Guy Wertheim

Partner

Adv. Guy Wertheim is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group at S. Horowitz.

Guy brings extensive experience representing international and domestic companies, non-profit organizations, municipalities, and high net worth individuals across civil, commercial, and administrative matters before all Israeli courts and tribunals. His practice encompasses alternative dispute resolution methods, including mediation.

Guy specializes in high-value complex commercial disputes, with particular emphasis on shareholder disputes and matters in the real estate and hi-tech sectors. Drawing from his academic background, which includes serving as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Edna Arbel and completing his LL.M. as a Hauser Global Scholar at New York University, Guy brings sophisticated legal analysis to complex disputes. He is recognized for his contributions to legal scholarship, having co-authored “Fraud and Breach of Trust,” a comprehensive analysis of public official breach of trust that has been cited by courts at all levels.

Core Capabilities

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Shareholder Disputes & Derivative Actions
  • Real Estate Disputes
  • Class Actions
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Global Disputes
  • Corporate Governance & Regulatory

Notable Representations

  • Representing high net worth individuals in various shareholder disputes
  • Representing companies and non-profit organizations in multi-million-dollar real estate disputes
  • Represented Energean Israel Limited in a multi-hundred million dollar claim regarding Karish and Tanin gas reservoirs
  • Representing a leading cyber company whose parent company is listed on NASDAQ, in connection with various contractual disputes
  • Representing the previous shareholders of an Israeli cyber-security startup in an action against the American company that acquired it regarding earn-out consideration
  • Represented Maccabi Healthcare Services in precedential Supreme Court derivative action and in various class actions

recognition

Education

  • New York University, LL.M., Hauser Global Scholar, 2009
  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.B., summa cum laude and Dean’s List (all years), 2005

Admission

  • Israel Bar, 2006
  • New York Bar, 2010

Contact

Expertise

Languages

Hebrew, English

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Adv. Leor Nouman and Guy Wertheim explain on the HaHazit HaIronit podcast how they overturned purchase tax on Mehir LaMishtaken

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Appeal Committee: Mehir LaMishtaken developers did not acquire real estate rights — owed a purchase tax refund (Leor Nouman & Guy Wertheim)

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