Leveraging ‘extensive experience and knowledge’ built up over many years’ experience acting for defendants, as well as on occasion in high-profile matters for plaintiffs, EBN – Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano is a clear leader in the field. The ’smart but very friendly’ team is active in cases across multiple sectors, including finance, life sciences and energy, with clients often including international companies. Founding partner Giora Erdinast has significant market experience and remains very active in high-profile matters relating to, inter alia, competition and consumer protection violations. Ran Sprinzak is skilled at handling corporate, securities and communications-related class actions, as well as often taking the lead on the firm’s work for plaintiffs. Tomer Weissman has established a very strong reputation defending global corporates in class actions initiated in Israel. Erdinast, Sprinzak and Weissman co-head the overarching litigation team alongside Hadas Bekel, who regularly advises clients across many sectors, including telecommunications and finance, on class action defence work.
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Testimonials
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- 'Hadas Bekel possesses great negotiation skills and creative thinking.'
- 'Giora Erdinast provides sound and creative advice.'
- 'Their legal preparation for the court hearing was excellent — they came well-prepared with broad knowledge and many valuable arguments. The representation before the judge was of a very high level, demonstrating impressive command of the material and deep expertise.'
- 'Ran Sprinzak has excellent judgement and legal acumen.'
- 'Smart but very friendly. Courteous but decisive.'
- 'The uniqueness of the team we worked with lies in their extensive experience and knowledge.'
Key clients
- Intel Corporation Aerodrome Group M.H. Bank (1994) Ltd. M.R.D Efram Epic Games, Inc Sever Yahel Construction Scores 365 Goldman Sachs PwC Israel Qualcomm, Inc. Bezeq the Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd. YES TV AND COMMUINICATIONS SERVICES Partner Communications Ltd. The Israel Electric Corporation Boiron SA Dyson Limited Elna Co., Ltd Medtronic Trading Inc. and Medtronic Inc. Taavura Holdings Ltd. Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd. Israel Aerospace Industries Opko Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK, TASE: OPK); Opko Biologics Ltd. Nesher - Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd. SANO Bruno's Enterprises Ltd. (TASE: SANO) Yelin Lapidot Holdings Management Ltd. Halman Aldubi Provident and Pension Funds Ltd. Nisko Industries (1992) Ltd. and its parent company - Nisko Holdings (1982) LTD The Israeli Consumer Council UPS Blue Square Estate Ltd. (BSRE) Discount Capital Underwriting ltd Cibus Pluxee Israeli Electric Company (IEC)N IDI Insurance
Work highlights
Representing Goldman Sachs Group in a class action suit alleging that entities from Goldman Sachs Group took part in an international cartel in the foreign currency markets.
Representing PwC in a huge class action suit regarding the merger of two prominent Israeli oil and gas exploration partnerships; Avner Oil Exploration and Delek Drilling.
Representing Epic Games, a leading international videogame company, in a class action suit filed against it on the grounds of violating privacy protection laws and consumer protection laws in its renowned Fortnite game.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Giora Erdinast; Ran Sprinzak; Tomer Weissman; Hadas Bekel
Other key lawyers
Arik Brenneisen; Noa Bar; Dar Abramovich; Sa’ar Inbar Ben Ze’ev