Naschitz Brandes Amir & Co.

Founders

Peter Gad Naschitz

(1932-2017)

Hanina Brandes

Naschitz Brandes Amir is one of the largest and most senior law firms in Israel. Most of the attorneys workout of the head office in Tel-Aviv, while several work out of an office in Haifa. The Firm has 180 attorneys, 30 legal interns, and an administrative staff of 75. In total, the Firm has 64 partners.

Over the years, the Firm has gained extensive experience in a broad range of civil and commercial law issues. The Firm’s commercial practice is most diverse – representation of multinational corporations (including Fortune 500 companies), government entities and large public companies, counsel for hi-tech and biotech start-ups, representation of venture capital funds, investment banks, commercial banks, and other organizations. The Firm has played a leading role in large and complex transactions, including unique commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and public offerings.

The Firm’s extensive litigation practice includes involvement in commercial disputes and all areas of insurance, professional liability, medical malpractice, maritime law, product liability, securities, administrative litigation, local authorities, building and planning committees, labor law, banking, antitrust, white collar crime, environmental law  and intellectual property. The Firm’s attorneys appear regularly before all judicial court instances, including arbitration, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution forums.

The Firm has been involved in many precedent-setting cases. Besides representing clients before the courts, the Firm provides legal counsel to its clients in the insurance sector (representation of insurance companies in commercial, regulatory and insurance matters), real estate (complex commercial construction projects urban renewal projects, tenders and national infrastructure issues, including BOT projects), etc.

Throughout its many years, the Firm has played an active part in various legislative initiatives in diverse areas such as agriculture, securities, labor law, antitrust, taxation and more.

The Firm’s staff has a wealth of experience and knowledge in a wide variety of areas – along with creativity, flexibility, and openness. All this allows the Firm to serve its clients with a combination of knowledge and skill that results in optimal outcomes. Over time, the Firm has cultivated close working relationships with leading law firms around the world, in accordance with their different areas of expertise, and works closely with them to the benefit of its clients.

Commercial Law

One of the core values of the Firm is to provide superb legal counsel in all areas to businesses of all sizes and during all stages of development. The Firm’s attorneys take an active role in their clients’ legal and business affairs and in finding solutions to whatever issue may arise, on different levels, such as business agreements of any kind, employees, taxation, antitrust, relations with the authorities, administrative law, disputes (appearing before all judicial instances, the High Court of Justice, the labor courts, mediation, and arbitration), real estate, planning and construction, product liability and more. The Firm’s team has extensive expertise and experience in antitrust law and is involved in numerous matters before the Antitrust Commissioner.

International Activities

Naschitz Brandes Amir also has extensive experience in international transactions, which it has earned from business engagements for its Israeli clients and in the representation of international entities The Firm is one of the leading firms in Israel in all aspects of corporate issues of Israeli companies abroad (in some cases representing the issuing companies, and in some cases the foreign underwriters.) The Firm is also one of Israel’s leading firms in corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Naschitz Brandes Amir is one of Israel’s leaders in litigation, including torts and insurance, product liability, maritime and aviation law, commercial disputes, disputes regarding land rights, expropriations, planning and construction, creditor arrangements and liquidations, labor law and administrative litigation.

The Firm also has considerable experience in alternative dispute resolution in domestic and international disputes in various forums (local arbitrations and mediations and complex international disputes before institutional arbitration tribunals such as the ICC or ad hoc tribunals) – whether as legal representative to one of the parties to the dispute or as arbitrator or mediator.

Real Estate

The Firm’s team has extensive experience in all facets of real estate transactions, including design and construction, zoning, re-zoning, advising developers in all matters related to development regulations, levies, land betterment taxes, the Israel Land Authority, expropriations, and related issues.

The Firm has been involved in complex real estate development projects involving thousands of housing units and hundreds of thousands of square meters of office, commercial and industrial construction.

Naschitz Brandes Amir aspires to excellence at all levels. Many of its attorneys hold advanced degrees from Israel and abroad, and take part in various and varied professional development courses, as lecturers and as attendants. The Firm is also extensively involved in community service work, offering legal services and donations for educational, welfare and cultural purposes. The Firm’s partners and attorneys are active in the Israel Bar Association and are involved in initiatives related to the legal profession.

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