Advocate David Hamou > M. Firon & Co Advocates and Notaries > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile

M. Firon & Co Advocates and Notaries
ADGAR 360 TOWER, 2 HASHLOSHA ST.
TEL AVIV 6706054
Israel
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Position

David Hamou is a partner at M. Firon & Co., heading the firm’s commercial litigation department. David has years of experience in large scale, intricate disputes, specializing in all disciplines of commercial and civil litigation, including in arbitration and mediation. His professional resume includes hundreds of appearances before all instances of the Israeli courts, including the Supreme Court. His clientele comprises Israel’s largest and most prominent private and publicly traded companies, which benefit from trusted legal representation in sensitive disputes, some valued at tens and even hundreds of millions of shekels. David’s fields of expertise include real estate claims, financial claims, arbitrations and mediations, lawsuits between companies and corporations, and more. He is particularly knowledgeable in claims pertaining to complex PPP, BOT and PFI infrastructure projects, many of which often introduce precedential questions, both legal and commercial. David’s services are not limited to existing legal proceedings, but also encompass ongoing legal advice to companies as means of preventing future lawsuits. Among his clientele are publicly traded companies and some of Israel’s most renowned entities in the fields of construction, transportation, communication, distribution, insurance, public administration and more. In addition, David represents international companies and foreign business people in disputes pertaining to their business operations in Israel. He advises longstanding clients, the relationships with some of whom date back many years, on all their business disputes, as well as new clients seeking ad hoc representation in specific legal proceedings.

Languages

Hebrew, English and French.

Memberships

Israel Bar Association, 1998.

Education

LL.B., Brunel University London, 1997; LL.M., Tel Aviv University, 2000

Lawyer Rankings

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

Highlighted by sources as ‘leaders in the field of real estate’, M. Firon & Co Advocates and Notaries’ team handled a string of real estate disputes over the past year on behalf of clients such as Migdal Insurance and Dan Hotels. The group also exhibited adept handling of shareholder, energy and infrastructure litigation, among others. Head of the firm Zvi Firon possesses deep experience in both judicial and arbitral disputes. David Hamou and Ronen Ketzef are also noted.