Esteemed litigation boutique Berkman & Co handles high-profile commercial disputes for domestic and international clients across a range of sectors. Founding partner Ron Berkman has a strong track record of securing favourable outcomes at the motions stage and at trial. Gilad Porat is noted for his strategic approach across the dispute lifecycle, including professional negligence defence, and for representing international corporates before the Israeli courts. Co-head Nachum Kobovsky works alongside Porat and Elad Chen, whose practice includes a significant volume of arbitration work.
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Key clients
- Dan Public Transportation Ltd.
- Israel Chemicals Group
- Messrs. Moises and Mendi Gertner
- Mr. Haim Taib and Mitrelli Group
- Deloitte Israel – All Year Dispute
- Mr. Gigi Levy-Weiss and NFX
- I.P.M. Holdings (2016) Ltd.
- Edeltech Group
- Orgenesis Inc.
- Infin Capital
- Infindat Ltd.
- Dow Group
Work highlights
Acting for renowned billionaire brothers Moises and Mendi Gertner in a US$1.5 billion commercial dispute with sanctioned Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, in the years’ long saga involving unlawful attempts to influence the legal proceedings and outcome in the case.|
Acting for Israel Chemicals Group in a US$335 million claim and counterclaim against IBM in a complex cases involving retrieval and recovery of computer servers and large quantities of data.
Acting for Dan in an administrative petition filed in May 2025 against NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System, Egged, Israel Cooperative Society Ltd., Electra Afikim Ltd. and others, pertaining to a NIS 1.5 billion (~US$450.3 million) 20-year tender bid to operate the ‘Green Line’ and ‘Purple Line’ of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Light Rail.
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Practice head
Ron Berkman; Nachum Kubovsky; Gilad Porat
Other key lawyers
Elad Chen; Yair Leder; Roy Berkman; Oshrat Albin-Chermon; Shachar Haselkorn; Rotem Yosef