About
The firm is ranked by Israeli ranking guides at the top tier in both the commercial litigation and class actions fields, and as one of the three leading boutique law firms in Israel
Nir Cohen, Leshem, Ben-Artzi & Co. is a leading litigation firm engaged in complex, largescale and high-profile cases, including class actions and shareholder derivative actions, mainly in the fields of commercial law, corporate and securities law, banking law and competition law.
The firm’s clients include banks and other financial institutions, public companies among the largest in Israel, leading private companies and Big Four accounting firms. In addition, the firm represents prominent individuals in the business sector, shareholders, directors, and officers in large and well-known corporations and corporate groups in the Israeli market, leading attorneys, etc.
The firm generally handles large-scale and significant cases in sums amounting to hundreds of millions and sometimes billions of Shekels, mainly before the District Courts and the Supreme Court of Israel. The firm has been a party to judicial proceedings which resulted in significant precedents, such as the adoption of the “Business Judgment Rule” to the Israeli corporate law by the Supreme Court. It was also involved in the legislative proceedings of the Class Actions Law 2006.
The firm has been ranked for years by the Israeli ranking guides BdiCode and D&B at the top tier (“Elite Firms” / “Leaders”) in both the commercial litigation and class actions fields. In addition, the firm is ranked by BdiCode as one of the three leading boutique law firms in Israel in all fields, out of 300 ranked firms. The firm is also ranked in the international guides of Legal 500 and Chambers.
The amount of cases the firm takes on is relatively small, in order to allow a careful, thorough, and profound treatment of each case. Each of the cases is handled by a team lead by one of the firm’s partners.
Among the firm’s clients in recent years are the following: Bezeq – The Israeli Telecommunication Corporation, directors and officers in Bezeq, Bright Food International (the controlling shareholder of Tnuva), Israel Discount Bank, Kerur Holdings (the controlling shareholder of Jafora Tabori), Moovit, Export Investment Company (the controlling shareholder of Bank of Jerusalem), KPMG Somekh Chaikin, BDO Ziv Haft, Tamar Petroleum, directors and officers in Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Cal – Israel Credit Cards, Home Center, Mercantile Discount Bank, Bank of Jerusalem, Mr. Igal Ahuvi, the children of Mr. Eliezer Fishman and more.
The firm is located at the Museum Tower, adjacent to the Tel Aviv District Court.
