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Gornitzky & Co.
Vitania Tel-Aviv Tower
20 Haharash St. TLV Israel 6761310
Israel
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Work Department

Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions.

Position

Partner

Career

Ofer Fleischer is a partner at Gornitzky & Co.

Ofer specializes in commercial litigation cases, both of national and international nature, in a diverse range of fields, including, inter alia, complex capital market matters, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy and liquidation, administrative law, venture capital funds, tenders, derivative actions, class actions in various complicated matters such as banking and insurance, energy sector, oil and gas, etc.

Ofer has vast experience in litigating cases before various instances in the Israeli Court system (including the Supreme Court), different Israeli authorities and regulators, as well as in conducting arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Ofer also provides his clients (including individuals and corporations, both foreign and domestic), with legal advice on ongoing corporate commercial matters, as well as legal advice throughout various types of commercial transactions.

Notable recent representations include:

• Representation of Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, in multiple class action suits;
• Representation of the Tel Aviv stock exchange in several complex litigation cases;
• Representation of the liquidators of a company that was controlled by the state of Israel in a lawsuit against the shareholders of the company that caused the company to collapse, inter alia, due to thin capitalization, leaving debts of hundreds of millions of NIS.
• Representation of a leading transportation corporation in several suits (derivative and others) filed against it and/or its officers and directors;
• Representation in high volume arbitration proceedings regarding the sale of the controlling stake in a public company.
• Representation of a prominent Israeli academic institute in a suit against it in relation to funds contributed to the institute in the past, which originated, allegedly, in the Madoff scheme.
• Representation of a leading European public company in litigation regarding a possible investment in an Israeli start-up investment-firm.

Languages

Hebrew and English

Memberships

2008, Israel Bar Association

Education

L.B., magna cum laude, Tel Aviv University (2007) Undergraduate program in Economics, Tel Aviv University (2007)

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration

Commended as being ‘highly respected by the judicial system and its judges’, Gornitzky & Co.’s dispute resolution group is equipped to handle high-stakes cases in the commercial, civil and administrative law fields. Considered by some as a ‘strategic genius’, group head Ofer Tzur continues to raise his profile in the market and was at the helm for several key matters over the past year, including representing Property and Building Corp and Hadarim Properties in a multimillion-dollar dispute with Mega Or Holdings and Big Shopping Centers. Other experienced partners include firm chairman Pinhas Rubin; Kfir Yadgar, who possesses niche expertise in hospitality and transport-related matters; and commercial litigator Ofer Fleischer. The team also draws on Shirin Gabbay-Metzger, Eli Cohen and ‘creative’ senior associate Inbal Ronel.