The lawyers of the dispute resolution practice of Yuval Levy & Co. comprise some of the most well-recognized names entering an Israeli courtroom today. Yuval Levy is associated with some of the largest and most influential decisions in Israeli judicial history, and Yechiel Kasher, head of the dispute resolution department, has been cited by the UK’s Chambers & Partners, as “one of the firm’s main attractions”. With the highest caliber of litigation partners, and exemplary support from the litigation associates, the department is revered by both clients and adversaries alike. Add to that the integral support offered by the other departments of the firm, clients receive the highest level of representation available from the Israeli legal community.

The dispute resolution practice spans a wide variety of areas of law, while representing various sectors of the Israeli economy, and substantive overseas clients. To describe but a few, clients include Israel’s largest credit card company, the major banking institutions in Israel, an oil and gas company, an insurance company, a steel company operating worldwide, an international shipping company, a worldwide elevator and moving stair company, a large apparel retailer, a national soccer team, an Israeli contractor, amongst many others. (Confidentiality considerations restrict disclosure of most client names).

Areas of practice span the spectrum from class action lawsuits, antitrust, insurance, intellectual property, commercial and contractual disputes, disputes between shareholders), environmental and toxic tort law, real estate and construction, wrongful deaths, employment law, bankruptcy and insolvency, private international law, international arbitrations, tenders, and contentious wills and inheritance matters. The firm’s members appear in all court and administrative forums in Israel, as well as arbitration forums, and have made numerous appearances before the Supreme Court of Israel, and the Tribunal for Restrictive Trades Practices. All of the firm’s partners, and a significant number of its associates, are certified mediators.

Particularly noteworthy is this firm’s representation of Visa-Israel Credit Cards (“ICC”) and Bank Leumi in negotiations and proceedings with Visa International, as well as before the Commission of Restrictive Trade Practices, regarding the entrance of a new principal member for Visa credit cards in the Israeli market. The evolution in this field embodied far-reaching ramifications for the Israeli credit card industry. Moreover, pursuant to the entrance of a competitive credit card issuer in Israel, this firm took on the defense of Visa and Diners’ Club, in one of the largest class action suits filed in Israel to date, with alleged damages of over US$ 400 million.

The firm's experience in toxic tort litigation finds expression in the "Kishon River" litigations, a series of fifteen massive lawsuits (both in number of parties and in amounts of damages) closely followed by the press. Filed in 2001, the lawsuits allege toxic torts and the pollution of the Kishon River, which connects to the Haifa port. Both in regard to nature and scope, the lawsuits are the first of thier kind in Israel; therefore, this firm has acquired unique and substantial expertise in this field.

Class action lawsuits are a growing part of the firm’s dispute resolution practice; with claims having monetary ramifications of tens of millions of dollars, the firm’s banking clients, in particular, reap the benefits of the firm’s experience and knowledge of the banking industry and practice as a whole. Litigation partner Nir Kehat, who contributes years of experience from one of Israel’s finest litigation practices, enhances the firm’s inheritance and estate law practice.