electra Infrastructures, INGL (Israel Natural Gas Lines), Tene Investment Fund, and many others.

Our legal team has also represented numerous international corporations in proceedings in Israel, including Goldman Sachs, PrivatBank, Expedia Group, Edmond de Rothschild Group, Epic Games, Seagate, and many others.

Our partners and attorneys are among the most highly regarded in Israel. Many have clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel and hold advanced academic degrees from prestigious institutions in Israel and abroad, including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and NYU.

• Representing one of the leading international German corporation in its field in ICC arbitration before a tribunal of three arbitrators, in a lawsuit in an amount of hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Representing of the Ukrainian bank PrivatBank in a lawsuit in the amount of more than NIS 2 billion against the executives of the former bank and against Discount Bank.
• Representing the controlling shareholders and officers in the IDB Group in five different applications for approval of derivative claims, in an amount of more than NIS 2 billion.
• Representing Gad Zeevi in ​​a huge lawsuit for a total of about NIS 1 billion, against eight banks.
• Representing Moti Ben Moshe in an arbitration in connection with control of the IDB Group in the amount of approximately NIS 1 billion.
• Representing Bank Mizrahi Tefahot, Israel’s third-largest bank, in its acquisition of Bank Igud Ltd. (TASE: UNON), the sixth-largest bank in Israel. The merger was initially rejected by the Israeli Competition Authority (“ICA”) and we successfully appealed before the Israeli Competition Tribunal.
• Representing Bank Hapoalim in relation to Mordechai Zisser’s assets and his debt to the bank, which amounted to more than NIS 1.5 billion.
• Advising the Board of Directors of the Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC) in a dispute with Egyptian gas companies, involving an arbitral award of over USD 2.3 billion in favor of the IEC, and significant difficulties in collecting that award.
• Representing Bezeq in an action that was filed by Cellcom Communication Ltd. The District court accepted Bezeq’s arguments and rejected Cellcom’s claim.
• Representing Israel’s largest cement manufacturer, Nesher – Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd., in a litigation for over NIS 2 billion.
• Representing Israel Chemicals Ltd. (“ICL”) and its subsidiaries (Dead Sea Works and Mifalei Tovala) in several lawsuits.
• Representing the Itzhaki Group in a claim filed against it by the Israeli Real Estate Authority for NIS 175 million and a counter-claim for over NIS 500 million.
• Representing Sabre Corporation, a U.S-based provider of global distribution system (GDS) for airlines and travel agencies, in a dispute brought by travel agencies alleging Sabre colluded with British Airways to block flight data.
• Advising the TV show UVDA, and Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. in a high profile defamation claim that was filed in the UK against the defendants and others by the known business intelligence firm Black Cube.