Balter, Guth, Aloni & Co > Beer Sheva, Israel > Firm Profile

Balter, Guth, Aloni & Co
1 HENRIETTA SOULD STREET
84494 BEER SHEVA
Israel

Israel > Insurance Tier 2

Balter, Guth, Aloni & Co’s robust insurance group enjoys close links with major Israeli insurers, including Clal, Harel and Menora Mivtachim, and also represents insured entities and individuals. The group’s broad sector experience encompasses all key areas of insurance, with its recent cases spanning D&O disputes, professional liability, work accidents and product liability cases, among others. Hanan Doron contributes extensive experience in insurance litigation, including professional negligence and product liability. Doron co-heads the group together with Ehud Guth and Shlomo Steiner.

Practice head(s):

Ehud Guth; Hanan Doron; Shlomo Steiner

Testimonials

‘Large and longstanding firm with about 50 years of legal experience. Very professional and reasonable prices.’

‘We recommend lawyers for their good personal relations and great ongoing legal and personal service’

Key clients

Alrov Properties & Lodgings

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services

Johnson & Johnson International

Shirbit Insurance Company

Menora Mivtachim Insurance

Pelephone

Mevo-Modi’im

Custodia Terrae Sanctae

Work highlights

  • Representing Alrov Properties & Lodgings in a NIS100m claim against two insurance companies for losses caused to the group’s assets in Israel during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Representing Mevo Modi’im village, the local committee and the homeowners in a case stemming from a large fire.
  • Representing Pelephone communications in a lawsuit against Migdal Insurance, regarding the collapse of the cellular network in 2018.

Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration Tier 5

From its five offices across Israel, Balter, Guth, Aloni & Co provides extensive national coverage of contentious matters, including commercial, civil and administrative litigation. The department is led jointly by 50-year litigation veteran Moshe Balter and firm chairman Eyal Bar Eliezer, who is a ‘wise and tough negotiator’. Former department co-head Guy Nee’man and partner Lilach Keynan recently left the practice.

Practice head(s):

Moshe Balter; Eyal Bar-Eliezer

Other key lawyers:

Raanan Bar Zohar

Testimonials

‘The team is highly professional and, most importantly, demonstrates genuine care for clients.’

‘Eyal Bar-Eliezer is extremely experienced, with a creative legal approach coupled with a practical approach to achieving results for clients. Also an excellent strategic thinker, and a wise and tough negotiator.’

‘Raanan Bar Zohar is an off-the-charts genius with an encyclopaedic memory. A broad-thinking and creative lawyer and hard worker – will go the extra mile to research all details and possible alternatives.’

Key clients

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006

Arkia

Tnuva

Aka Investments and Initiative

Aka Development & Construction

Alrov Properties & Lodgings

Omrix Biopharmaceuticals

Pelephone

BlueGreen Water Technologies

Ampa Real Estate

Israeli Sabra and (late) Noam Bloom

A private group of distributors Vs. Dubek

Ovadia (evi) Levy Vs. Leumi Bank

Custodia di Tierra Santa

Psagot Investment House, controlled by Value Capital One

Arena Star Group

Izaki Group Investments

Work highlights

  • Representing Alrov Properties & Lodgings in a NIS100m claim against two insurance companies for losses caused to the group’s assets in Israel during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Representing Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 in a variety of litigation procedures.
  • Representing Pelephone Communications in a lawsuit against Migdal Insurance regarding the collapse of the cellular network in 2018.

The Balter Guth Aloni law firm was founded in 1974 by Moshe Balter and Ehud Guth. Over time, groundbreaking jurists joined the firm, including the late Supreme Court Judge Shaul Aloni and the late Dr Meir Rosen – an expert in international law and among the architects of the Camp David Accords and the peace treaties between Israel and Egypt. The firm, throughout its 50 years, has been one of Israel’s most prominent and leading legal firms, and today has over 100 lawyers, interns, administrative staff, and consultants.

Firm operations in Israel: The firm provides nationwide coverage through its five branches, which are Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Tiberias and Yagur. The firm offers the most extensive nationwide coverage compared to all other law firms in Israel.

Firm operations Worldwide: The firm is a member of an international consortium of law offices – CONSULEGIS EEIG International Law Office Consortium. The association has over 150 members worldwide, all with extensive law knowledge and skill.

The firm’s founders have been among the leaders of Israel’s legal scene for the past 50 years and have taken a significant role in shaping Israeli law. They use their knowledge from their extensive international activities to help Israel’s legal system meet its full potential.

The firm’s clients enjoy a unique combination of personal and comprehensive services, paired with a professional legal service that abides to international and domestic standards.

The firm’s staff includes the best legal professionals in Israel. A significant number of the firm’s employees and partners are native English speakers, some qualified as active attorneys in Israel and abroad, and some have financial accounting education and additional academic degrees.
Due to the firm’s size, combined with nationwide and worldwide coverage, the firm provides its clients with top-notch legal services in all commercial fields.

Community Involvement: One of the firm’s most important values is contribution to the community. Its staff has been regularly volunteering for over 15 years in various schools, including “HABAD Ir Ganim” in Jerusalem and “Shorashim”  in South Tel Aviv.

Practice areas: commercial, litigation, real estate, planning and construction, energy and infrastructure, cooperative societies, taxes, labor law, intellectual property, torts, insurance and medical malpractice, class actions, religious orders, and more.

Department Name Email Telephone
Class actions Earn Tausig taussig@bgalaw.co.il
Tax Avi Gera agera@bgalaw.co.il
Tort Shlomo Steiner ssteiner@bgalaw.co.il
Planning and construction Tali Inbar tali-i@bgalaw.co.il
Competition Law (antitrust) Ron Guttman rgutman@bgalaw.co.il
White collar litigation Guy Neeman gneeman@bgalaw.co.il
Commercial Lilach Keynan lkeynan@bgalaw.co.il
High Tech Gad Enoshi genoshi@bgalaw.co.il
Mergers and Aquisitions Lilach Keynan lkeynan@bgalaw.co.il
Capital Market Guy Neeman gneeman@bgalaw.co.il
Religious Orders David Botesazan dbotesaz@bgalaw.co.il
Insolvency and Receivership Shai Granot shai@bgalaw.co.il
Banking Doron Dotan doron@bgalaw.co.il
Commercial litigation Eyal Bar Eliezer ebare@bgalaw.co.il
Commercial litigation Raanan Bar Zohar rbzohar@bgalaw.co.il
Cooperative Societies Ehud Guth eguth@bgalaw.co.il
Cooperative Societies Avnar Tzur atzur@bgalaw.co.il
Insurance Hanan Doron hdoron@bgalaw.co.il
Insurance Wasim Abu Hatoum wasim@bgalaw.co.il
Labor and Employment Tamar Maoz tmaoz@bgalaw.co.il
Real Estate Nagham Abu-Khiet nabukhiet@bgalaw.co.il
Hospitality and Hotels Inbal Elkayam ielkayam@bgalaw.co.il
Commercial Moshe Balter balter@bgalaw.co.il
Religious Orders Ehud Guth eguth@bgalaw.co.il
Medical Malpractice Heli Toren htoren@bgalaw.co.il
Administrative law and tenders Hila Nudler Donagi hnudler@bgalaw.co.il
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