Gornitzky & Co. is a market leader in international dispute resolution and one of Israel’s only firms with a dedicated International Arbitration practice and substantial experience in international arbitration and transnational litigation.
Gornitzky’s International Arbitration practice is regularly recognized as a Tier 1 practice for Dispute Resolution: Mediation and International Arbitration by Legal 500, which describes the practice as Israel’s “market-leading international arbitration practice” and as “absolutely unrivaled in Israel, with the practice’s partners consistently enjoying individual recognition across all individual ranking categories.
The Gornitzky International Arbitration practice is the largest in Israel fully dedicated to international arbitration; the practice’s success rates and diverse sector experience are second to none in Israel and our lawyers have vast experience representing clients under the rules of the major arbitration institutions in both commercial and investment arbitration, as well as in ad-hoc proceedings. Our lawyers draw on their expertise in multiple sectors in order to successfully cater to clients’ needs throughout the life cycle of complex multi-jurisdictional disputes – including providing advice in the early stages of deal structuring (e.g. drafting arbitration clauses and advising on the potential protection afforded by bilateral investment treaties); providing guidance on available commercial and legal options when a dispute arises, all while considering the expenses and disruptions incurred to business from legal disputes; and ultimately by handling international arbitration, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution methods, as appropriate.
The International Arbitration practice is particularly active in representing clients in the energy, construction, and infrastructure disputes, as well as M&A and shareholders disputes and has substantial experience in handling complex multi-jurisdictional matters both as lead counsel and alongside leading international and foreign law firms. The team is well experienced in representing and advising clients involved in proceedings before foreign courts and before major international arbitration institutions.
The practice is also highly active in enforcement work and in representing clients in enforcing or defending against the enforcement of local and international arbitral awards and foreign judgments in the Israeli courts, as well as in obtaining measures from the Israeli courts in support of international proceedings.
In addition to our important client work, we annually lead the Tel-Aviv Arbitration Week, a four-day international arbitration conference held in Tel-Aviv and participated by hundreds of the world’s leading arbitration practitioners. Our lawyers lecture on arbitration-related issues throughout the world and are regular panelists in symposiums and conferences.
Notable recent representations include:
- Acting for a corporation in a 1 billion USD SCC investment arbitration against an Eastern European state.
- Successfully acted for one of the world’s largest mineral mining companies in a dispute under the UNCITRAL rules pertaining to a power plant construction agreement which concluded with our client benefiting from a EUR €62 million settlement agreement.
- Successfully acted for shareholders of an international cosmetics company in an ICC shareholders dispute in which clients ultimately enjoyed a US$50 million settlement.
- Successfully acted for a major construction company in an ICC arbitration pertaining to the construction of the largest private power plant in Israel, in which our client successfully received a US$20 million award.
- Successfully acted for a Thai corporation in a THB 350 million dispute pertaining to the construction of a luxury high-rise residential building in Bangkok, conducted in front of the Thai Arbitration Institute.
- Successfully acted for a leading global Private Equity fund in a price adjustment arbitration pertaining to an M&A transaction with a Fortune 500 company, in which our client was awarded a US$2.7 million award.
- Successfully acted for an Israeli public construction company in an ICC arbitration and mediation against a large US corporate pertaining to the construction of a military project in Israel.
- Successfully acted for an Israeli consulting firm in an LCIA arbitration pertaining to a finder’s fee dispute with its representative in an Asian country, and acted in subsequent enforcement proceedings of the favorable cost awareness in the Asian country.
- Successfully acted for a UK-based tech company in an ICC arbitration relating to a terminated joint venture agreement, in which the client secured a favorable settlement.
- Acting for an Israeli construction company in multiple ICC arbitrations and an ICC mediation pertaining to the construction of a major renewable power plant, including in proceedings relating to temporary measures in support of the arbitration in the Israeli courts.
- Acting for a major European manufacturer in an LMAA arbitration.
- Providing advice to multiple clients in relation to the potential enforcement of ICSID awards in Israel and abroad.
