The Legal 500 EMEA: Local Litigation & Arbitration
Ram Pardes is a partner in the Tel-Aviv office of Naschitz Brandes Amir, where he specializes in complex, high-stakes legal proceedings. Ram has extensive experience in civil litigation, local and international arbitration, class actions, administrative law, insurance law, and political parties law.
Ram is used to acting in high-end, intricate domestic and cross-border litigation, including some of the largest disputes the firm is handling now.
Ram frequently provides pro-bono legal counsel to non-profit organizations. He is also the Chairman of the internal tribunal of the Israeli Labour Party and a member of the Ethics Committee of the Israeli Law Bar—Tel Aviv District.
During his legal studies, Ram served as an editor of the IDC Law Review, teaching assistant to Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, and participated in “Halev”, a non-profit organization aimed at providing basic legal assistance for low-income individuals and other disenfranchised groups as the coordinator of its activities at the Tel-Aviv Labor Court.
Ram is ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” and a recommended lawyer by Legal 500. Clients describe him as “a walking encyclopedia of Israeli law” who provides “practical and well-thought-through advice” and can “answer any question put to him.” Additionally, Ram is praised as “an excellent advocate, deferential to the decision-maker yet able to easily command the respect of those he appears before.” Legal 500 further notes that Ram is “exceptionally dedicated,” “a strategic thinker,” and “a lawyer with an outstanding ability to understand and anticipate client needs.” In the realm of international arbitration, clients highlight that "Ram Pardes is a foremost figure," combining "an all-encompassing understanding of international arbitration with the agility and promptness crucial in mediation processes," making him an "instrumental partner in dispute resolution pursuits."
- Successfully represented Alfa Duty-Free Sàrl on an ICC arbitration in excess of US$360 million involving allegations of collusion in a public tender, fraud, and breach of competition law.
- Representing one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in Israel in an ICC arbitration in a dispute arising out of delays in the construction of a power plant in Israel.
- Representing Iveco in defending a certification of a class action with respect to alleged participation, together with Scania AB, MAN, Renault, Volvo, Daimler, and DAF, in a global cartel for fixing truck prices.
- Successfully represented Harel Insurance in an administrative petition regarding a tender published by NTA for the insurance of the light rail infrastructure and systems.
- Representing Chevron in a claim brought by Haifa Port alleging entitlement to multi-million USD fees following the establishment of the “Leviathan” natural gas production platform.
- Advising a major international manufacturer with regard to a circa US$ 32 million international arbitration.
- Successfully representing a corporate client in the defense industry on an ICC arbitration relating to breach of contract in the sum of multi-million USD.
- Advising and representing various companies in complicated shareholder disputes.
- Advising and representing various insurers in D&O insurance cases.
- Representing various companies in consumer and insurance class actions.
LL.B. (magna cum laude), Reichman University (2012)
B.A. (magna cum laude), Business Administration (Finance), Reichman University (2012)
Summer School on European Business Law, Center for Business and Corporate Law, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2011)
LL.M. (summa cum laude) in Commercial Law with a specialization in International Business Law from the joint international program at Tel Aviv University and the University of California, Berkeley (2024)
Israel (2013)
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