Combining ‘deep expertise, strategic thinking, and a pragmatic approach’, Shnitzer Gotlieb Samet & Co. has a strong reputation among public entities, regularly achieving favourable outcomes in big-ticket infrastructure-related projects. A ’top class and highly dedicated litigator’, Nir Sabarov is key to much of this work and is particularly skilled at handling disputes arising out of PPP projects. Nir Milshtein co-heads the team alongside Sabarov and, in addition to infrastructure-related matters, handles broader commercial litigation, including auditors’ liability defence work.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Nir Sabarov has extensive experience in commercial litigation and commercial law. He has considerable and unique experience in all matters related to disputes in our world known as “Purchasing Groups”.'
- ‘Nir Sabarov is a top class and highly dedicated litigator. He is devoted and fully into the case.’
- ‘Nir Milshtein is very committed to fighting for us with wisdom, dedication and practicality in a way that will achieve our desired goal.'
Key clients
- Cross Israel Highway Ltd.
- Water Desalination Administration (under the supervision of the Office of the State Attorney)
- Jerusalem Light Rail
- B.S.R. Group
- United Sarona
- Israel's Ministry of Defence (under the supervision of the Office of the State Attorney)
- NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd.
- Israel Roads - National Transport Infrastructure Co. Ltd.
- BDO Israel
- Agricultural Research Organization (Volcanic Centre) (under the supervision of the Office of the State Attorney)
- Israel Land Authority (under the supervision of the Office of the State Attorney)
- TALDOR
Work highlights
Representation of Cross Israel Ltd. (a government company) in a complex and high-stakes arbitration (over billion ILS) against Shapir Engineering Cross Israel North Ltd., the concessionaire of the North highway 6 B.O.T. project.
Representation of the Water Desalination Administration in two high-stakes and complex arbitration proceedings against the concessionaires in front of former Supreme Court Justices forum.
Acting for the representative of the purchase group known as United Sarona, which is one of the largest and most well-known in Israel, and includes hundreds of partners.
Practice head
Nir Sabarov; Nir Milshtein
Other key lawyers
Yaron Eliyasi; Natan Lerner; Chen Glick