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Yael is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Telecom & Media departments.
Yael represents private clients and corporations in a wide range of legal proceedings before all courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation, including international arbitrations. Her practice areas include civil, commercial, and administrative litigation; public tenders law; class actions; derivative actions; and representation in complex media and communications matters.
Yael also heads the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

 

Representative Experience

  • Representation of the Ukrainian bank PrivatBank in a claim exceeding NIS 2 billion against its former directors and against Discount Bank.
  • Representation of class action plaintiffs in two precedent-setting class actions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars against Google and Apple, concerning anti-competitive conduct and excessive pricing in the operation of their app stores.
  • Representation and ongoing legal counsel for the investigative program “Uvda” across a range of media and defamation-related matters.
  • Representation in large-scale arbitration proceedings, including representing Israeli investment funds in an arbitration against an international company in a dispute valued at tens of millions of dollars, relating to the sale of shares in an industrial plant.
  • Representation of leading Israeli companies, including yes, Bezeq, Israel Aerospace Industries, Pluxee Israel Ltd. (Cibus), and others, in commercial and civil disputes, including class actions.
  • Representation of the Ukrainian bank PrivatBank in a claim exceeding NIS 2 billion against its former directors and against Discount Bank.
  • Representation of class action plaintiffs in two precedent-setting class actions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars against Google and Apple, concerning anti-competitive conduct and excessive pricing in the operation of their app stores.
  • Representation and ongoing legal counsel for the investigative program “Uvda” across a range of media and defamation-related matters.
  • Representation in large-scale arbitration proceedings, including representing Israeli investment funds in an arbitration against an international company in a dispute valued at tens of millions of dollars, relating to the sale of shares in an industrial plant.
  • Representation of leading Israeli companies, including yes, Bezeq, Israel Aerospace Industries, Pluxee Israel Ltd. (Cibus), and others, in commercial and civil disputes, including class actions.

Biography

Bar Admissions

Israel, 2018


Education

LL.B. (Magna Cum Laude), Bar-Ilan University, 2017.

Prior Experience

Research Assistant to Prof. Shahar Lifshitz, Bar-Ilan University, 2015-2017.
Legal Clinic, Office of Legal Counsel and Legislative Affairs, Civil Law Department, Ministry of Justice 2015.

Languages

Hebrew, English

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