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Law Firms - Insurance
Gross Orad Schlimoff & Co.
Jonathan Gross (1963-2010) Founder & Partner
G rossOradSchlimoff&Co. (GOS) isa lead-
ing international niche law firm special-
izing mainly in exclusive commercial
insurance areas including:
D&O and E&O, financial institutions insurance,
professional liability insurance, diamonds and
specie insurance, aviation insurance, product li-
ability insurance, medical malpractice and clinical
trials, liability insurance and reinsurance and en-
ergy insurance. In recent years the firm has gained
substantial reputation and is ranked by the UK
ranking firm Legal 500 as a leading Israeli firm in
the insurance sector. Most of the firm’s clients are
foreign insurance and reinsurance companies, in-
cluding some of the largest insurers in the world
that are involved in providing large-scale, unique
and high risk insurance policies in Israel. The firm
also represents foreign clients interested in devel-
oping business in Israel, including Pharmaceutical
and Hi-Tech companies.
Exclusiveness
The firm’s staff is comprised of lawyers with ex-
tensive experience and a deep know-how of the
insurance and commercial sector. The firm has
connections with law firms worldwide. The com-
prehensive and in-depth handlings of cases for
the firm’s clients, while always considering the
macro-implications for the client, are the guiding
principles, which have made the firm a leader
in its field. GOS has a dynamic, pro-active, cre-
ative approach, which supports the clients and
achieves the best results for them. The firm has
gained a major reputation in the insurance mar-
ket in Israel and worldwide as a professional
firm, with an uncompromising approach to the
cases handled by it, as well as to the proficiency
of its staff. Another attribute noted by many in
the insurance sector is that while the firm is in-
volved in outstanding and high profile cases, it
adopts a low profile approach in the belief that
this serves the clients’ best interests.
Main Areas of Practice
Insurance & Reinsurance
D&O Liability Insurance – The firm specializes
in handling D&O claims against directors and
officers in public and private companies, while
examining insurance coverage, supervising and
monitoring the claim on behalf of the insurer
or reinsurer. Over the years, the firm’s partners
have been involved in managing numerous
claims submitted against office holders includ-
ing many class action suits.
Financial Institutions Insurance – The firm is the
leader in representing insurers of prominent fi-
nancial institutions in Israel, including: banks,
investment houses, pension funds, provident
funds and insurance companies.
Professional Liability Insurance – The firm has
wide know-how and experience in this field, in-
cluding: medical malpractice insurance, profes-
sional liability insurance for professionals such
as: lawyers, accountants, architects, insurance
agents, engineers, etc.
Diamonds and Jewelers Block Insurance – The
firm is among the few Israeli law firms providing
services to this unique sector which is charac-
terized by complex insurance policies including
diamond and specie insurance, on tours and
shippings insurance, exhibition insurance and
other insurance solutions tailored for this field.
Aviation Insurance – The firm’s expertise ex-
tends to handling insurance claims resulting
from property damage and bodily injury follow-
ing aviation accidents occurring in Israel, and
was involved in most of such claims in recent
years.
Pollution and Environment Insurance – The firm
has developed expertise in handling individual
and class action cases in this sector, which has
grown in recent years in Israel.
The firm has developed additional specializa-
tion in new insurance products:
Energy Insurance, Political Risks Insurance and
also Cyber Insurance.
Product Liability – The firm is engaged in com-
plex insurance issues resulting from defects in
products, which result in bodily injury or prop-
erty damage.
Clinical Trials Insurance – The firm participated
in the formulation of insurance procedures in
this sector, where insurance in Israel is manda-
tory. The firm represents pharmaceutical and
medical device companies. The firm’s expertise
includes drafting clinical trial policies.
Additional Insurance Sectors
The firmprovides additional unique insurance ser-
vices with regard to: subrogation claims, property
insurance, contractors insurance and marine in-
surance. The firm specializes in conducting due
diligence surveys of insurance agencies and in-
surance companies, risk surveys for insurers and
provision of legal advice on regulatory insurance
matters. The firmhas expertise in drafting unique
policies and adapting them to Israeli law.
Additional Expertise
Retainer Consultancy – The firm provides ongo-
ing advice to commercial companies from the
life science and pharmaceutical companies and
Hi-tech industries on contracts law, companies
and labor law.
Litigation – The firm has a department special-
izing in litigation, both insurance related (rep-
resentation of insurers and reinsurers) and in
other commercial and tort matters.
The firmhas expertise in private international law
and often represents foreign litigants before the
Israeli judiciary.
Arbitration and Mediation – The firm represents
clients in alternative dispute resolutions forums
and has recorded many successes in resolving
disputes out of court.
Pro Bono
GOS is proud of its outstanding, ongoing involve-
ment in pro bono activities, provision of legal rep-
resentation to non-profit funds and the needy such
as Tabeka, Kfar Idud, Kav Hazinuk, Outbox, etc., as
well as various activities relating to civil rights.
Yair Harry Orad
Founder & Partner *
Maya Salomon
Partner
Orit Amiran-Sinn
Partner
Rena Egulsky
Partner
Pnina Stossel
Partner
Sigal Schlimoff-
Rechtman
Founder & Partner, Lloyd’s
Representative in Israel *
Noya Yulish
Partner
Insurance, Reinsurance, Insurance
Regulation, Representation of
International Companies Including
Pharmaceutical And Hi-Tech Companies
7 Menachem Begin Rd.,
Gibor Sport House, Ramat Gan 5268102
Tel: 972-3-6122233
Fax: 972-3-6123322
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582