Litigation

EBN is one of the leading law firms in Israel in commercial litigation.

The firm’s litigation department is consistently ranked as a top tier practice by local (DUNS 100, BDI) and international (Chambers, Legal 500) ranking guides.

The firm has handled some of the largest and most significant cases in the commercial arena in Israel, including complex commercial disputes, class actions and derivative suits, administrative proceedings of economic and public consequence, and more.

The firm’s Litigation Department counts among its clients many of Israel’s largest corporations – Bezeq, Israel Chemicals, Israel Aerospace Industries, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Mizrahi, Israel Electric Corporation, Blue Square Group, DBS Satellite Services (‘yes’), Taavura, Nesher, Sonol, IDI Insurance Company (‘Direct Insurance’), PwC Israel, Yellin-Lapidot, TENE Investment Funds, Holders of the rights in the Tamar gas reservoir, and more.

The firm has also represented in litigation proceedings in Israel many international corporations, including Goldman Sachs, PrivatBank, Expedia Group, Veolia Transportation, Starwood, Sabre, Siemens,  and others.

The firm has been involved over the years in significant and important precedents set by the Supreme Court. Thus, for example, the firm represented a precedent-setting case in which important rules were made in the field of corporate law, inter alia with regard to the separation of shareholders in private companies (Adler v. Livnat); A case in the field of corporations, in which an important rule was established regarding the applicability of the business judgment rule to the company’s board of directors (Menashe v. Vision); A case in which basic laws in the field of company law and securities were established (Shapira v. Dexia Bank); A case in which the Supreme Court has made important rulings in the field of class actions, which are cited in many judgments in this field (Shemesh v. Reichert); one of the most significant cases ever litigated in the Supreme Court in the field of freedom of speech and investigative press, in which precedent-setting laws were ruled (Ilana Dayan v. Captain R.); and more.

The partners and associates in the firm’s Litigation Department are among the leaders in the field of commercial litigation in Israel, a majority of whom clerked at the Supreme Court and completed advanced academic degrees at leading universities in Israel and abroad, such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, NYU, and others.

• Representing one of the leading international German corporation in its field in ICC arbitration before a tribunal of three arbitrators, in a lawsuit in an amount of hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Representing of the Ukrainian bank PrivatBank in a lawsuit in the amount of more than NIS 2 billion against the executives of the former bank and against Discount Bank.
• Representing the controlling shareholders and officers in the IDB Group in five different applications for approval of derivative claims, in an amount of more than NIS 2 billion.
• Representing Gad Zeevi in ​​a huge lawsuit for a total of about NIS 1 billion, against eight banks.
• Representing Moti Ben Moshe in an arbitration in connection with control of the IDB Group in the amount of approximately NIS 1 billion.
• Representing Bank Mizrahi Tefahot, Israel’s third-largest bank, in its acquisition of Bank Igud Ltd. (TASE: UNON), the sixth-largest bank in Israel. The merger was initially rejected by the Israeli Competition Authority (“ICA”) and we successfully appealed before the Israeli Competition Tribunal.
• Representing Bank Hapoalim in relation to Mordechai Zisser’s assets and his debt to the bank, which amounted to more than NIS 1.5 billion.
• Advising the Board of Directors of the Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC) in a dispute with Egyptian gas companies, involving an arbitral award of over USD 2.3 billion in favor of the IEC, and significant difficulties in collecting that award.
• Representing Bezeq in an action that was filed by Cellcom Communication Ltd. The District court accepted Bezeq’s arguments and rejected Cellcom’s claim.
• Representing Israel’s largest cement manufacturer, Nesher – Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd., in a litigation for over NIS 2 billion.
• Representing Israel Chemicals Ltd. (“ICL”) and its subsidiaries (Dead Sea Works and Mifalei Tovala) in several lawsuits.
• Representing the Itzhaki Group in a claim filed against it by the Israeli Real Estate Authority for NIS 175 million and a counter-claim for over NIS 500 million.
• Representing Sabre Corporation, a U.S-based provider of global distribution system (GDS) for airlines and travel agencies, in a dispute brought by travel agencies alleging Sabre colluded with British Airways to block flight data.
• Advising the TV show UVDA, and Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. in a high profile defamation claim that was filed in the UK against the defendants and others by the known business intelligence firm Black Cube.