The Legal 500 EMEA 2022: Local Litigation & Arbitration
The Commercial Litigation practice at Naschitz Brandes Amir is one of Israel’s most respected general litigation practices in matters of contracts, banking, commercial transactions, insurance, torts, intellectual property, and general litigation. We represent domestic and international clients in all stages of litigation, from pre-litigation counseling and negotiations through discovery and depositions, dispositive motion practice, and the appeals process. Our lawyers regularly appear on behalf of clients in high-stakes commercial disputes and contract litigation before all types of trial, appellate, regulatory, and alternative dispute resolution tribunals. We are renowned for our prowess in class action work as well. We frequently work together with industry experts and lawyers from our antitrust, intellectual property, and environmental practices. Having handled many of the highest-profile, complex litigation matters on behalf of the largest corporations in Israel and abroad, Naschitz Brandes Amir offers quality and depth of experience across all forms of dispute resolution.
Our clients include leading companies of all sizes, including construction companies, manufacturers, energy companies, commercial and investment banks, financial service providers, insurance companies, internet service providers, and retailers, as well as several other clients in other industries.
While we recognize that some disputes can only be resolved in court, our lawyers also regularly help clients avoid the burden of lengthy litigation through creative business solutions and the use of mediation and other forms of settlement negotiation.
- Representing Alfa Duty-Free in a circa $360 million international arbitration lawsuit against German duty-free retailer Gebr Heinemann and in a $147 million lawsuit against Austrian duty-free retailer James Richardson alleging unlawful tender practices.
- Serving as lead counsel to Excel Telecom, an Israeli supplier and importer of mobile phones and telecom equipment, in a multi-million lawsuit relating to an alleged breach of contractual commitments and antitrust law.
- Representing Verso, an international eyewear distributor, in a lawsuit filed against Opticana referring to trademark infringement, misappropriation of goodwill, unfair competition, and other torts.
- Representing BSH IL in a $22 million class action alleging deceptive advertising. We are also advising BSH IL on all customer-facing terms and conditions and commercial agreements with vendors, including providing counsel on litigation risks associated therewith.
- Representing Caesarstone, a publicly-traded manufacturer of quartz surfaces in 150-plus personal injury claims (including class actions) alleging product liability and product defects.
- Advised Celio, a leading French mass-retail group, in relation to the restructuring of the activity of its franchise in Israel.
- Advising SolelAben on a US$25 million dispute relating to the construction of a massive solar field.
- Representing Chemi San Trade (2017) a distributor of raw materials and chemicals in a dispute against CLP, a subsidiary of Tadbik Israeli Flexible Packaging Solutions group, in a contractual claim relating to a breach of contract, which allegedly caused massive damages to products and resulted in a shutdown of a production line for the period of several months.
- Represented a leading European industrial vehicle manufacturer in class action certification proceedings alleging engagement in price-fixing and information exchanges in a cartel-related to the company’s services.
- Representing a leading Japanese general trading and investment company in a major product liability claim.
- Representing Leiman Schlussel, one of Israel’s 10 largest food importers, in their ongoing defense against class action involving allegations of unlawful, deceptive, and misbranded labeling of products.
- Representing Triumph International in a $7 million class action lawsuit alleging violation of the law for restricting weight in the modeling industry.
- Defended Dubek, the largest Israeli manufacturer of tobacco products, against claims by smokers, governments, and health authorities.