Middle East - Israel • Dispute resolution
Gornitzky & Co.
Commended as being ‘highly respected by the judicial system and its judges’, Gornitzky & Co.’s dispute resolution group is equipped to handle high-stakes cases in the commercial, civil and administrative law fields. Considered by some as a ’strategic genius’, group head Ofer Tzur continues to raise his profile in the market and was at the helm for several key matters over the past year, including representing Property and Building Corp and Hadarim Properties in a multimillion-dollar dispute with Mega Or Holdings and Big Shopping Centers. Other experienced partners include firm chairman Pinhas Rubin; Kfir Yadgar, who possesses niche expertise in hospitality and transport-related matters; and commercial litigator Ofer Fleischer. The team also draws on Shirin Gabbay-Metzger, Eli Cohen and ‘creative’ senior associate Inbal Ronel.
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‘Ofer Fleischer is professional, thorough, with the ability to get down to details, while understanding the whole. Ofer is also balanced, careful, with excellent personal skills and legal understanding. Inbal Ronel assists very thoroughly, is very helpful, professional, sharp, has impressive drafting skills and creative thinking.’
‘As the GC of a public company, I received a recommendation to retain Kfir Yadgar and Ofer Fleischer to represent our company in a commercial dispute. There was no doubt from the beginning that Kfir and Ofer were top-notch attorneys. Every course of action they took enabled our company to prevail.’
‘Gornitzky & Co.'s litigation department is excellent. The department's lawyers are professional, highly experienced and provide their clients with the best professional service 24/7. The litigation's lawyers demonstrate full dedication to their clients. They are highly respected by the judicial system and its judges.’
‘Ofer Tzur, Head of Gornitzky's Litigation Department, is undoubtedly the best litigator in Israel. He masters all areas of law, is a strategic genius, and triumphs over the most complex trials. Ofer Tzur is the go-to attorney in complex litigation.’
‘I worked with Ofer Tzur, Ofer Fleischer, and senior associate Ilana Zibenberg - they are highly skilful professionals, very knowledgeable, strive to be extremely thorough, and unconditionally fight for me as a client. They were available almost 24/7. Their performance in court was superb.’
‘Ofer Tzur is, in my opinion, the best litigator in Israel. The team managed by him is a team of elite and brilliant people, excellent lawyers in their own right. This is the team that manages some of the largest lawsuits in the country, with the highest professionalism, while providing personal service around the clock.’
Key clients
- Priority Group
- Property and Building Corp. (PBC), a member of the IDB Group
- Attorneys Ori Arad and Guy Yuval
- IDE Water Assets
- All Year Holdings
- Robert Bosch
- Siemens Energy.
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; BGN Technologies
- The late attorney, Dr. Jacob Weinroth, via his heirs
- Officers of Discount Investment Corporation
- Kartashov
- Dizengoff Trade
- Intercure
- Cost 365 in liquidation
- Delek Group
Work highlights
- Represented the IDE group in dismissing a petition and a request for interim injunctions filed against it resulting from its win of a tender worth billions of NIS for water desalination in the Western Galilee.
- Represented the Israeli secured bondholders of US-based All Year Holdings in a cross-border insolvency case, where its clients’ combined debt was $460m.
- Represented Robert Bosch in a claim filed by the State of Israel against Volkswagen and Audi, and their importers to Israel, in a lawsuit forming part of the worldwide Dieselgate scandal.
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Ofer Tzur