Berkman & Co

The firm: Berkman & Co. is a boutique firm specializing in complex commercial litigation in all its diverse aspects, as well as in the field of class actions and derivative actions.

The firm is headed by Adv Ron Berkman, founder of the firm and one of the most experienced, well renowned and leading attorneys in Israel in the field of commercial litigation

The firm’s repute and considerable experience, and its regular ranking in the top-tier group in the various legal directories, in Israel and worldwide, position Berkman & Co. as a leader among law firms in its areas of practice.

The firm’s clients include, among others, domestic and global private and public companies, high-tech companies, banks and financial institutions, leading law and accounting firms, telecommunications and cellular companies, insurance companies, some of the most prominent and important business people in the Israeli economy, as well as public company directors and officers.

Berkman & Co. is committed to the success of its clients and believes in personal relationships and in quality, focused and in-depth management of cases, tailored individually to each client’s needs, all the while drawing on its deep understanding of the business world and the needs of the client.

Areas of practice
Commercial litigation: Berkman & Co. handles large-scale, complex, high-profile cases in all civil-commercial litigation channels.

The firm represents Israeli and foreign clients in commercial disputes on a large scale involving the multiplicity of issues which are at the heart of business activity, among them corporate control contests in public companies and in partnerships, commercial disputes of vast scope, minority discrimination and oppression claims, director and officer liability, class actions, derivative actions, libel, and more.

The firm’s clients include, inter alia, giant corporations and leading business persona in the Israeli economy, such as Israel Chemicals, the Dead Sea Works, Mr Lev Leviev, Mr Ilan Ben Dov, the Saidoff Group, Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Raiffeisenbank, Excellence Investment House, Meitav Dash Investment House, Pelephone Communications Ltd., the Edeltech Group, the Ampa Group, the Nakash brothers, SodaStream, and other prominent businesspeople and companies in the Israeli economy.

Over the years, the firm has accumulated significant experience and has earned an excellent reputation. Berkman & Co. is regularly ranked in the top-tier category in the various legal directories in Israel and abroad as one of the leaders among Israeli law firms in the field of commercial litigation.

Class actions and derivative actions: Berkman & Co. represents companies, directors and officers in class actions and derivative actions, in both the economic-commercial sphere and the consumer sphere.

The firm’s team has extensive experience in the representation of companies in hundreds of class action cases spanning a variety of fields, including communications, consumerism, securities, banking, insurance, environmental protection, and more.

In addition, the firm has considerable experience in representing directors and officers in class actions and derivative actions in the economic-commercial arena, as well as in defending accounting firms and professional companies that provide professional opinions, guarantees and credit, etc.

The firm’s clients in these fields include, among others, the Meitav Dash Investment House, Pelephone Communications Ltd., Mr Lev Leviev, the Edeltech Group, Easy Forex Ltd., Deloitte Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co., Trigger-Foresight,  Nirlat Ltd., as well as officers in private and public companies (among them Oil Refineries (Bazan), Israel Petrochemical Enterprises, and more).

Over the years, the firm has accumulated extensive experience and has earned an exceptional reputation. Berkman & Co. is regularly ranked in the top-tier category in the various legal directories in Israel and abroad as one of the leaders among Israeli law firms in the field of class actions.