Middle East - Israel • Dispute resolution
Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. Advocates and Notary
Enjoying a prominent position in class actions involving financial services-related issues, Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. Advocates and Notary is currently handling approximately 95 class actions on behalf of major Israeli banks, including Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi. The team’s recent experience also spans TMT, tax and corporate cases. Department head Sharon Lubezky-Hess is commended by sources as ‘one of the best lawyers in in class actions representing financial institutions’. Shahar Haron also focuses on derivative actions, banking law and class actions.
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‘I am working on a few matters with Sharon Lubezky-Hess, who is one of the best lawyers in in class actions representing financial institutions and in derivative actions. She is a very thorough lawyer, with vast experience of the law and the courtroom. She goes the extra mile for her clients.’
Key clients
- Aeronautics Defense Systems
- Ayalon Insurance Company
- Bank Hapoalim
- NextCom
- One Zero Bank
- Bank Leumi Le-Israel
- Tarya P2P
- Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot
- Bynet Data Communications
- Clal Pension and Provident Funds
- Direct Insurance – IDI Insurance Company
- EL AL Israel Airlines
- El-mor
- Excellence Nessuah Group
- First International Bank of Israel
- IBI Group
- Israel Discount Bank
- Maalot Insurance Agency
- Meitav Dash Loans
- Menora Mivtahim Insurance Company
- Mercantile Discount Bank
- Optibase
- REIT 1
- Reshet Media
- Simigon
- Tarya P2P
- The Phoenix Insurance Company
- Union Bank of Israel
Work highlights
- Acting for Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot, Bank Hapoalim and Union Bank of Israel in opposing a motion for certification of a NIS458m class action filed against them regarding a claim pertaining to cash withdrawal services through ATMs.
- Representing Bank Leumi against a motion for certification of a NIS100m class action pertaining to tax payments owed by bank clients in connection with transactions in foreign securities.
- Acting for Reshet Media in opposing three separate motions for certification of class actions filed against it, and co-defendants, alleging the use of prohibited embedded marketing in its media platforms.
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sharon Lubezky-Hess