Salomon Lipschutz & Co

Salomon Lipschutz & Co.

Salomon Lipschutz & Co., recognized as one of Israel's largest and most prestigious firms, offers comprehensive legal services in commercial, civil and public law. Over a century's worth of extensive and diverse legal practices, supported by branches in northern and central Israel, has shaped its professional ethos. This ethos balances the value of human capital cultivated within the firm, adaptive thinking, meticulous attention to detail, and an unwavering commitment to its clients.

Primary Practice Areas:

Banking - Assists esteemed financial institutions domestically and abroad, offers counsel on banking operations and representation in insolvency cases involving banks and other creditors, including bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, and credit restructuring procedures.

Real estate - Long-standing experience in the construction and running of numerous shopping malls and retail centres. Represents some of the largest and most significant groups in Israel.

High tech - A leader in Israel's high-tech sector, offers extensive legal counsel to various entities, including emerging startups, tech companies, pharmaceutical firms, biotech and communications companies, and venture capital funds.

Transportation - Advises many public transportation operators and serves as the primary legal counsel for the forum of public transportation companies in Israel.

Crisis management - Provides legal advice for companies, debtors, creditors, controlling shareholders, and board of directors undergoing crisis, including bond settlements, shareholder disagreements, acquisition transactions, and court-appointed responsibilities.

Commercial litigation – serving a broad scope of high-profile clients, foreign and domestic, from the public and private sectors including in diverse commercial disputes.

Intellectual property – Specialized knowledge in complex IP litigation and IP related transactions.

Tender law - Aids local and international companies participating in diverse tenders, as well as public entities, including filing and overseeing administrative petitions to cancel or pause tender processes, and adjust tender terms.

Administrative law - Highly experienced in representing both private sector clients and government-owned organizations (such as local authorities and state-run companies). Areas of expertise include planning and construction, local authority and real estate taxation, environmental preservation, discrimination, and freedom of information.

Corporations and commercial law - Clients include companies on the Fortune 500 list, banks, public and private companies, startups, industrial enterprises, partnerships, cooperatives and individuals, in merger and acquisition transactions, investment rounds, joint ventures, spin-offs and reorganization.

Urban renewal - Supports urban renewal initiatives, offering representation to tenants, developers, and institutional entities across various areas of law, including real estate, planning and building, taxation, and finance.

Labour laws - Assists companies and organizations with intricate labour law issues, serves as counsel in court and mediation proceedings, helps organize licenses for service and manpower contractors, and enforces compliance plans and unique internal regulations.

Mergers and acquisitions - Guides leading domestic and international companies and provides ongoing advice on mergers, acquisitions, and spin offs. This encompasses management and board consultation, negotiation, due diligence, and contract drafting and signing.

Anti-Money Laundering - Provides ongoing legal support, staying abreast and involved in emergent trends, including implementing and assimilating anti-money laundering laws and enhancing regulatory management in banks and other entities.

Energy and natural gas - Specializes in legal assistance for projects and companies in the field of energy, infrastructure, and natural gas, with expertise in construction of private power stations, establishing natural gas infrastructure, and marketing and distribution of natural gas in Israel.

Insolvency - Specializes in handling all stages related to liquidation, stay proceedings, and debt settlements, catering to both debtors and creditors.

Class actions - Operates across all courts, representing most public transportation operators in Israel, as well as entities in the high-tech and pharmaceutical fields. Chosen to defend public entities against class actions filed or submitted against them, with claims reaching hundreds of millions of shekels.

Planning and building - Provides ongoing counsel throughout drafting and submitting building permit applications for a diverse array of projects and provides representation in proceedings before planning institutions and various courts.

Council taxes - Expertise in assessing and reducing debts to local authorities and municipally-owned corporation, including annulment of betterment levies, development charges, and other fees (sewage, water, paving and drainage), and additional ancillary charges, property tax.

Insurance and torts - Vast experience in representing various insurance companies and brokers from Israel and abroad.

Competition law - Preliminary advice preceding any merger, acquisition, or joint venture, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and securing pre-ruling and approval from the competition commissioner.

Inheritance law - Provides counsel in conducting claims and disputes between heirs, drafting wills, filing probate applications and objections and, management of estates, drafting lasting power of attorney and administrative law.