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Gornitzky & Co. Offices

Gornitzky & Co.
Vitania Tel-Aviv Tower
20 Haharash St. TLV Israel 6761310
Israel
Visit website 972 3 710 9191 972 3 560 6555

Adv Yaron Elhawi

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+972 3 7109191 elhawi@gornitzky.com

Work Department

Restructuring & Insolvency, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets & Securities, Commercial, Real Estate & Construction.

Position

Partner

Career

Yaron Elhawi is a partner at Gornitzky & Co. 

Yaron main practice area is restructuring and insolvency. He leads complex insolvency cases, including representation of liquidators, creditors’ composition, representation of high level management in the framework of liquidator’s claims and other functionaries. His experience also includes handling a wide range of bankruptcy, debt arrangements and corporate restructuring related cases.

Additionally, Yaron represents clients in complex litigation cases in the field of corporate and securities, including representing clients in court, arbitration, dispute resolution procedures, shareholders claims, minority oppression and proceedings according to the Israeli securities act.

Yaron also represents the firm’s clients in M&A transactions, including purchasing activities of commercial companies, purchasing agencies and distribution rights, and provides continuous legal advice to public Israeli companies’ directorates and managements.

As a specialist in real estate, Yaron is consulting clients in legal aspects of zoning, planning and construction, and he has been involved in construction and acquisition transactions of real estate.

Yaron’s experience includes representation of clients in the following matters:

  • Debt arrangements of a public company with the company’s bondholders comprising of individuals and financial institutions. In the scope of the representation the matter included unification and replacement of bonds.
  • Representation of a leading business group in an acquisition transaction with a public company. Both companies are active in the Israeli energy and real estate sectors.
  • Representation of high level executive in a legal dispute regarding allegations in relation to the company’s dividends.
  • Representation of public company in a reverse triangular merger which led to the de-listing of the company.
  • Representation of individuals who are, allegedly, the former executives of a company in a lawsuit filed by the company’s liquidator in the sum of approx. NIS 500 million.

Languages

Hebrew and English.

Memberships

1999, Israel Bar Association

Education

LL.M., Bar-Ilan University (1998); LL.B., Bar-Ilan University (1998).

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Restructuring and insolvency

(Leading individuals)

Yaron Elhawi – Gornitzky & Co.

The team at Gornitzky & Co. represents distressed corporations, creditors, shareholders, financial institutions and private equity sponsors in insolvency and corporate restructuring mandates. Praised as ‘incredibly commercial and deeply knowledgeable’, Yaron Elhawi handles high-stakes insolvency cases and jointly leads the team alongside Karen Reichbach-Segal, who has experience in liquidations, receiverships, and insolvencies. ‘Pragmatic and deal-oriented’ Amnon Biss advises on debt settlements in litigation mandates and is frequently engaged by creditors. Firm chairman Pinhas Rubin and Ofer Tzur, who spearheads the litigation department, are also key contacts in the team.

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