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January 22, 2016
Barnea & Co. represents Espresso Club Ltd.
Barnea represents Espresso Club Ltd., an Israeli provider of home espresso machines using a capsule system, in a claim filed against them by Nespresso Israel, as well as the international Nestle and Nespresso corporations. The Plaintiffs’ claim that a TV commercial of Espresso Club, which features a George Clooney double, denigrates their brand's image and tarnishes Nespresso's reputation by ridiculing the Nespresso image. For the full article, Fox news, please click here
January 21, 2016
District Court in Tel Aviv dismisses claim by Malibu against the Har-Gil family
Adv. Zohar Lande and Adv. Gal Livshits represented the Har- Gil family, the defendants in a claim for NIS 13 million filed by the real estate company, Malibu. The dispute related to payments allegedly owed by the Har-Gil family with regard to a plot of land owned by the Har-Gil family, developed by Malibu. The District Court in Tel Aviv dismissed the claim with prejudice.
January 6, 2016
Lexology Navigator - Arbitral proceedings in Israel
As a litigation expert, Zohar Lande was chosen to be the author of the Israeli chapter of "Lexology Navigator - Arbitral proceedings in Israel ".
In this exclusive chapter, Zohar provides a market and regulatory overview in respect of Israel.
November 9, 2015
Barnea & co. represents Mr. Haim Levy
The trend for Israelis to operate investment companies abroad can lead to business disputes; Adv. Zohar Lande and Adv. Gal Livshits from Barnea represent Mr. Haim Levy, known for his book "Real estate in Jeans", in a million dollar lawsuit against two of his business partners who founded a real estate company in the United States.
November 5, 2015
Summations filed in the Tisch versus Yogev case
After nearly three years of litigation proceedings relating to Edwin Tisch's claim against Ori Yogev, summations were submitted yesterday. Tisch claims that Whitewater and Yogev made false representations and acted fraudulently, causing Tisch to invest millions in Whitewater Holdings. According to Tisch, Yogev intoduced the project as the "Checkpoint" of the water industry, and "it is designed to change water treatment in Israel and abroad".
September 29, 2015
The Supreme Court: "A foreign company can be liquidated in Israel".
A precedential ruling by the Supreme Court has held that a foreign company can be liquidated in Israel.
Adv. Zohar Lande commented on this decision as follows: "The Supreme Court has extended the existing boundaries of the application of Israeli liquidation law to foreign companies."
September 7, 2015
Barnea & Co. represents Tonstate Group
The UK real estate investment company, Tonstate Group, is suing the PBC Group and its partners for GBP 88.5 million (approximately NIS 500 million) in the UK courts.
Tonstate is represented in the UK by the law firm, Rosling King. Zohar Lande of Barneais assisting Rosling King in the action.
August 19, 2015
Barnea & Co. represented Kibbutz Shefayim
Kibbutz Shefayim filed a request yesterday to the Tel Aviv District Court to declare Yehuda Doron, the former treasurer of Kibbutz Shefayim, as bankrupt, if he does not pay within one week the sum of NIS 14.6 million. This amount represents the majority of the money in respect of which Doron was convicted of theft.
June 23, 2015
New affidavit supports Tisch's WhiteWater claim
Globes has revealed an affidavit by Dror Picard which is part of the dispute between the shareholders of Whitewater Water Technologies, which is in receivership with creditors owed about NIS 19 million. In the affidavit, Mr. Dror Picard states that Hana Gertler admitted that Uri Yogev had deceived her as well, thereby inducing her to invest in Whitewater. The claimant in the action, Benny Tisch, is represented by Barnea Tisch is claiming that Whitewater and Yogev made false representations and acted fraudulently, causing him to invest millions in Whitewater Holdings.
May 27, 2015
Barnea represents TDT Specialist SRL
Eli Reifman, former CEO of Emblaze, and managers at MCE Systems are being sued by a Romanian company,TDT Specialist SRL, for 63 NIS million. TDT is represented by Adv. Zohar Lande and Adv. Gal Livshits.
March 7, 2015
Barnea & Co. represented eight defendants in case relating to well known property project
After seven years of litigation Advocates Zohar Lande and Gal Livshits of Barnea Co successfully assisted their clients to defeat a claim of NIS 10m filed by Shragai and Sons Ltd, a contractor, against their clients. The claim related to the high profile Telzstone development near Jerusalem. The claim was dismissed by the Court with costs awarded against the Plaintiff.
February 4, 2015
Dispute between Israeli company and Royal Jordanian Airlines erupts over package tours for Israeli Arabs to Saudi Arabia via Jordan
Milad Aviation Ltd., an Israeli company, is claiming that Royal Jordanian Airlines negotiated in bad faith for many years, delaying the conclusion of a written agreement, and then hijacked the whole venture for themselves. Milad Aviation Ltd, represented by Adv. Zohar Lande, threatens lawsuit of NIS 20 million against Royal Jordanian Airlines. For the full article, please click here
January 13, 2015
Whitewater Holdings must pay 127 000 NIS to its former Vice President, Aviad Caspi
The Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv accepted the claim of "Mika Benroy", a company owned by Mr. Aviad Caspi, a former business development vice president of Whitewater Holdings. Caspi is also the son in law of businessman, Edwin (Benny) Tish. Caspi submitted the claim against Whitewater Holdings, of which Uri Yogev is the founder and former Chairman of its Board of Directors .
The Magistrate's Court decided that Whitewater Holdings must pay an amount of approximately 127 000 NIS to "Mika Benroy" (Caspi’s company) for services given to Whitewater Holdings, for which no consideration had been paid.
The suit was filed by Adv. Zohar Lande, Adv. Shai Sharvit and Adv. Itay Wigoda from Barnea
December 31, 2014
Lawyer of the year 2014 - Zohar Lande
Adv. Zohar Lande , senior partner and the head of the Litigation department at Barnea, was chosen by the prestigious "CorporateLiveWire " guide to the legal profession as "Lawyer of the year 2014" in Litigation Dispute resolution in Israel.
December 4, 2014
Formation of a Governmental Committee to Review Mining Royalties is Not Grounds for Arbitration
The Jerusalem District Court recently issued its ruling in the matter of Dead Sea Works Ltd. vs. the State of Israel. The proceeding included a discussion of Dead Sea Works’ petition to activate the arbitration clause stipulated in its concession agreement with the State of Israel. The petition was filed after the State refused to appoint an arbitrator pursuant to the arbitration clause.
Dead Sea Works sought to refer to arbitration the very formation of the Sheshinski Committee, pleading that it constitutes a violation the State’s covenant not to raise the rate of royalties payable by the Dead Sea Works for its mining license. Indeed, the Sheshinski Committee was formed for the purpose of reviewing the State’s policy on royalties due in consideration for the use of Israel’s natural resources.
The District Court rejected Dead Sea Works’ petition. It ruled that the mere formation of the Sheshinski Committee does not give rise to a dispute according to the arbitration mechanism prescribed in the concession agreement.
The Court issued its ruling based on the specific language of the arbitration clause in the concession agreement; it is conceivable that Dead Sea Works might have been allowed to pursue its position through arbitration proceedings had the arbitration clauses been worded differently.
September 10, 2014
Ms. Hana Gertler (Co-founder of Whitewater) will testify in the “Whitewater Holdings” trial
Further to the request of the Canadian businessman, Mr. Edwin (Benni) Tisch, businesswoman Hanna Gertler will testify in the Whitewater trial, in accordance with the decision of Justice Ruth Ronen, of the Economic Department of the District Court in Tel Aviv.
Tisch claims that Whitewater and Yogev made false representations and acted fraudulently, causing Tisch to invest millions in Whitewater Holdings. Whitewater Holdings is in receivership and creditors are owed approximately NIS 19 million. To read more, please click here
August 3, 2014
Barnea & Co.’s litigation team advised a client in a precedent setting appeal concerning fundamental issues of securities law and tort law
Barnea’s litigation team represented a client before the Supreme Court in a precedent setting landmark appeal concerning fundamental obligations under Israel's securities law and tort law. The Supreme Court overturned the rulings of the District Court and accepted our firm’s position that a duty of care does not exist between shareholders of a company, which were found jointly guilty in violating securities laws.
May 29, 2014
Channel 10 News Interview - Zohar Lande
Zohar Lande, Senior Partner and head of Litigation department, was interviewed by Channel 10 News re the Cadbury Anti-Trust litigation.
April 30, 2014
The publisher Israel Mizrahi is suing his former partner
The publisher Israel Mizrahi is suing his former partner Lior Sharf in an amount of about NIS 11 million, claiming that he has been misled through cover-up and concealment" Mizrachi, represented by adv. Zohar Lande and Daphne Klein, from Barnea, claims that Mr. Sharf covered up and concealed financial information related to Agam Publishing, their former business partnership.
April 9, 2014
Barnea & Co. represented "IN SPI AIR"
The Tel Aviv District Court rejected yesterday (Tuesday) a claim of NIS 67 million that was filed by the Canadian businessman David Geller, against the LR Group and start-up "IN SPI AIR".
IN SPI AIR was represented by adv. Zohar Lande and adv. Gal Lifshitz