Omer Shalev > Gross, Orad, Schlimoff & Co. > Ramat Gan, Israel > Lawyer Profile
Gross, Orad, Schlimoff & Co. Offices
7 MENACHEM BEGIN STREET
RAMAT GAN 5268102
Israel
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Omer Shalev
Work Department
Aviation, Insurance & Reinsurance
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Omer is the Managing Partner of the firm.
Omer joined the firm as a Senior Partner in 2016 after a 10-year term as V.P., General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of EL AL Israel Airlines, and five years in a similar position with Arkia Israeli Airlines.
Having practiced law since 1995 and after many years in the aviation industry, Omer is highly specialized in aviation law.
With his deep in-house experience of Israel’s largest airlines, and a broad perspective on how airlines work from the inside, Omer brings a unique insight and legal perspective on the challenging airline sector in Israel.
Omer served as a member of the Legal Committee of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for several years, and also served as Vice Chairman of the Legal Committee, and thus has in-depth experience in international aviation and the ability to understand key issues for the industry.
Omer also specializes in Directors and Officers liability (D&O) insurance claims and Professional Indemnity claims including various corporate and commercial matters.
Omer is a certified mediator and also a speaker in various courses for Directors and Corporate Secretaries.
Languages
English, Hebrew, French
Memberships
Israel Bar Association
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Transport
(Leading individuals)Gross, Orad, Schlimoff & Co. houses a robust aviation practice that routinely acts for major airlines, aircraft owners and ground-handling companies, among other industry clients, in regulatory and commercial matters. The group additionally leverages the firm’s dominant insurance offering to pack a punch in claims-related disputes. Omer Shalev, who is a former general counsel for EL AL, co-heads the practice alongside Noya Yulish.
Israel > Insurance
Insurance and reinsurance work is a mainstay at Gross, Orad, Schlimoff & Co. and the team routinely represents all Israeli insurance companies, as well as a significant volume of their international reinsurers. Fielding specialists in all core insurance spheres, including D&O, transport, financial lines, property, cyber, medical malpractice and environmental cases, the group stands out for the strength of its contentious practice. It also advises on regulatory issues — including policy wording — and transactions. Sigal Schlimoff-Rechtman is held up by sources as ‘the outstanding insurance lawyer in the country’. Other senior names include high-profile sector specialist Harry Orad
; managing partner Omer Shalev; Noya Yulish, who specialises in D&O liability, professional liability and product liability; and Orit Amiran-Sinn.