Founded in 1921, S. Horowitz & Co. has long been recognized as Israel’s premier law firm. With a team of exceptional and talented lawyers, qualified in a number of jurisdictions and speaking a variety of languages, S. Horowitz & Co. provides a full range of the highest level of corporate, commercial and dispute resolution services to international and domestic business and financial communities.
The firm specializes in acting on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, as well as in advising and providing representation on issues touching on, inter alia, administrative law, antitrust, banking, corporate real estate, financial services, insurance, public and private employment law, joint ventures, project and asset finance, tax, venture capital and intellectual property and acts for clients on a variety of disputes related to different sectors of industry.
The Legal 500 has described our corporate mergers and acquisitions practice as being “simply outstanding” with "excellent business and legal acumen that clients can rely on”, and has also recognized the “diversity of matters it handles, ranging from multi-million dollar exit transactions to complex commercial issues”. Chambers Global Guide has praised S. Horowitz & Co.'s banking and finance team as “an institution in Israel that really sets the gold standard” and further noted its “particular proficiency in complex syndicated financings”, with the firm’s corporate mergers and acquisitions practice and banking and finance practice being ranked in the first tier.
S. Horowitz & Co. has the most prominent intellectual property group of any major Israeli commercial law firm and the most highly respected litigation team in the country, recognized for its active, diverse, and vibrant practice. The litigation team represents many household names across numerous sectors in their most sophisticated and complex litigation, including in disputes that contain an international or multi-jurisdictional element. Chambers Global described our IP department team as “an outstanding practice that frequently represents blue-chip clients in all manner of IP issues, with special expertise in patent, copyright and trade-marks”.
The firm’s disputes practice is consistently ranked in the first tier and has likewise been praised by numerous international directories, with The Legal 500 describing the team as "outstanding" and recognizing it for its “uncompromising professionalism”. Chambers Global Guide describes “the strength of the litigators and the depth of the team of S.Horowitz as being outstanding" and also highlighted the firm’s “depth of resources and cross-border capabilities” and its “impressive performance in court”.
S. Horowitz & Co. represents international clients on major cross-border and domestic transactions and investments that require Israeli legal specialist knowledge and counsel. For example, in the technology sector, we are advising the NYSE-listed technology company, Danaher Corporation, on the Israeli law aspects of its global M&A activity and we most recently served as its lead counsel on the acquisition of Frankfurt-listed AVT Technologies, which is based in Israel. We also acted for the TASE and NASDAQ listed company, B Communications Ltd., the controlling shareholder of Israel's largest telecommunications company, Bezeq, on a series of complex M&A/restructuring transactions, including negotiations with potential acquirors and investors and bond-holders, for the sale of the controlling stake of the company and overall investments relevant to it. Another significant transaction on which we advised was the merger of equals of Rhythm One Plc and Taptica Ltd (an Israeli company listed on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange) via a statutory scheme of arrangement.
In the medical device field, we serve as Israeli counsel to NYSE-listed Cardinal Health, in connection with its multi-billion acquisition of Medtronic's Patient Care, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Nutritional Insufficiency business. We also represented Shenzhen-traded Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group in the acquisition of I-Optima, the developer of minimally-invasive surgical ophthalmic devices; and Zimmer Surgical, a subsidiary of Zimmer Biomet - a US publicly traded medical device company, in the acquisition of all the assets of Medical Compression Systems, an Israeli entity which a developer of non-invasive solutions for the treatment of DVT.
In the autonomous driving sector, we acted for the world’s largest automotive headlight manufacturer, Koito Manufacturing Co. of Japan, on its investment in, and its strategic partnering via R&D and licence agreements, with BrightWay Vision which provides autonomous driving solutions, day and night, in all weather conditions.
In the energy sector, we regularly represent the private equity firm, Infrastructure Private Investment Fund, one of the largest and most successful private equity funds in Israel, on its various investments in major projects, such as the tender process for the acquisition of the Ashdod Desalination Plant for approx. US$ 300 million. We also represented the Israel Electric Company on the sale of the Alon Tavor power station and the Ramat Hovav power stationfor approx. US$ 560 million.
In the telecom and media sector, we represented KAN, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, on all the legal aspects (including drafting and managing tenders and negotiating agreements with major global suppliers) relating to the production of the 2019 Eurovision song contest held in Israel.
We further represented France-based cosmetics company, Groupe Rocher, in its acquisition of the international body products store chain Sabon, which is registered in Israel and operates in China, Japan, Europe and the U.S.; and Ethiopian Magical Farm, an Ethiopian based company specializing in growing flowers in the sale to a Mauritian fund - Surya Floriculture Partners Limited.
In addition, we regularly represent both Israeli and foreign banks in large, complex syndicated financings in Israel. For example, we represented a syndicate of banks and financial institutions in connection with the US$ 350 million financing of the construction of two private power plants in Ashdod and the Negev. Our leverage finance department acted for Francisco Partners, a leading global private equity firm, with respect to all financing aspects of their US$ 200 million acquisition of LiveU Ltd. We also represented a syndicate of local and foreign banks and financial institutions in the granting of a US $350 million financing to the Israeli public company, Oil Refineries Limited (one of two oil refineries in Israel).
In the field of disputes, the firm acts on highly profiled cases and arbitration proceedings (including local and international institutional arbitration under the aegis of the ICC and the LCIA). Our disputes partners are regularly appointed to serve as sole arbitrator or as a member of an arbitration tribunal adjudicating claims covering a wide and diverse range of industry sectors. S. Horowitz & Co. advises reputable Israeli corporations and individuals and some of the world’s major corporations, in addition to advising leading domestic and international financial institutions.
S. Horowitz & Co. was established on the philosophy of providing clients with the highest quality of service with an approach and resources tailored to fit the needs of the specific client and the particular transaction. The firm has on hand a dedicated team of lawyers who can deliver results within the tight deadlines and timing constraints often encountered in international and domestic commercial transactions.
S. Horowitz & Co. prides itself on offering clients the same level of professionalism, excellence, legal skills and expertise that is usually found in leading law firms in the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.
