Corporate & Commercial
Because the contract or the shareholder agreement now in dispute is the document the case will turn on.
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Practice 04
Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Much of a dispute is decided by what was done before the claim was filed. We take the file at whatever stage it reaches us — in negotiation where that ends it, and in court where it does not.
How we work on these matters
A foreign company in an Israeli dispute is at two disadvantages at once: the proceedings run in Hebrew, and the other side is at home. We remove the first and narrow the second by running the matter from Israel and reporting on it in English, in the detail our client needs in order to decide anything.
Before a claim is filed we set out what it is worth, what it will take, and what a realistic settlement looks like. A great many commercial disputes end better in a negotiated agreement than in a judgment, and that assessment is worth making deliberately rather than after the cost has been incurred.
Where the matter does go to court, we appear for our clients before Israeli courts and tribunals, including on urgent applications where something has to be secured before it disappears. We do not predict outcomes.
What this practice covers
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Commercial litigation
Business claims between companies, brought or defended before the Israeli courts.
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Contract disputes
Disagreements about what was agreed, whether it was performed, and what follows from a breach.
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Shareholder and partnership disputes
Conflicts between the owners of a company or the partners in a business, including deadlock and the conduct of the majority.
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Debt recovery
Pursuing money owed to our client, from the first demand through to judgment.
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Enforcement proceedings
Turning a judgment or an undisputed debt into an actual recovery.
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Pre-litigation strategy
What to do before a claim is filed: what to secure, what to send, and whether to file at all.
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Negotiations and settlements
Settlement talks conducted as part of preparing the case, not as an alternative to preparing it.
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Representation in Israeli courts and tribunals
Appearing for our clients at each instance, and before the specialised tribunals that hear particular kinds of matter.
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Representation of foreign companies in Israel
Acting in Israel for a party based abroad, including where service, evidence or witnesses have to cross a border.
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Administrative litigation
Challenging the decisions of Israeli public bodies through the administrative courts.
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Urgent applications and interim relief
Injunctions, attachments and other orders sought quickly, to hold a position while the case is decided.
Related practices
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