Litigation Fr

An employment law claim by a former Golbary employee alleging he was owed money in connection with the termination of his employment.

Representation of the Golbary fashion chain in a monetary claim filed by a former employee, who claimed that the company still owed him money for, among others, overtime, pension contributions, study fund, and more – arguments that Golbary of course denied. The claim was dismissed in full.

Representation in, and winning of (!) an international arbitration before the ICC in Paris, concerning a diamond site in the amount of $900 million.

A large-scale international arbitration concerning one of the world's largest diamond franchises, of the "De Beers" conglomerate, while conducting, at the same time, a series of legal proceedings before the Diamond Exchange in Israel, in Belgium (a counterclaim in the amount of some $320 million), as well as before courts in Israel, Belgium and Botswana.

Representation of a multinational company in a monetary claim for breach of a distribution agreement, against an Israeli manufacturer of nutritional supplements.

The firm's client – a Bulgarian company in the business of worldwide marketing and distribution – engaged in a long-term distribution agreement with an Israeli manufacturer, for several European countries. The agreement was unlawfully terminated by the Israeli company, and established for our client a claim that we filed in Israel, for the full profit to which it is entitled under the agreement.

U.S. $10 million claim for repayment of a private loan given between two French businessmen.

Representation in a lawsuit for repayment of a private loan given to a family member, without any documentation. Under our leadership and firm conduct of the case, including retaining private investigators and filing urgent motions to impose attachments, the parties reached a settlement, in which our client was awarded $7.25 million.

ILS 51 million lawsuit and motion for provisional remedies for the enforcement of a real estate sale agreement.

Representation of Efal Real Estate Ltd., which engaged with Y. Dvir Entrepreneurship and Construction (Yitzhaki) Ltd. in a transaction for the sale of land in Be'er Sheva. Y. Dvir evaded the fulfillment of the agreement. We filed a lawsuit and motion for provisional remedies – that were issued ex parte. Our negotiations led to an agreement that our client would be paid the full ILS 51 million sued.

Representation of a leading U.S. conglomerate in legal proceedings in Israel against Amisragas, following the explosion of a bulk gas storage tank in Tel Aviv.

Following the explosion, some 50 legal actions were filed against Amisragas, which had installed the tank. In this context, we represented the U.S. manufacturer of the valves against Amisragas, which claimed indemnity of some ILS 12 million. Following a mediation proceeding, the parties reached an arrangement under which all of the claims were dismissed.

Representation of MyTown Group against the Gabay Group, in a series of proceedings in arbitration and in court, for the enforcement of a share sale agreement.

A claim by MyTown Group for the enforcement of an agreement for the sale of shares of the subsidiary MyTown Urban Renewal to Gabay Group. The Gabay Group denied the validity of the binding agreement entered into between the parties, and after an arbitrator was appointed, we filed a lawsuit to enforce the agreement, which included a monetary remedy in the amount of ILS 42 million.

Representation of Elcon Recycling Center Ltd. (of Shikun & Binui Group) in, and winning of, a petition to cancel a tender in which Elcon was declared the winner.

An administrative petition in the field of tenders, seeking to cancel the decision of the Tender Committee determining that Elcon is a "sole supplier" and that the conditions for exemption from a tender were met
Elcon replied claiming that there was an inherent conflict of interest, which was concealed by the petitioner, and which led to the Tender Committee's decision to bar the petitioner from participating in the competitive process contemplated in the petition.
The court accepted all of our claims and dismissed the petition, while awarding significant costs against the petitioner.

Legal proceedings taking place in London, regarding the raising of capital for the world's leading sports "crypto" platform.

The case centers around claims regarding breach of contract by crypto billionaire Alexandre Dreyfus and a company under his control – which failed to pay our client the fees due to them for such capital raisings. This cross-border claim is conducted in London against a Maltese company and other entities.

The petition focuses on claims of Electra's non-compliance with the threshold condition regarding previous experience in the work contemplated in the tender, and a demand to disqualify its bid.

Our firm represented Shikun & Binui Solel Boneh in the petition, which challenges Electra's winning of the tender. After obtaining an ex parte provisional remedy – the parties reached an agreement for dismissal of the petition.

Representation of "Gilboa" Regional Council in a series of administrative petitions, with the aim of stopping the continued construction of the wind turbines at the Gilboa.

Challenging the Licensing Authority's decision to grant a permit to the developers – to build a project of hundreds of millions of shekels – on the grounds that the legal conditions were not met. Following the firm's petitions, the monitoring committee decided to stop the issuance of building permits, and another petition was filed against a subsequent contradictory decision of the district committee.

A claim (and counterclaim) regarding breach of agreements concerning the acquisition of control of Sakal Toys by Layam.

Our firm represented Sakal Toys and members of the Sakal family in legal proceedings against Layam, which is controlled by businessman Teddy Sagi. The focus of the disputes was monetary claims based on breaches of contract. The proceedings ended with an arrangement in which our client was paid ILS ~2 million.

A complex international IP lawsuit centering on claims of patent infringement and IP misappropriation.

In this case, we represented the Technology Commercialization Company of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, the university itself, and a researcher employed by the university. Concurrently with the proceedings in Israel, proceedings were also conducted in Germany, led by our firm with the assistance of a leading international firm in Germany.

An innovative 'copycat' of a class action that was filed against Porsche in the U.S.

Even though the exact same proceeding conducted against the Porsche conglomerate in the U.S. ended with a settlement in significant amounts, the proceeding in Israel – in which we represented both the global Porsche conglomerate and the local importer – ended by way of dismissal of the claim and the plaintiff's withdrawal at nuisance value.

A petition to obligate the Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage to charge the Dead Sea Works some ILS 500 million until the end of the concession period.

Mekorot was joined to the proceeding and presented a position whereby the Dead Sea Works should indeed be charged for water fees until the end of the concession period. At the end of the hearing, the High Court of Justice issued an order nisi instructing the Water Authority and the Ministry of Justice to give reasons why Mekorot shall not be instructed to charge the Dead Sea Works with payment.

One of the largest tenders in the history of the State of Israel, amounting to some ILS 30 billion. The bid of "Urbanix" – owned by Shikun & Binui, Solel Boneh, Egged and two giant Chinese corporations – was disqualified for being "loss-producing". We argued in the appeal that the real reason for the disqualification was U.S. pressure not to engage with Chinese companies.