Mr Eran Bezalel > S. Horowitz & Co > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile

S. Horowitz & Co
S. HOROWITZ HOUSE
31 AHAD HAAM STREET
TEL AVIV 65202
Israel

Work Department

Position

Partner

Career

Eran’s practice spans a wide range of complex commercial disputes, including all aspects of administrative law commercial real estate, contractual, corporate and competition law. He has appeared before the entire range of Israeli courts and arbitration tribunals and has considerable experience in multi-party litigation, class actions and contentious competition law related issues.

Eran has particular expertise in the field of complex tenders and government procurement projects, advising on major, multi-million dollar public and private tenders of every description. His clients include bidders (including special purpose bid vehicles formed by local and global project partners) as well as government authorities and government companies. He has extensive experience advising clients on procurement strategies, providing clients ongoing counsel throughout the complex tender process, including aspects of financing, project management and, where necessary, representing clients when tender-related disputes arise.

Eran has advised on a large number of groundbreaking BOT, PFI and PPP national infrastructure and construction projects in Israel, including: the high-speed railway tunnel to Jerusalem; the Fast Lane project on Highway 1; the extension to the Cross-Israel Highway, the first and longest toll road in Israel; and the new military schools and barracks for the Israel Defence Forces in Southern Israel. His government procurement practice also includes advising on tenders for the purchase of services and equipment from diverse sectors, including the pharmaceutical, technological, financial, infrastructure and construction sectors.

The Marker, Israel’s leading financial online and print magazine, included Eran in 2014 in their shortlist of the “40 Most Promising People Under the Age of 40”.

In 2020, Eran was singled out by The Legal 500 as a leading partner ( “very professional and brilliant litigator”), in the field of dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration.

In addition,  Eran regularly lectures on behalf of the Israel Bar Association on issues related to administrative law and tenders before various universities, companies and organisations that wish to train or educate their employees in these fields.

Languages

English Hebrew

Memberships

 Israel Bar, 2000

Education

Tel Aviv University, LL.M. (2006)Tel Aviv University, LL.B. cum laude and the Dean’s List, (1999)Tel Aviv University, B.A. in Economics, (1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Infrastructure

Among S. Horowitz & Co’s infrastructure strong suits, it excels in project finance, where it can leverage the wider firm’s top-tier banking and finance offering. The team also represents construction companies and project sponsors on project development, operational matters and litigation. Commercial head Aharon Bloch spearheads a multidisciplinary group that additionally draws on the expertise of contentious infrastructure expert Benjamin Sheffer. Other names to note include transactional partner Michelle Liberman; Eran Bezalel, who focuses on energy and natural resources and infrastructure work; Lior Mimon, who has an emphasis on tenders and administrative law; commercial litigator Ohad Ben-Yehuda; and corporate partner Shlomi Delgo.

Israel > Energy

Among its recent highlights, S. Horowitz & Co has been particularly busy on behalf of The Israel Electric Corporation of late, where it has represented the state-owned energy company on the sale of the Eshkol power plant, alongside other regulatory and contentious issues. The multidisciplinary energy practice is co-led by dispute resolution specialist Benjamin Sheffer, who has a focus on construction and infrastructure, together with Aharon Anthony Bloch, who heads the commercial department. Litigators Yehoshua Horesh and Eran Bezale are also noted.