Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Hagit Blaiberg

Adv. Blaiberg is the Head of the Corporate, Administrative and Class Action Litigation Department, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Adv. Blaiberg possesses extensive experience regarding complex commercial disputes, and has unique expertise relating to corporate litigation and securities litigation, including shareholder disputes, as well as internet litigation, class actions and derivative actions. Adv. Blaiberg represents clients in an array of complex litigation proceedings in all courts of law and tribunals, as well as in complex arbitration and mediation proceedings. She possesses extensive experience regarding shareholders, debenture-holders and creditor settlements in companies, and frequently represents clients in insolvency proceedings, liquidation and receivership proceedings. Adv. Blaiberg is a renowned expert in internet law. She represents search-engines and large corporations which operate in the technology and internet fields, in litigation proceeding and various commercial disputes, and possesses great knowledge of the foreign legislation and rulings in the field, which Israeli courts address while deciding their verdicts. Adv. Blaiberg possesses significant reputation regarding the representation of some of Israel’s leading corporations, shareholders and corporate executives, operating in various fields, in proceedings relating to derivative actions. She also represents Israeli and foreign corporations and corporate executives having class actions brought against them, regarding corporate and securities law, insurance law, consumer protection law, antitrust law, prohibition of discrimination and more.  Her many years of experience in the field serve her clients through filing requests for approval of the claim as a class action and when required, through the class action itself and the attempts to resolve the dispute and minimize the corporation’s exposure to financial and reputational damage. Among Adv. Blaiberg’s clients are Israeli and international private and public companies which operate in the fields of banking, retail, insurance, internet, communications and telecommunications, technology, and more; and she also represents the directors, senior executives and shareholders of these companies. Adv. Blaiberg possesses significant reputation as a mediator and arbitrator of complex business disputes which involve large scale capital. In the past, Adv. Blaiberg served as the Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the Israel Bar Association and as the Academic Coordinator of the Arbitration Institute of the Israel Bar Association. She currently serves as Co-Head of the Class Action and Derivative Action Committee of the Israel Bar Association. Alongside her professional work, Adv. Blaiberg lectures at academic institutions and professional forums, and also serves as a lecturer on behalf of the Israel Bar Association in her fields of expertise, among them are class actions, derivative actions, civil procedure, contract law, commercial litigation, debt restructuring, arbitration, the enforcement of foreign verdicts, and more.

Rami Sofer

Partner

Dafna Lotan Medvejer

Adv. Lotan Medvejer is a partner in the Corporate, Finance and Infrastructure Department. Adv. Lotan Medvejer possesses extensive experience in the local and international insurance industry, and specializes in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for corporations and organizations. Adv. Lotan Medvejer brings significant professional expertise and years of practice in managing complex international insurance programs, handling insurance claims, and negotiating with local and global insurers. She also accumulated extensive work experience with international brokers and diverse underwriting experience in leading Israeli insurance companies. Adv. Lotan Medvejer specializes in consulting to local and global corporations in respect of best practices insurance coverage, including Directors and Officers insurance, Professional Liability / Errors & Omissions insurance, Cyber insurance, Casualties and Property insurance, Employment Practice Liability and Crime Insurance, Representations and Warranties insurance, Credit insurance, Life and Health insurance and more. In addition, Adv. Lotan Medvejer advises corporations in respect of commercial agreements, tenders and due diligence processes in M&A transactions. Adv. Lotan Medvejer possesses vast experience in managing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs. She provides counsel based on international best practices and methodologies for mapping and managing strategic, operational, financial and regulatory risks. In this capacity, she provides ongoing counsel to her clients in implementing a Risk Management program, identifying and mapping risks in the organization, and establishing the infrastructure for risks monitoring and reporting. In addition, Adv. Lotan Medvejer advises companies’ management, audit committees and board of directors throughout the implementation of the risk management program and processes. Among Adv. Lotan Medvejer’s clientele are a variety of leading Israeli and international corporations from a wide array of sectors, including real estate, retail, communications, technology, manufacturing, finance, capital markets and more. Adv. Lotan Medvejer previously served as head of Risk Management and Insurance for the Amdocs Group. She managed the group’s global insurance programs in Israel, North America, EMEA, Asia and Latin America, as well as the group’s Enterprise Risk Management program and the company’s Credit Worthiness practice. In addition, prior to her period in Amdocs Adv. Lotan Medvejer served in various senior underwriting positions in Israel’s leading insurance companies.