The insurance and risk management practice at Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. handles work concerning commercial insurance, enterprise risk management programmes, the regulatory and transactional aspects of insurance companies and insurance-related litigation and class actions. The practice’s principal figures are: Rami Sofer, who assists with insurance sector investments, corporate governance and regulation, Ehud Alfassi, an expert in both insurance companies and pension funds, Dafna Lotan, whose experience encompasses international insurance programmes, insurance claims, and negotiating with insurers, and Hagit Blaiberg, who leads the firm’s corporate, administrative and class action litigation department.
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Key clients

  • AIG
  • The Phoenix Insurance Company
  • Harel Insurance Co
  • Menorah Insurance Company
  • Hachshara Insurance Company
  • Hachshara Insurance Holdings
  • Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings
  • I.D.I. Insurance Company
  • S Shlomo Insurance Company
  • S Shlomo Insurance Business Holdings
  • Inbal Insurance Co
  • Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings

Work highlights

Assisting AIG with various insurance and commercial matters.
Advising The Phoenix on its acquisition of The Phoenix Agencies’ shares (17%) from the chairman of the company, Itzik Oz, for ILS 763m.
Representing Harel Insurance in various insurance and commercial matters, as well as insurance-related litigation.

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Practice head

Rami Sofer; Dafna Lotan; Hagit Blaiberg; Ehud Alfassi

Other key lawyers

Ofer Hanoh; Elad Sharabi; Lia Litvak