FWMK (Furth, Wilensky, Mizrachi, Knaani) ‘stands out for its deep expertise in cross-border insolvency and restructuring’. The department regularly acts under court appointment, as trustees, receivers and arrangement managers, in multi-jurisdictional litigation; and its specialisms include corporate restructurings, stay-of-proceedings, asset tracing, recovery actions, and enforcement proceedings. Lior Dagan ’demonstrates outstanding knowledge in the sphere of cross-border insolvency’; while Idan Adler Reiss is routinely appointed by the courts to assist with insolvencies.
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- ‘The firm stands out for its deep expertise in cross-border insolvency and restructuring, an area where few practices in the region can match its experience.’
Key clients
- EGFE Israel Ltd (in liquidation) (as court appointed Trustee)
- EGFE USA LLC (In liquidation)
- EGFE Hungary KFT (in liquidation)
- Michael Ben Ari (in bankruptcy) through the court
- appointed trustee Adv. Lior Dagan
- Intercure Ltd.
- SG Holdings and Investments Ltd
- Shmuel Donnerstein
- GKI Group
- Gal Kalkstein
- Zvi Rotbart
- Eitan Mordechai
Work highlights
Acting as court-appointed trustee for Michael Ben-Ari and EGFE Group, the matter involving the recovery of global assets exceeding $200m across multiple jurisdictions.
Serving as court-appointed trustee in the insolvency of Nuvo Group .
Representing the court-appointed liquidator of Invest.com in litigation concerning the smuggling of the invest.com domain, and recovery actions involving multiple defendants and cross-border asset tracing.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Lior Dagan
Other key lawyers
Idan Adler Reiss; Zvi Karl