Mr Ofir Pozner > S. Horowitz & Co > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile

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

Collective and Individual Employment Agreements Dispute resolution Employment Employment disputes Enforcement of Fair Practices and Regulatory Requirements Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits and EsopsForeign Employees Industrial Action, Employment Disputes and Class Actions Reorganization, Retirement and Redundancy Schemes

Position

Partner

Career

Ofir Pozner specialises in all areas of non-contentious and contentious employment law, and is also a commercial litigator. His expertise includes employment litigation, in both individual and collective disputes, before the Regional and National Labor Courts and in alternative dispute resolutions such as arbitration. Ofir also specialises in advising on individual and collective employment terms, staff handbooks, termination of employment, redundancy, discrimination, grievances, whistleblowing, collective agreements, union recognition, , obtaining work permits and visas for expert foreign employees, and representing clients before the various governmental offices which enforce labour laws in Israel. Ofir’s expertise also includes advising on the employment aspects of commercial transactions, in particular venture capital and seed financing of technology based companies, mergers, acquisitions, business sales and transfers of undertakings.

Ofir’s clients include domestic and international clients from a wide range of industries, venture capital funds, investors, founders, government entities and foreign embassies in Israel as well as senior employees.

Ofir has extensive experience representing both private and state-owned companies in union-related and individual employee labour disputes. These have variously related to workplace conditions, collective agreements, termination and lay-off policies, severance entitlement, pensions, and other contractual issues. He has also handled sensitive cases relating to whether individual workers are to be considered independent contractors or employees. His expertise also includes the effectiveness and enforcement of restrictive covenants, particularly with regard to preventing former employees setting up competing businesses or working for competing entities.

 

Languages

English Hebrew

Memberships

Israel Bar, 2000

Education

College of Management, Rishon LeZion, LL.B., cum laude, (1995-1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Employment

The practice at S. Horowitz & Co, which provides counsel to a broad array of employers, from startups to major financial institutions and high-profile multinationals, is led by pension funds expert and experienced employment litigator Elisha Shor. Under his captaincy, the team offers the full gamut of employment law services, including litigation, compliance, the labour law aspects of M&A and other transactions, corporate restructuring, workplace misconduct, and the negotiation of collective agreements and other union issues.  Central to the team is Ofir Pozner, who is well-versed in dispute resolution, union matters, and day-to-day advisory support for employers in areas including compliance and employee contracts. Agile litigators Yaron Lestrel and Michal Levanon-Porat, who has experience in handling sexual harassment matters, are two further names to note. Ruth Budovich-Sagir is another key contact for various contentious issues and cases of sexual harassment.