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Law Firms - Banking & Finance
B. Levinbook & Co., Law Office
B.
Levinbook & Co. Law Office, a lead-
ing office in Israel dealing with all the
spheres of civil and commercial litiga-
tion, was established in February 1984 by the late
Adv. Benjamin Levinbook and presently employs
18 lawyers.
The office has acquired an exceptional reputa-
tion and is greatly appreciated for providing
high-quality, dynamic and creative legal services,
thanks to a thorough and professional approach
in all branches of the law. The office’s character-
istics and method of work have brought in clients
such as the most successful companies in Israel
and abroad – most Israeli banks and foreign
banks, other investment and financial agencies,
various public companies and business agen-
cies, as well as private persons.
The office specializes mainly in litigation of ev-
ery kind, in all courts of law, in all the various
existing proceedings in all fields of substantial
law, such as banking law, insolvency, insurance
law, corporate law, contracts, including standard
contracts, securities, torts, property, liens, debit
cards, trusteeship law, deeds, unjust enrich-
ment, etc.
The cases and matters transferred to the office
for handling are issues of the highest importance
and/or implications for the client, as well as cas-
es involving the greatest amounts of money, in-
cluding those of the highest legal and economic
importance for the economy.
In addition to being ranked by the Dun’s 100 top
quality ranking in the field of Banking Law and
finance, B. Levinbook & Co. was also ranked as
a prominent office in the field of Liquidation &
Recievership, and as a well-known office in the
field of Class Action.
Litigation
The distinction of the office is that the entire of-
fice specializes in litigation, and all the attorneys
are litigators who appear in all proceedings in
all courts, thus making it a “department of liti-
gation”, probably the largest and leading one in
Israel.
Banking Law
Representation of the principal clients of the of-
fice – most banks in Israel and their affiliates as
well as banks abroad – has resulted in the exclu-
sive specialization of the office in the banking
field, reflected both in the nature of the cases
and the matters transferred, as well as by contin-
uous counsel provided by the office to the vari-
ous banks. Regarding their spheres of activity,
the office accumulated considerable experience
and know-how covering all aspects of the bank-
ing system, such as banking regulation, bank-
client relationship, securities law, mortgages,
provident funds, the capital market, banking
contracts, deeds and negotiable instruments, for-
eign trade transactions and documentary credit,
bank guarantees, debit cards, bank insurance,
banking fraud, insolvency proceedings, etc.
Class Actions
The office specializes in class actions and repre-
sents, on an ongoing basis, defendants in appli-
cations for approval of class actions, which are of
the largest on the market. The special expertise
of the office in the field of civil litigation – com-
mercial in general, and its specialization in bank-
ing law and the capital market in particular, in
addition to its vast and long-standing experience
in the field of class actions, makes the office a
leader in the field.
Bankruptcy, Liquidation and Receivership
The office has another unique and principal
specialization in insolvency proceedings in all
aspects, including liquidation proceedings, re-
ceivership, bankruptcy, securities/guarantee
law, creditors, arrangements, suspension of pro-
ceedings etc., as well as the representation of
executives in insolvency procedures, in claims
against directors and their insurers, for their re-
sponsibility for the collapse of the company and
its insolvency.
Insurance
The firm has special expertise in all areas of In-
surance Law. The firm has handled and continues
to handle many and diverse insurance matters:
Insurance Claims and suits against insurance
companies; representing insurance companies
and reinsurers; Banking Insurance suits; Liabil-
ity Insurance and Property Insurance; advice and
support on issues of formulating policies and un-
derwriting. The firm has been and is still involved
in a substantial part of the largest D&O suits that
have been ruled on in recent years in Israel. The
firm also handled D&O suits for proceedings that
took place overseas.
In addition, the firm has rich experience and ex-
pertise in Property Insurance and Banking Insur-
ance. The firm represents banks in a substantial
part of the large-scale Banking Insurance suits
that have taken place in Israel, both in and out-
side the courts.
Mass Media and Defamation Law
Due to the office’s expertise and vast experi-
ence in privacy and defamation law, the office
has success in solving disputes in these areas,
among others, often making legal proceedings
unnecessary, by use of negotiations, handling of
the publication of apologies, as well as correc-
tion and prevention of publication, both in the
context of publications in the press and in the
electronic media, and thus the office represents
various agencies and private and public persons
in their quest for reputability.
Partners
The office was founded by the late Benjamin
Levinbook (1935-2005) – one of the most out-
standing, esteemed and influential litigators
in Israel, responsible for many important rules
and precedential rulings, which brought about
a revolution in banking law, defamation law and
protection of privacy. He was a member of the
committee for election of judges between the
years 2003-2005.
Today the office has 8 partners: Attorneys Ori
Gaon, Pnina Mor-Gluzman, Liat Eini-Netzer, Yair
Leibowitz, Einav Nahari-Sandler, Yaniv Azran,
Asaf Klein and Bruria Sharir-Harel. The office is
entrusted to handle the large and substantial
cases due to the office’s expertise and knowl-
edge and due to the expertise and knowledge of
its partners, as well as the experience and high
quality of the entire staff of the office.
52 Menachem Begin Rd.,
Sonol Tower, Tel Aviv 6713701
Tel: 972-3-6368888
Fax: 972-3-6368889
Esta b l i s h e d
1984
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm Specializing in All Aspects of
Civil and Commercial Litigation
A d d i t i o n a l Pa rt n e r s
Einav Nahari Sandler
Yaniv Azran
Assaf Klein
Bruria Sharir-Harel
Pnina Mor-Gluzman
Senior Partner *
Liat Eini-Netzer
Senior Partner *
Yair Leibowitz
Senior Partner *
Ori Gaon
Senior Partner *
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* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582