Administrative Litigation

With a successful track record before the High Court of Justice and the Courts of Administrative Affairs, our firm has long been one of the go-to law firms in Israel for administrative litigation.

Throughout the years, public and private corporations, as well as individuals, have relied on and been reassured by our involvement in many petitions to the High Court of Justice in matters relating to primary and delegated legislation and decisions by government ministries, administrative authorities and regulators.

Our firm’s Litigation Department includes partners and associates who have special expertise and extensive experience in the field of administrative law, many of them clerked for Supreme Court justices, with some having served as Supreme Court justices’ legal assistants, thus acquired a thorough knowledge of the proceedings conducted before the High Court of Justice.

We also represent clients in administrative petitions regarding tenders, including clients challenging tender processes and their results, as well as clients who have won tenders and are responding to petitions challenging their win.

• Representing Sotheby’s Auction House in a p
• etition filed to the High Court against the sale of artefacts from the Museum of Islam in Jerusalem.
• Representing “yes” in regulation issues in the field of multi-channel television broadcasts before the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, the Ministry of Communications, the Privacy Protection Authority (formerly “Ramot”), the Knesset Economics Committee, and more.
• Representing Nesher in administrative petitions filed against it and in administrative proceedings before the Commissioner of Trade Levies and before the Advisory Committee to the Minister of Economy and Industry regarding a flood levy.
• Representing the leading cellular provider Partner in petitions to the Supreme Court against the failure of the Ministry of Communications to enforce the license registration of another cellular company, and against the Ministry of Communications decision to return frequency fees to that company.
• Representation of EDF Energy Noble Israel in a petition to the Supreme Court against the Electricity Authority’s decision to reduce the tariff to be paid for power- generation facilities using wind turbines.
• Representing “Tiv Ta’am” food marketing chain in a petition against the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, due to a regulation that came into effect implementing the Tel Aviv-Yafo By-Law to close supermarkets on Saturdays.