Dispute Resolution

Key Contacts

S. Horowitz’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution department is Israel’s largest and most established, consistently top-ranked domestically and internationally. The firm occupies its own quality tier, reflecting exceptional capabilities in handling Israel’s most complex cases.

The department’s partners and associates advise thousands of public companies, leading local and international corporations, financial institutions, government companies, government entities, and leading businesspeople in complex and unique disputes in the Israeli economy and beyond, across all sectors and segments of economic activity. This spans from energy and infrastructure sectors, through banking, telecommunications and media, retail, industry and pharmaceuticals, to complex security-related fields.

Israel’s largest dispute resolution practice provides our firm with exceptional quality resources to manage the most complex disputes in the most professional and optimal manner for our clients’ benefit, and to achieve the best legal and economic outcomes. Our team accompanies thousands of the firm’s clients across the full spectrum of business and commercial disputes, in all judicial forums, as well as in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including arbitration and mediation proceedings. At any given moment, thousands of different proceedings are simultaneously conducted by the firm in various forums with great success.

Core Capabilities

  • Commercial Litigation and Class Actions: Handling complex commercial and civil disputes including contractual claims, corporate disputes, shareholder and partnership conflicts, financial claims involving complex accounting and economic issues, property claims, derivative claims, and extensive class action lawsuits across various industries in all recognized fields of activity.
  • Contractual Litigation: Complex claims for enforcement and cancellation of local and international agreements and contracts across all areas of Israeli law.
  • Corporate Litigation and Capital Markets Litigation: Specialized representation and handling of securities disputes, shareholder claims, derivative litigation, and regulatory enforcement matters involving public companies and financial institutions.
  • Administrative Litigation – Tenders and Judicial Review: Extensive experience representing in major tenders of the Israeli economy across all legal sectors, including BOT and PPP agreements, High Court of Justice proceedings, and judicial review proceedings against public sector decisions.
  • Class Action Litigation: Representing leading global and Israeli companies in complex and precedent-setting class action lawsuits in the fields of energy and infrastructure, retail, pharmaceuticals, finance and banking, industry and manufacturing, technology, tourism, transportation, telecommunications and media.
  • International Arbitration: Leading representation in cross-border arbitration proceedings, including ICC, LCIA and ad hoc arbitrations involving major international commercial disputes.
  • Employment Disputes: Comprehensive handling of workplace litigation including wrongful termination, discrimination claims, executive compensation disputes, and labor relations matters.

Our attorneys combine deep commercial understanding with exceptional legal expertise, providing innovative strategies for efficient dispute resolution. We focus on achieving our clients’ objectives through initiating, defending, or avoiding legal proceedings, in accordance with clients’ business strategy. Our team members also serve as arbitrators and mediators in both domestic and international disputes and collaborate with leading international firms to provide comprehensive legal coverage.

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