Gornitzky & Co

Number of partners: 141

Number of lawyers: 334

Languages: English, Hebrew, French, Italian, Arabic, German, Spanish, Russian, Farsi, Portuguese, Afrikaans

Management:

Pinhas Rubin, Chairman

Lior Porat, Managing Partner

Kfir Yadgar, Managing Partner

Adi Nahmias, Partner and CEO

About Gornitzky GNY

Gornitzky GNY is one of Israel’s premier law firms and is involved in some of the most complex and high-profile transactions in the Israeli market since 1938. The firm specializes in commercial law and is consistently ranked by both international and domestic legal directories as one of Israel’s leading law firms.

The firm provides its clients with comprehensive, multidisciplinary legal services custom tailored to their business and legal needs – all under a single roof. With a team of approximately 300 lawyers, the firm serves a broad range of clients, including government entities, significant business groups, global tech corporations, investment funds, and high-profile individuals from Israel and abroad. Gornitzky’s well experienced legal team provides a strategic, creative, and innovative legal counsel, combining deep sector expertise with an understanding of dynamic markets.

The corporate practice of the firm plays a key role in Israel’s most significant transactions and advises clients on complex mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, capital raise and regulatory matters. The tax department designs tax-efficient structures for a wide range of complex matters as well as sophisticated tax planning. The firm’s litigators handle high-stakes commercial litigation and disputes. Additionally, Gornitzky is very active in the areas of antitrust, infrastructure and renewable energy, intellectual property, patents, data privacy, and fintech, advising high-tech companies, startups, venture capital funds, and global corporations on cutting-edge transactions and regulatory matters.

Key Developments in Recent Years:

• Compliance 360 Services – Comprehensive legal support for risk management and regulatory compliance, including risk assessments and enforcement programs across all areas of commercial law.
• Expansion in Tech, High-Tech & Life Sciences – Merger with Horn & Co., strengthening the firm’s high-tech and legal innovation practice.
• Growth in Environmental Law & Sustainability – Joining of Adv. Bila Cahana and her team, broadening the firm’s expertise in environmental regulation and renewable energy.
• AI Practice Development – Legal advisory for corporations on artificial intelligence, technology regulation, and data protection.
• Leadership in Fintech, Cyber & Privacy – Legal counsel for funds, startups, and financial institutions in global markets.
• Establishment of Patent Practice & Expansion in IP – Strategic legal counsel focused on patents, designs, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights.

About the Gornitzky Family

Most of our lawyers and partners began their careers as interns at Gornitzky, growing within the firm's well-known family-like atmosphere. Alongside demanding and professional work, the firm has fostered a unique spirit and environment that has characterized it since its early days. Gornitzky encourages and promotes social activities and has consistently been recognized as one of the most desirable workplaces among law firms in Israel. Gornitzky has been built — and continues to thrive — on the unique composition of its people. Our people are the driving force and the main factor behind our success. Gornitzky maintains an extensive alumni network, G-NET, of former members of the firm over the years.

Code of Ethics –Alongside its legal practice, Gornitzky is committed to fostering a firm culture that emphasizes values, close professional ties, and friendship. Each member of the firm’s legal team is committed to act in accordance with the firm's Code of Ethics, which reflects Gornitzky’s core beliefs and expresses the values and norms that are important to us.

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) –Gornitzky operates with deep awareness of its social and environmental responsibility as a significant force in the Israeli economy, and in fulfilling this responsibility, promotes a business culture and management practices founded on an extensive and comprehensive ESG framework, designed to maximize our positive impact on the environment and the community while advancing values of social responsibility, sustainability, and ethics. Gornitzky is the first law firm in Israel to publish a comprehensive ESG review, including reporting and disclosure of its activities in the field, and is one of the only two law firms in Israel ranked in the Maala ESG Index (the leading corporate responsibility ranking in Israel), where it achieved the esteemed Platinum Plus rating.

Community Contribution (Pro Bono) –Community contribution and social involvement are integral to Gornitzky’s culture. We value our ability to contribute, influence, and assist those in need, and accordingly encourage our employees to make use of the firm's resources, to participate in, and to develop, our pro bono program. Gornitzky’s community contribution is reflected, among other things, in pro bono representation of vulnerable populations and social organizations working to advance Israeli society, as well as in donations to various organizations. During the “Iron Swords” war, Gornitzky established several dedicated teams (support for soldiers, procurement of supplies for evacuees, pro bono legal support, and more), enabling us to provide our legal abilities and create a significant and immediate impact on the community of which we are an inseparable part.The firm’s staff immediately stepped in to assist reservists and their families during their service, and later supported their smooth return to work at Gornitzky.