Kennedys

Our Israel practice consists of a team of skilled, multilingual lawyers (including Hebrew speakers and Israeli qualified lawyers) who understand and have experience of Israeli business and culture. We aim to give rapid and practical legal advice tailored to your needs. We provide our London and international insurer clients with insurance and reinsurance coverage advice as well as monitoring, claims administration, management and coordination services relating to Israeli risks.

Our work highlights include:

• Advising London, German, and Swiss insurers on a number of claims in Israel, including on the scope of coverage, relating to various issues such as medical malpractice, personal injury and professional liability.
• Appeared over 100 times in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, in both of its capacities as the highest appellant division and as the High Court of Justice in insurance, torts civil and commercial related matters.
• Representing a chemical company and their insurers and reinsurers in a multi-million subrogation claim following fire damages at a chemical plant.
• Representing two insurance companies and reinsures in a multi-million subrogation claim against an electrical manufacturer following damages that occurred in gas turbines.
• Advising London insurers on coverage relating to major flooding damage relating to a prestigious Israeli PPI infrastructure project.
• Representing a US manufacturer in respect of a major medical implant product recall in Israel.
• Advising foreign leading airlines on cargo claims issued against them by Israeli entities.
• Advising Israeli and UK insurers in connection with a recall of Israeli manufactured consumer products in the US.
• Acting for the international insurance market in respect of major damage to a ship by an underwater installation in the port of Hadera.
• Advising UK insurers on, and monitoring, a series of related EPL claims brought in the Tel Aviv labour court.